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Comment on SaaS: The Systems Democratizer by Everybody Hates Lumpy « Confessions of a Digital Immigrant

Everybody Hates Lumpy « Confessions of a Digital Immigrant — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:09:35 +0000

[...] my mind SaaS platforms will have to get multi-tenanted. This allows the platform to hedge away risks on a portfolio basis [...]

Comment on Product Management in a Start-up by Subrata Majumdar

Subrata Majumdar — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:52:50 +0000

Hi Andy,
apologies for the delay in responding.
I recommend that you post this question directly on Gopal’s blog. Gopal runs this wonderful blog on product management at http://www.productmanagementtips.com. I have spoken with him and he is expecting your question.

Best regards
Subrata

Comment on Product Management in a Start-up by Andy

Andy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:44:25 +0000

Hi Gopal, I loved your article, was very insightful, thank you.

I had a question for you – I recently graduated from college and have spent the past 2 years working in finance (mergers & acquisitions) for a large Tech company, and am now looking to jump into Product Management.

Can you recommend me, based on your experience, what is the best entry point for a non-technical guy like myself (majored in physics but don’t know programming).

Is there such thing as a junior product manager?

Comment on Bringing down a wall by The Facebook ID « Confessions of a Digital Immigrant

The Facebook ID « Confessions of a Digital Immigrant — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:43:48 +0000

[...] It is also interesting to see how the lines between social networking and professional networking are disappearing – albeit slowly. Professional networking site LinkedIn has been allowing people to choose what they call a “public profile”. LinkedIn displays an URL where you can modify the last component – essentially creating your ID. Some months back LinkedIn started the “What are you working on” status updates that look pretty much like the Facebook “What’s in your mind”. Anyone who has used both Facebook and LinkedIn will know how similar they have started to look in terms of widgets, applications, social clustering etc. Interestingly, even as they converge, they fundamentally remain walled gardens. [...]

Comment on Search Engines versus Wolfram|Alpha by Squaring up Google Square « Confessions of a Digital Immigrant

Squaring up Google Square « Confessions of a Digital Immigrant — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:07:03 +0000

[...] question is bound to pop up. Is Google Squared the answer to Wolfram|Alpha. I think not. There is a difference between search (and its aggregation) and a artificial intelligence driven computational engine. [...]

Comment on Google Wave: The Jesus platform of communication? by Arun Pingaley

Arun Pingaley — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:49:31 +0000

Hmmm… Pretty cool… I took your word and viewed the YouTube post and yes, the 80 minutes was worth it. Its like the ultimate “convergence device” of Web 2.0. I would like to use this – no doubt… Good going SM…

Comment on Stop Perfuming the Pig: Why “real” marketing is done before the product is created by Google Wave: The Jesus platform of communication « Confessions of a Digital Immigrant

Fri, 29 May 2009 10:13:58 +0000

[...] is typical of an engineering led company and quite the opposite of what the gurus preach, but it will be nothing short of a debacle if Google slows the momentum down on Google [...]

Comment on Search Engines versus Wolfram|Alpha by Best Blog Posts from Indian Blogosphere: Spicy Saturday Picks

Best Blog Posts from Indian Blogosphere: Spicy Saturday Picks — Sat, 23 May 2009 07:44:37 +0000

[...] : Subrata Majumdar What : Search Engines versus Wolfram|Alpha Spicy : We now have a pick about the latest search engine which is creating waves ‘Wolfram [...]

Comment on Search Engines versus Wolfram|Alpha by Walpha plus Google: Best of both worlds « Confessions of a Digital Immigrant

Fri, 22 May 2009 07:39:22 +0000

[...] Posted on May 22, 2009 by subrataalpha Wolfram|Alpha started dating Google sooner than I expected. This Firefox extension allows you to commingle Wolfram|Alpha’s output against a Google [...]

Comment on End User Democratization by Don’t ignore the User’s environment « Confessions of a Digital Immigrant

Wed, 13 May 2009 06:47:16 +0000

[...] have witnessed this while building capital markets related products. Given the democratization of these markets, it is very likely that a Product Manager, Engineer, Tester – all – [...]