User Experience Engineering

That big green rectangle in the top left is Google, at  $373B http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/stockresearch/marketmap

• $373B - Google Market Cap
• $70B - Ebay Market Cap (including PayPal) 
• $21.8B - Inuit Market Cap
• $12.4B - Google acquired Motorola for $40/share
• $341M - Square Total Funding 

People Have Said So Over Time

I'm far from the first to make this connection. Some have said that it will not happen because of the antitrust precedent set by the Microsoft attempt to acquire Intuit. 

• Donna Bogatin in March and August 2007. 
• Andrew Carr in 2007
  "...in 1995, Microsoft tried to acquire Intuit, only to be thwarted by the Justice Department's antitrust regulators. (That marked the real beginning of Microsoft's legal woes.) Even though, in the long run, Google could end up an even bigger monopoly than Microsoft, I don't think it would run into antitrust problems if it tried to buy Intuit today. (If it waits, though, all bets are off.)"
• http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/03/should-google-buy-intuit-or-freshbooks.html

Time is Ripe in 2013-2014

According to Wikinvest, Microsoft was 6 times larger than Oracle in 1995. It was larger than Adobe, Apple, Sony, Dell, and EMC combined.

Explore more MSFT Data at Wikinvest

Now, it is much more of a group show. If ever there was a time that Google could acquire Intuit, and claim it was not a monopoly, it is now.

Explore more MSFT Data at Wikinvest

Sure, Android OS has 81% marketshare, but most Android is not on a Google/Motorola device. In fact, Google/Motorola are not even ranked in Gartner's latest article on smartphone marketshare. The newest Kindle Fire HDX is an Android device owned by Amazon, and used to promote its content. Apple is the largest corporation of any kind on the Market Map, and takes 56% of the mobile profit. A great argument can be made that Google is avoiding antitrust issues by being everywhere, and sharing its technologies.

The only question remaining is will Google build or buy the parts of its payment flow machine? They could acquire one or more of the Google Apps vendors with related technology. They might be building their own, and choosing to reveal it when the quality is impeccable. They are playing their long game again.

But, the easiest route to owning the cash register is buying Intuit and Square. It's not too late.

Are you a medium-sized business? Intuit has an army of resellers that can hook you up with the "full POS" solution; software, hardware, and integration.

Are you a small business? Amazon has the the whole shebang in a box.

And separately.

Are you a mom-and-pop brick and mortar? Sam's Club has the software.

posted by Monte Hayward  # 4:57 PM 1 comments

• Ubiquity - Google is integrated practically everywhere.
• Big Data necessary to speak to location, pricing, reviews.
• A mobile phone company of its own: Motorola.
• Google Apps - personal and business.
• Brand Reputation * - a history of following the principle, "Don't be evil", versus a history of complaints.
• Free Labor and Channel Control
• Mash-up ease - Google has made a great many APIs available, and welcomes incoming technology in Google Gadgets, except gadgets that take money.
• Publishing platforms with a longterm policy that accept Google Gadgets, and mostly reject custom scripting.
• Head starts in nonprofit and mobile giving: Google Nonprofits, One Today
• Respectable presence in eCommerce: Google Shopping
• Google Ads
• Google Analytics

It is difficult to say which of these advantages is greatest. If I were going to build my non-auction business on one or the other, I'd choose Google. Google could search and sell my product or service(1,6), advertise it (9), provide an integrated suite for reporting, CRM, VRM (4, 10), and push the wallet to mobile devices it owns (3). PayPal may be the most recognizable or trusted wallet brand. I would argue that Google is a more trusted brand overall.

*Brand Reputation

Mash-ups and Publishing

posted by Monte Hayward  # 4:44 PM 0 comments

Does Blogger Still Allow Script Tags?

Here is a span without script tag in it:

posted by Monte Hayward  # 8:36 AM 0 comments

Does Blogger Still Allow Script Tags?

Yes, apparently. Here is a span with a script tag in it:

posted by Monte Hayward  # 7:56 AM 0 comments

IntelliJ IDEA - JetBrains "Send Your Feedback"

Are you generally satisfied with IntelliJ IDEA? How do you rate the product?

What features appear most useful?

Are there any problems?

CPU Hogging

"Move Line" Munges Code

Repository Unavailable? Development Blocked. 

Version Control Awkwardness

Resource hogging.

Are there any features you'd like to have but did not find in IntelliJ IDEA?

