5G and with it, new use cases like self-driving cars and IoT becoming a reality. While it won't immediately be available in all markets, ATT's announcement last week was a big step forward. I believe this time next year many of us will be talking about developing new applications that take advantage of 5G.
> Retrospectively, Mr. Shih, the former VP of Kodak thinks that the company “could have tried to compete on capabilities rather than on the markets it was in” like Fujifilm did but “this would have meant walking away from a great consumer franchise. That’s not the logic that managers learn at business schools, and it would have been a hard pill for Kodak leaders to swallow.”
It's a classic case study best told in the book, "Who moved my cheese?" Walking away from the consumer business would have been an abrupt about-face and forced a massive shift within the sales and marketing teams... they very people responsible for maintaining the Kodak brand.
Actually, I struggled making the transition to airtable from excel. Do you have recommendations for training? I do want to learn it, maybe no to a mastery level, but proficient
>In my testing, I found surprising differences. To test how much each browser taxes my system, I loaded the same 10 sites on each browser and watched them gorge on my MacBook’s RAM. Chrome, a notorious resource hog, took up the most memory, with Safari and Opera close behind. Firefox, though, required 30% less RAM than Chrome to run the same stuff.
>Among mobile browsers (which I tested on an iPhone XS and a Google Pixel 2 XL), the differences were smaller. Surprisingly, in every single case, mobile browsers outperformed their desktop counterparts. They’re faster to load pages, able to crunch through more intense web apps and generally just better browsers.
> One technique I've seen work well for getting bosses to care is showing them how much slower their sites are than their competitors - nobody wants to be worse than their competition.
were the filmstrips enough to convince them, or did your bosses want to see numbers/stats like how many were dropping off your site for each x-seconds of delay?
> Fundamentally the value I generate doesn't come from reacting to people all day, it comes from identifying outcomes that truly matter and doing whatever is necessary to advance those outcomes.
Amen. I've never written a performance review (or received one) applauding email reaction time. Think about it. The stuff that gets accolades are accomplishing the things that "truly matter."
Brudgers is right. You have to get out of the building and actually talk with prospects. It will not only help you understand the pain points your product/service solves, it will earn you credibility with your customers.
Recommend reading Guy Kawasaki's book, The Art of The Start. I believe his best advice is to work with customers and get paid to solve problems as a consultant first. That way, you're earning money at the same time.