Comments on: COB-15: young government leaders http://purplemotes.net/2007/09/30/cob-15-young-government-leaders/ a journal of whimsy and hope Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:36:39 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Douglas Galbi http://purplemotes.net/2007/09/30/cob-15-young-government-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-12606 Douglas Galbi Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:29:32 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/09/30/cob-15-young-government-leaders/#comment-12606 Mason, thanks for your comment. I fully agree with your point about demos and running code. I also think that Matt Waite is truly insightful. Anyone who want to try to understand where the communication industry is going should read <a href="http://www.mattwaite.com/" rel="nofollow">Matt's blog</a> and think about what he's doing. Check out <a href="http://masonbrowne.info/" rel="nofollow">Mason's blog</a>, too. He also has skills that are likely to be of growing importance to media companies. But only if they start looking for young, smart programmers who don't like <a href="http://masonbrowne.info/my-story/" rel="nofollow">red tape and sitting around</a>. I feel honored to have had Mason join us here at the Carnival of the Bureaucrats. Mason, thanks for your comment. I fully agree with your point about demos and running code. I also think that Matt Waite is truly insightful. Anyone who want to try to understand where the communication industry is going should read Matt's blog and think about what he's doing.

Check out Mason's blog, too. He also has skills that are likely to be of growing importance to media companies. But only if they start looking for young, smart programmers who don't like red tape and sitting around.

I feel honored to have had Mason join us here at the Carnival of the Bureaucrats.

]]> By: Mason http://purplemotes.net/2007/09/30/cob-15-young-government-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-12495 Mason Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:34:10 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/09/30/cob-15-young-government-leaders/#comment-12495 I hope your comment regarding Matt Waite's opinion on project development is in jest. Truly, when muddling through the corporate nonsense, having a demo running is a beautiful way to escalate your project's importance. We developed a very rough version of an idea we had at a company I used to work for. I won't name names, but they're regarded as leaders in the CRM industry, with well over 600 employees. Within days of showing our demo, the project was escalated to the CEO, and ended up being the primary focus for an entire development team. The short version: Code speaks. I hope your comment regarding Matt Waite's opinion on project development is in jest. Truly, when muddling through the corporate nonsense, having a demo running is a beautiful way to escalate your project's importance.

We developed a very rough version of an idea we had at a company I used to work for. I won't name names, but they're regarded as leaders in the CRM industry, with well over 600 employees. Within days of showing our demo, the project was escalated to the CEO, and ended up being the primary focus for an entire development team.

The short version: Code speaks.

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