Terry CrowleyThe Appearance of CompetenceI first wrote an internal version of this blog post when managing the Microsoft Office development team and I recently had two people tell…2 min read·Nov 17, 2023--1--1
Terry CrowleyIncrementalism Isn’t So BadWhile incrementalism has a bad rap if you’re trying to revolutionize an industry, it’s an important characteristic if you’re trying to…8 min read·Jun 14, 2023----
Terry CrowleyWhat Really Happened With Office and Windows 8I was looking forward to reading the discussion of Office and Windows 8 in Steven Sinofsky’s “Hardcore Software” substack, but was pretty…5 min read·Nov 16, 2022--2--2
Terry CrowleyinDave’s RedistrictingRacial Dot Map in DRA2020DRA2020 now provides the ability to overlay a “racial dot map” on your map as you draw or view your map.4 min read·Oct 12, 2022----
Terry CrowleyTime to Bury This Old Stale Project Management TrilemmaI saw another tweet recently about this tired old triangle of project management. Really the whole framing is nonsense and should be buried…5 min read·Oct 3, 2022--3--3
Terry CrowleySurprising AutomataI took the opportunity of a recent mild case of Covid with attendant quarantine episode to finally work my way through Stephen Wolfram’s…9 min read·Sep 7, 2022--1--1
Terry CrowleyWhat Color is Your Function? You Better Know!I never got around to commenting on this somewhat notorious post What Color is Your Function, by Bob Nystrom. This was from 2015 so I feel…4 min read·May 19, 2022--1--1
Terry CrowleyBen Thompson interviews Shishir Mehrotra of Coda — I have ThoughtsBen Thompson had a great interview (paywall) with Shishir Mehrotra, former VP of YouTube and current CEO at Coda. It touched on a bunch of…4 min read·May 16, 2022----
Terry CrowleyWhere Does Bloat Come From?Steven Sinofsky has another deeply researched post about the history of UI complexity and bloat in the Microsoft Office applications. His…9 min read·Apr 29, 2022--2--2