Steve Pye

Category: Business

  • On Patents

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    Patents drive me crazy. While on the one hand, they protect the intellectual property of a company or individual, on the other hand, they are completely ruining the technology industry. Instead of spending time innovating, and building systems for the betterment of our society, companies are embroiled in litigation with each other over incredibly vague…

  • Windows 8 is Getting There…

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    I like what Microsoft is trying to do with Windows 8. I really do. But they still have three fundamental flaws they don’t seem able to overcome. They still have Ballmer at the helm. Get someone with a character like Jeff Bezos or Tim Cook and they’d be all set. They still don’t have a…

  • Focus Mode

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    November is nanowrimo – National Novel Writing Month. While the goal is to produce a novel of 50,000 words by the end of the month, I’m likely to be far short of that. However, I’m also not writing a novel. I’m taking the time to focus on writing a guide, if you will, to teach…

  • Responding to Failure

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    By now, I’m sure most people have heard of the global outage experienced by RIM a few weeks ago. Shortly after the outage, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis offered a public apology for the issue, and RIM itself offered free apps and a month of free technical support in response, which were received with mixed reactions.…

  • What’s Next?

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    I consume a large volume of industry news on a daily basis, most of which is general business and technology oriented. It seems that a vast majority of the content is focused on what’s next. Focused on tomorrow’s technology. Focused on what’s the next big thing. Focused on Company X’s new, soon to be unveiled…

  • Leaving a Legacy

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    As most of the world has already heard, Apple co-founder and multi-industry leader Steve Jobs died last Wednesday, a result of complications from pancreatic cancer. Millions of people worldwide mourned the loss felt by the Jobs’ family, by Apple, and by the technology industry in general. I read many quotes from people often saying, “why…

  • With Great Exposure…

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    I am amazed at how many times I’ve heard clients who have said “I have some work for you… it doesn’t pay well, but it will give you great exposure.” As though it’s an honor to be able to work for them, almost to the extent that we should pay them for the opportunity. Even…

  • New Site Launch

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    I launched a new version of my web site today! While the old site had served me well for a while, it was gradually losing focus as I had repeatedly attempted to incorporate past blog material, and content from other blogs that I had created. Merging everything into a single site was a good starting…

  • Business Service Pricing

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    I’ve been to sites several times in the past where consultants, contractors, designers, or developers fail to provide any information on pricing or fees for their services. It always frustrated me, but as I moved along further in my business work, I discovered the reason: pricing is highly subjective when doing business development, and fixed…

  • Getting in Contact

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    When contacting me, particularly through the “Ask Me” section of the site, please be sure to supply at least one point of contact if you want me to answer a question directly!