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Just to let you all know that we have added a few articles that would be useful for people who are either planning to get their website or software developed, or maybe sitting on the fence.

Right now we have three articles there, and will keep on adding more soon.

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IT Product design when left in the hands of the developer tends to include everything the programmer, or the team thereof, is capable of accomplishing. As a result the product tends to have many Swiss Army knife type features, but lacks any real cutting edge, since the development time gets distributed around many small features while the main functionality does not get enough attention to be robust and mature (read fault tolerant, adaptible, portable, et cetera.) The latest technology article on HBR, Feature Bloat succintly discusses this phenomenon and its cures:

In the interview with Star Member Ivan Bayross, I was struck by his description of his attitude to writing:

"I always keep my target audience in sharp, clear, focus when I’m writing any manuscript for publishing. I ensure that the examples and the English used to explain concepts are bound almost completely to the focus audience."

This accords precisely with the advice in a book that was first published over 60 years ago, but remains the best guide I know to the peculiar demands of the English language: "The Reader Over Your Shoulder",