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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

Then, the first languages designed for Web development began to show up. 2 nd decade (early 2000): The First Content Management Systems (CMS). In 2003, another CMS, called WordPress, came into play, and with its plugin architecture, WordPress quickly won the hearts of the development community.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

design, build, operate/use, maintain, and service). The 21 st Century Financial Systems project is focused on designing and building an evidence-based “test” that Treasury will use to ensure agencies don’t put out over-engineered requirements. competitiveness, catalyze the creation and retention of U.S.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. Survey design. Use a down period to nail down the core product features, get your architecture right and make sure your first customers see value in the product.

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12 Questions: Meet Maximilian (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

How did you become interested in design? After almost picking industrial design, I instead ventured into land planning and landscape architecture with a later specialization in golf course design. Leaving that unnamed site behind led me to CrowdSpring: a better place in the design universe. Indefinitely.

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Fog Creek Compensation

www.joelonsoftware.com

Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. This person proposes design approaches for review and agreement from peers and his or her supervisor.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

For the non-expert businessperson, this means advice about “what software to use&# but also guidance through the arcane arts of software development, including advice about programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, software architecture, revision control systems, and other hacker black magic.

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12 Questions: Meet Anna Nadler (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

My mom gets credit for encouraging me; she is an artist with a degree in architecture. How did you become interested in design? I was actually studying fashion design when I first started doing freelance graphic work. Graphic design turned out to have more connection to my personality. What is your dream design project?

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