Project Design: Use the Crowd

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... understand what new features to add to your product? Or, need help with prioritizing product capabilities? Consider using the crowd to source your ideas and pulse of the market. ...

... "Thousands of times a day, all over the world, ordinary people remark, in restaurants or offices or living rooms, You know what cellphones really need ... " ...

Via New York Times: Crowdsourcing from Twitterland

Eat Own Dog Food

Microsoft's CIO shares insights on navigating the short-term while staying focused on the long-term strategy. And, he gets to taste and then feed the internal organization their own dog food. ...

... "Microsoft’s IT organization has long had a role within the company of being what we call the first and best customers of Microsoft products. So it was a well-established routine for taking in various waves of technologies that get introduced ... " ...

Via CIO Insight: Microsoft CIO Tony Scott

Google Web Browser Beta Tuesday

Google heats up the competitive kitchen with Microsoft as it is poised to launch its web browser beta starting tommorrow, Tuesday. The new web browser is billed as Google Chrome. ...

... "Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today's complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated sandbox, we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers. " ...

Via Official Google Blog: A fresh take on the browser

Product Development Best Practices

Guy Kawasaki on product development ... keep it dicee. ...

Innovation: More Than Products

Recent study on innovation shows that it is top of mind for executives and means more than new product development. ...

... "Companies are infusing innovation throughout their organizations. Seventy percent of senior business leaders use internal communications to promote innovation among employees, and more than two-thirds believe that driving innovation in their business processes and customer experiences are more important than innovation in product development. " ...

Via Weber Shandwick Worldwide: From Corporate Buzzword to Business Imperative in 2007