Indexer > "Ignore Files"

Resolve JavaScript References in other files

Show whitespace characters when selected

Built-in keymap for Mac OS X Eclipse

posted by Monte Hayward  # 2:49 PM 0 comments

    "foo": [[1, "string", "anotherstring" {object:true}]] 

    "foo":[[1, \"string\", \"anotherstring\" {object:true}]] 

    "foo":"[[1, \"string\", \"anotherstring\" {object:true}]]"

1. Collisions between Mootools JSON.js and browser-native JSON were tragically ignored by mootools devs in February 2009: https://mootools.lighthouseapp.com/projects/2706/tickets/607-native-json-support-in-firefox-31
2. Another collision report (November 2009) was closed wontfix after sitting a year: https://mootools.lighthouseapp.com/projects/2706/tickets/796-mootools-jsonencode-vs-json2-jsonorg-jsonstringify
3. Some effort was made to address issues in Mootools 1.3.1, February 15, 2011: http://mootools-users.660466.n2.nabble.com/Moo-Native-JSON-encoding-and-decoding-td6019259.html

    typeof value.toJSON === 'function') { 
       // (JSON2's test now returns false, so the serialization is handled by JSON, not Mootools)

    function str(key, holder) {
        ...
// If the value has a toJSON method, call it to obtain a replacement value.

        if (value && typeof value === 'object' &&
                typeof value.toJSON === 'function') {
            value = value.toJSON(key);
        }

Native.implement([Hash, Array, String, Number], {
 toJSON: function(){
  return JSON.encode(this);
 }
});

     obj.$family.name // property $family was added by Mootools 

posted by Monte Hayward  # 8:06 PM 0 comments

I've seen this a few times in the past 3 weeks. Thought it was an intermittent glitch, connection problem, CDN. Today, I've seen it in Chrome and Firefox (FireBug enabled and Firebug disabled).

The everyday user sees something like screenshot 1.

The FireBug-using developer types can see that LinkedIn's CDN, and the JavaScript that calls it, are in a world of hurt.

LI_WCT is not defined
[Break on this error] LI_WCT([
nhome (line 619)
LI is not defined
[Break on this error] LI.i18n.register( 'share-dialog-title', 'Share' );
nhome (line 2850)
LI is not defined
[Break on this error] LI.i18n.register( 'Dialog-closeWindow', 'Close this window' );
nhome (line 4116)
ChameleonService is not defined
[Break on this error] ChameleonService.setPanel('1', {div: d...panel-01'),txId: '0', maxSlots: 15});
nhome (line 10635)
LI is not defined
[Break on this error] 
nhome (line 10804)
LI is not defined
[Break on this error] 
nhome (line 10805)
LI_WCT is not defined
[Break on this error] LI_WCT([
nhome (line 11008)
LI is not defined
[Break on this error] LI.Controls.processQueue();
nhome (line 11160)
YEvent is not defined
[Break on this error] YEvent.onDOMReady(function() {
nhome (line 11244)
LI is not defined
[Break on this error] 
nhome (line 11286)
YEvent is not defined
[Break on this error] YEvent.on( window, 'load', function() {
nhome (line 11310)
YEvent is not defined
[Break on this error] YEvent.on( window, 'load', function() {
nhome (line 11339)
appendTryNewEditorButton is not defined
[Break on this error] appendTryNewEditorButton(); 

Labels: CDN, javascript, linkedin

posted by Monte Hayward  # 8:26 AM 0 comments

Labels: cognitive exercise, mind map, mind mapping

posted by Monte Hayward  # 11:52 PM 0 comments

1. Type about:config into your address bar
2. (You may get "void warranty" warnings. Proceed.)
3. In the Filter box, type extensions.enabledItems
4. Right-click on the result, and Copy.
5. Paste into a text file.

extensions.enabledItems;firebug@software.joehewitt.com:1.5.4,{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-
8937-200b1cc08f8a}:1.5.13,{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}:1.2,{3112ca9c-
de6d-4884-
a869-9855de68056c}:7.1.20100408Mb1,foxmarks@kei.com:3.6.15,checkplaces@andyhalford.com:
2.2.1,{3c6e1eed-a07e-4c80-9cf3-66ea0bf40b37}:2.2,yslow@yahoo-inc.com:2.0.7,{AB7308B2-
C13C-4eba-
AC78-2AD55B96EE09}:3.0.0,csscoverage@spaghetticoder.org:0.2.1,closureinspector@google.com:0.9.5,{e3f6c2cc-
d8db-498c-af6c-499fb211db97}:1.8.1,{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-
a285-3208198ce6fd}:3.6.3

vi the_list.txt
:% s/[,]/\r/g

extensions.enabledItems
firebug@software.joehewitt.com:1.5.4{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}:1.5.13
{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}:1.2
{3112ca9c-de6d-4884-a869-9855de68056c}:7.1.20100408Mb1
foxmarks@kei.com:3.6.15
checkplaces@andyhalford.com:2.2.1
{3c6e1eed-a07e-4c80-9cf3-66ea0bf40b37}:2.2
yslow@yahoo-inc.com:2.0.7
{AB7308B2-C13C-4eba-AC78-2AD55B96EE09}:3.0.0
csscoverage@spaghetticoder.org:0.2.1
closureinspector@google.com:0.9.5
{e3f6c2cc-d8db-498c-af6c-499fb211db97}:1.8.1
{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}:3.6.3

posted by Monte Hayward  # 9:53 AM 0 comments