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The Future of Software: From API to AI as the Communication Interface

As we look ahead to the evolution of how people and machines communicate with software, it's clear that artificial intelligence (AI) will play a key role. ...

· 9 min read
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Prompt Engineering to Generate Code to Solve A Math Problem

This weekend, my 12-year-old son and I visited our friends for a family BBQ. During our time there, we engaged in a series of math puzzles, competing again...

· 7 min read
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MatheMagic Card Trick

Introduction MatheMagic Card Trick is a fun and simple number revealing magic trick using math. Use the page generate-cards.html to generate your cards to ...

· 1 min read
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How do you launch a suite of Mobile, Web, and Voice products from ideation to go live in 12 weeks?

Check out the blog post by Very, the product development partner I worked with in my previous job at Thrive Global to design, build and launch multiple Mob...

· 1 min read
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Eliot Pierce, Vice President of Strategy, Business Development and Ad Operations, The New York Times

Eliot Pierce shared this recommendation for Rajiv on March 6, 2013 via LinkedIn: I only worked with Rajiv for a quick year, but I thoroughly enjoyed my tim...

· 1 min read
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Product Maintenance vs. New Development on Web Sites, Mobile Apps and Other Digital Products

Maintenance of a digital business product (e.g. a Web site, mobile app, or software) refers to the work that includes modifications made after delivery to ...

· 7 min read
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CAREER-CLEAR: An Employee Evaluation and Career Development System

CAREER-CLEAR is a system for doing fair, consistent and constructive employee performance evaluations and determining employee rank, title and compensation...

· 7 min read
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Supriya Saha, Software Engineering Team Lead, Cox Newspapers

Supriya Saha shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 22, 2009 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is the best technical leader, I have so far seen so far. He always k...

· 1 min read
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Social Graphs API: WordPress Plugin: Blogroll Links

If you already know what the Social Graph API and XFN are, you can skip the background information and go directly to the Blogroll Links plugin for WordPre...

· 4 min read
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Software Products: Own vs. Rent & Create vs. Get (Incorrectly Called Build vs. Buy)

Understanding the issue Technology executives are often asked about their preferences on build vs. buy. This question would be better articulated as two se...

· 9 min read
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Karl Martino, Senior Software Engineer, Philly.com and Knight Ridder Digital

Karl Martino shared this recommendation for Rajiv on March 20, 2007 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is an on going example of what I look for in leadership. He’s smart...

· 1 min read
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List of Open Source or Free Software for Home and Business Use

Here is a list of some open source or free desktop software that you can use for personal use at home or at your business. Using open source software can s...

· 2 min read
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Ben Mappen, Software Engineer, Knight Ridder Digital

Ben Mappen shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 22, 2006 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a remarkable individual and I have long admired his savvy, char...

· 1 min read
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Sometimes extra steps in workflows are good

When implementing a content management system or other product, customers often ask for workflows that require the least number of steps required to any gi...

· 2 min read
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Google Web Toolkit: Develop and Test in Java, Deploy as AJAX

I'm building a pull-down-menu navigation for the rajiv.com site using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and I'm impressed by this Google product. It allows you ...

· 2 min read
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Java Progammer? Use BeanShell

BeanShell is a fully Java compatible scripting language, capable of interpreting ordinary Java source files. You can also use it for working with Java inte...

· 1 min read
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Content Management: Content & Search Technologies

Search, when effectively integrated with content, creates a combination that is greater than the sum of the two separately. Let us consider an example. A p...

· 4 min read
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New Company, Effectuation

Earlier this year, I founded a product development & consulting company called Effectuation (www.effectuation.net) with some associates. We are involved in...

· 1 min read