tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684183198890094283.post1438410418967935149..comments2023-11-05T06:12:59.718-05:00Comments on S.Lott-Software Architect: Innovation, Arduino and "Tinkering"S.Lotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337323642834330176noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684183198890094283.post-91021235460500756502012-09-01T08:10:13.544-04:002012-09-01T08:10:13.544-04:00"just trust me and give me an infinite amount..."just trust me and give me an infinite amount of money" is clearly just a fanciful straw man argument. It doesn't actually exist. Why propose it? There is no such thing as an infinite budget. This post has nothing to do with an infinite budget. You're misrepresenting this in an egregious way. <br /><br />"just trust me and give me an ... money" is isomorphic to "I have x dollars w/ which to experiments". Isomorphic. The same thing. You're "different approach" is the same thing I'm suggesting here.S.Lotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337323642834330176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684183198890094283.post-71956947575614159342012-08-03T22:00:02.354-04:002012-08-03T22:00:02.354-04:00Check out the article "Sensors and Arduino: H...Check out the article "Sensors and Arduino: How to glue them together" (url: http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/08/sensors-arduino-htm.html)Robert Lucentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434992671749777590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684183198890094283.post-89663443203084577602012-07-23T11:11:37.392-04:002012-07-23T11:11:37.392-04:00Personally, I like "Do-It-Yourself: An Automa...Personally, I like "Do-It-Yourself: An Automated Bartender" project. (https://ieeetv.ieee.org/ieee_spectrum_reports/barbot-mixes-drinks-automatically-)Robert Lucentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434992671749777590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684183198890094283.post-20959287505378658842012-07-14T03:27:21.858-04:002012-07-14T03:27:21.858-04:00I always love these either or conversations.
I am...I always love these either or conversations.<br /><br />I am not sure what the answer is, just trust me and give me an infinite amount of money to tinker and experiment. This ignores the realities of running a business, cash flow and making payrole.<br /><br />I need to know down to the exact number of hours of how long it will take you to implement (some nebulous requirement). This ignores the fact that requirements discovery is unpredictable whose unknowns are turbo charged by politics.<br /><br />How about a different approach. How about saying, I have x dollars w/ which to experiments; what should we try first. As we are trying x, lets think about what the next step should be. I think that this is called agile?<br /><br />How about if we just realize that the client doesn't want to tinker but wants a package solution. Check out "The chicken and egg of big data solutions" by Jim Stogdill. (http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/05/hadoop-applications-package-enterprise-startups.html)Robert Lucentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434992671749777590noreply@blogger.com