Doorway effect – Wikipedia

The ‘doorway effect’ or ‘location updating effect’ is a replicable psychological phenomenon characterized by short-term memory loss when passing through a doorway or moving from one location to another.[1] We tend to forget items of recent significance immediately after crossing a boundary[2] and often forget what we were thinking about or planning on doing upon […]

ongoing by Tim Bray · Mourning Google

This is in my mind these days as I’m on a retired-Googlers mailing list where the current round of layoffs is under discussion and, well, it really seems like the joy has well and truly departed the Googleplex. Source: ongoing by Tim Bray · Mourning Google

What Happened To Panasonic? – YouTube

No, this is what happens when executives and shareholders treat their work as day jobs. work is something you build over a lifetime or your legacyjob is your mundane 9-5 day jobcomplacency is what killed Panasonic

An interview with John Walker – Part 1 – Through the Interface

How did Autodesk became a CAD company? The short answer is: COMDEX 1982. Up until that point we were really focused on the product Autodesk [an office automation system for small computers which only later became the name of the company] that was going to be the killer product. AutoCAD was kind-of this… it was […]

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The company was turning over double digit (>$10M) revenue and had more than doubled the number of new product logos in 2023.  However this sales growth was lumpy and our cash position, consequently volatile.  We needed a partner or investor for long term growth.  Finally a very promising M&A process with a larger company fell […]