Comments on: APR: Use Case Names

By: Regelwerk » Agile Project Experiment

Regelwerk » Agile Project Experiment — Mon, 14 May 2007 07:22:03 +0000

[...] Man kann man richtig nah an die einzelnen Entwicklungszyklen heranzoomen. Jeder Phase bzw. jeder wichtige Entscheidung ist ein eigener Artikel gewidmet. Anschauliche Beispiele machen die komplexen Zusammenhänge schön deutlich. Macht richtig Spass – und mit jedem “Kapitel” wächst Schicht um Schicht der Blick für das Ganze. Die Kommentare tun ein Übriges zur steil ansteigenden Lernkurve. Eine gelungene Idee und wirklich gut umgesetzt. [...]

By: Scott Sehlhorst

Scott Sehlhorst — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:57:08 +0000

Hey Rolf – totally. The main reason for delaying it is pure incremental development: first get articles, then get mashups. I agree that it is a killer feature.

Thanks for chiming in!

By: Rolf

Rolf — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:06:16 +0000

The idea of learning by creating and broadcasting is simply sexy. I’d like to see that as a key feature.

By: Scott Sehlhorst

Scott Sehlhorst — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:28:42 +0000

Hey Sarah – thanks for explaining. OK, so the “So You’d Like To” idea is pretty much exactly what I wanted the mashup to be. I actually started with the idea of listmania lists from amazon, and thought “what if the items are in order – it could be a tutorial.”

Also – great link to Criteo, thanks! Would be an easy way to outsource the “you would like” algorithm – but the API is pay as you go.

By: Sarah Lewis

Sarah Lewis — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:19:44 +0000

Hey, Scott—actually the "So You'd Like To..." guides are a little different. For example, see this one entitled "So you'd like to...learn a little about Web page and Web site design." I think personal, viewing- and rating-based recommendations are definitely another area that has potential. You might want to check out Criteo down the road as a simple way to implement this; they have some really interesting technology.

By: Scott Sehlhorst

Scott Sehlhorst — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:23:06 +0000

Hey Sarah, thanks for chiming in!

By “So You’d Like To…” do you mean the stuff at Amazon where people who liked one book like others, or something else?

That’s an excellent idea – when you record your likes and dislikes about articles, have the system suggest other articles that you would like, based upon an analysis of [a bunch of stuff].

For example, if you rate an article highly, and 75% of the people who rated it highly also liked another article, then you would too.

Extremely cool! I think this is another killer feature.

By: Sarah Lewis

Sarah Lewis — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:38:13 +0000

The mashup idea makes me think of a combination of Squidoo and Amazon’s “So You’d Like To…” feature. I like the idea of putting this functionality into more topic-specific applications, and I think rating is key to its usefulness.