Software must be chosen, like you choose your motorcycle.
But they do not make it like that, I say.
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Software must be chosen, like you choose your motorcycle.
But they do not make it like that, I say.
Hello Google,
In the coming week, I am going to skip the first 40 results or so in the search results you show to me. Okay?
How big a part does big software take from an employee’s working time every day?
Is there a way to compare such times?
My hypothesis is that an organization that demands a lot of such time every day is already less effective or will be less effective very soon.
As good as the argument above sounds, it still feels vague but important nonetheless. Still a few terms to be defined and observed.
Easy for software to turn into strange engines. Some examples: Google, Indiamart, Justdial.
Will add to the list soon.
Machine Operator, that’s a common expression.
Software Operator? Nobody uses that.
They say, ‘Familiarity with xyzware is a must.’
Is Operator a downmarket expression? I think it captures skill and efficiency nicely.
SaaS, how beautiful the word looks. No?
The full form is Software as a Service.
Didn’t I tell you in an earlier post that software is a machine? Remember?
Right, so then it should read Machine as a Service.
That sounds like the business of selling and servicing cars. No? Machine as a service! ‘Service’ earns more than the machines for the car companies. Recurring. Except that the upkeep of cars does require ‘service’.
Now I can debate that ‘software requires service’ is as true as ‘car requires service’.
Machine as a Service. Hmm… Assuming the idea conveyed by this expression is digestible, what’s the cost of such a service? Answers are unpleasant.
In some other posts I wrote, software is a machine.
In this post, I must write, website is a machine.
And platform is a machine too.
I’ve been working all day on some or the other thing to understand how Indiamart works and how I should shape our business’ presence on the platform.
If you understand that words are a headache, understand also that Indiamart is a strange machine.
Humans making machines learn, that’s one thing.
The other thing is humans learning machines that humans have made for humans to learn. Or, humans making humans learn machines made by humans for humans to learn. That’s Machine Learning too.
The sentences above may be complicated to read but important to read and understand.
Unfortunately, since software had to be differentiated from hardware and from the machines generally called machines, we called software software. Software is machine. And all kinds of software means all kinds of machines. Most of these machines are badly used currently. We must learn. Machine Learning.
Software attempting to be faceted and 3-dimensional and spending monies over years and years and yet found wanting…
Software failing to be idiosyncratic, in fact turning amazing idiosyncrasies into idiocies…
Businesses trying to softwarize almost everything in their attempt to capture data and pumping in attention and resources into the activity of softwarizing, in the process forgetting or compelled to ignore their reasons for existence.
Hypothesis: Software is a nightmare for many many businesses.
Hypothesis: By and large, tiny software shall serve the world better than big ones.
Which machine are you really good at? FB, Twitter, Canon 600D, Fujifilm XA7?
Scenes and possibilities replaying over and over again.
Inbox is an analogical name. The working is that of a machine though, not of a box. In fact, it can only be part machine coz I have a hard time now referring to coded shapes and movements as machines. They have a machine part surely but it isn’t machine.
More options for bulk emailing software:
AtomPark Software
ThunderMailer
UltraMailer
Like we are fools, yes we have been fools, we have been sold platform-like solutions to present our non-platform ecommerce businesses. Actually those who sell may not understand the difference between the structures of platform based ecommerce and non-platform ecommerce. Have you given it any thought?
Aah! It takes to figure n express all this. Platform-based ecommerce is different from non-platform based ecommerce.
Who is doing this kind of coding and software testing? Google Contacts is a mess.
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