Ever wondered what books people at Microsoft and Apple read? Amazon Purchase Circles let you see a list of best selling books for each company. What do you think Microsoft folks read? Amazon sells them books on Microsoft technologies. Kudos to Amazon. Book #4 sounds interesting: “Debugging the Development Process: Practical Strategies for Staying Focused, [...]

“My” is a common way to suggest personalization and customization. I guess it became too common. Remember MyYahoo (customizable web page with news, stock quotes, weather, etc)? Microsoft decided to drop “My”. Google does not offer “MyGoogle”, but Google Homepage. Will you say goodbye to “My”?

Great article by Luke Wroblewski on how Yahoo’s version of a product (Maps, Local Search, Image Search, etc.) compares to Google’s: At a high level, Yahoo! has better integrated business goals with their product designs. For example, their comparison shopping site features multiple entry points that better match consumer shopping behaviors (browse by brand, browse [...]