Month: March 2011

Is Google the Disney of the software industry?

Published by Emmanuel Goossaert on March 29, 2011

Fritz the Cat is an independent animated feature from 1972, directed by Ralph Bakshi and based on the eponymous comic strip by Robert Crumb. With a budget of $850,000 and a gross revenue of $100M, Fritz the Cat is the most successful independent animated feature as of today. This is…

The 20 / 80 productivity rule

Published by Emmanuel Goossaert on March 6, 2011

So I have been working at a startup company for about two months now, and I already learned many great things. I am not talking about new frameworks or programming tricks, but about peer-interaction and productivity. Coming with an academic background to a fully-pragmatic startup is not easy, and I…