Yearly Archives: 2006

Lego Christmas shortage

Posted on November 1, 2006 by binnur

You might have seen my blog on Lego previously. As I mentioned before, Lego is now focusing on their core business. Part of these efforts also include moving their production and distribution centers to countries with lower wages. Unfortunately, their … Continue reading →

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To feed: or not to feed:

Posted on October 31, 2006 by binnur

I recently had a run in with the feed: URI scheme. As an unsuspecting user of WordPress and Safari, I didn’t realize my RSS feeds were formed using the feed: http:// format, as everything “just worked” since the Safari browser … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s Live.com full page ad

Posted on October 30, 2006 by binnur

Have you seen Microsoft’s full page ad for Live.com? It was on The Wall Street Journal this past Friday, October 27th, 2006. I enjoyed the ad, including Bill’s photo that is used for demonstrating the slider bar. Here is their … Continue reading →

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Innovation through the eyes of a child

Posted on October 22, 2006 by binnur

As I gave my 8-year-old son his LEGO © shopping catalog, he immediately started happily singing and flipping pages. Shortly after, the predictable “I want thats” interrupted his singing. As a family-owned enterprise for generations, LEGO products has been providing … Continue reading →

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Innovation and agile development

Posted on October 11, 2006 by binnur

Agile development methodologies tend to generate quite a buzz. This blog was inspired from Steve Yegge’s blog, or rather his rants, regarding the Agile Methodology. You can check out his blogs at his blog site: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/     - original post: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/good-agile-bad-agile_27.html … Continue reading →

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