If Isaac Newton were alive today, we might have the Newtonian laws of software development: For every increase in our ability to construct complex software, there shall be an equal increase in the demand for even more complex software. One solution to keeping up with this increased demand might be to apply artificial intelligence techniques …
Vancouver British Columbia is well-known for many natural things: mountains and ocean, an opportunity to ski and kayak the same day, and home to the 3-time world champion Furious George ultimate frisbee team. Over the years, Vancouver has had a number of successful start-ups, such as Crystal Decisions, Flikr and Creo. Despite some successes, Vancouver’s …
There was more going on in San Francisco than the Bay to Breakers race this past weekend (May 18-19). The 35th International Conference on Software Engineering, the premier software engineering conference, also began and will run from May 18-26. ICSE, as it is known in the research community, has attracted more than 1000 people from …
Today, I had the opportunity to attend and speak at the Leading Moms event in Vancouver. I was blown away by the talks I heard, stories of women and moms changing the world from Vancouver be it setting up birthing centers in Uganda to the environmental and health improvements biotechnology can bring us. I had …
Note from Mik: I have updated the title of the blog to Less is More, which reflects the design ideology at Tasktop. While I’ll continue to be the main author and editor, I’m happy to announce that others at Tasktop will be posting about our journey towards the task-focused desktop, starting with this post by …