Desktop apps still have a place in some B2B settings. For a year I worked for a company that developed software that managed fork lift battery inventories for warehouses. These were warehouses that had little to no internet connectivity on the floor and so having a desktop application was crucial. It was a niche market but highly profitable.
I started to write a comment here but it became a bit lengthy and so thought I would post it to my blog. You can find it here<http://blog.parishmedia.info/post/708546766/no-departments-y...; if you are interested. For the tl;dr version, the problem isn't departments, its communication.
Reading the comments, I noticed that Cherokee was added after the poll started. I wonder how many Cherokee users voted "Other". I, for one, am a Cherokee user and a big fan. The admin interface is easy to use and I love that its written in Python. As a Pylons developer, I also love that uWSGI is built right into the system.
Sadly, I had a feeling that might have been the case. As stated before, I think Cherokee is a great product that just doesn't have the popularity other projects do.
As a listener to NPR, I don't agree that there is a bias toward government spending programs. This, to me, gives more credance to the poor writing in the article. If the writer believes there is a bias, then provide reference to some articles that support their statement.
There was an article earlier on HN (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1361442) that talked about there still being patent concerns with the new codec and so it seems like Microsoft may wanting to avoid being named in any potential suits by requiring the end user to install the codec rather than providing it by default.
For the first point, there resources out there, but I personally don't think there are many that are that easy to use and work with other social sites. This is actually an interest of mine and is the first side project that I have started working on. I hope to have something out there in the not-to-distant future and I hope to get feedback from people like you who are also looking for such an app.
Possibly. I'm a Python guy doing this is Pylons so if you have experience with that, I would take some help. Also, if you have any experience with interfaces, that's my weakness.
The only purpose of a business card isn't to get scanned into a system and stored away in a CRM. Another purpose of a business card is to extend the brief encounter that started the process. A catchy and well designed business card should jump out and be remembered so when the recipient is going through the people he recently met, that card serves as a reminder and hopefully elevates your name above the others.
They're also good for writing notes for people, such as a web site to visit or a map or some book title or whatever. And now the recipient has something with your name on it so they can recall where they got some useful info.
I always make sure my cards have plenty of white space and no gloss to impede writing.
I and probably most people I deal with have smart phones, etc., and yet I still find a need to be jotting down something quick.
And the situation is quite different when I am looking to do business with a non-tech person. Things are not always so ubiquitous in different groups of people, "modern age" not withstanding.
And even if you could get the same results using a device, there are business/social reasons to hand someone a note written on your business card.
Some inefficiencies have value. Don't be blind to them.
