Creator: “Wikibon is a professional community solving technology and business problems through an open source sharing of free advisory knowledge.” (from their website) Purpose: Business Analytics drives business decisions and the better the date the better the analytical insight. Small data is centrally controlled data. Big data proposes a new way to structure and organisation…
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The Science Code Manifesto
Creator: Nick Barnes has more than 20 years of experience in the software industry, as a researcher, programmer, software engineer, consultant, and manager. In 1997 he co-founded Ravenbrook Limited, a software consultancy firm, for which he worked until starting the Climate Code Foundation, and for which he continues as a director. In 2008 he founded…
Andrew Hanelly: Just Another SEO Manifesto
Creator: Andrew Hanelly is Director of Digital Strategy for TMG and for one semester in college, was a sociology major. Purpose: To clarify what makes good Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Just Another SEO Manifesto If I had only one thing to say about search engine optimization, it’d be this: don’t chase the search engines, instead…
Relenta: The Simple CRM Manifesto
Creator: Dmitri Eroshenko, founder and CEO of Relenta, CRM for people who get things done. Purpose: Our software design mantras that make Relenta what it is, nothing else and nothing less. The simple CRM manifesto Simple is more, not less We believe that the term “simple software” is popularly misused. Designing simple apps isn’t easy,…
Eric Raymond: The Cathedral and the Bazaar
Creator: Eric Raymond, is a software programmer, author and open source software advocate. After the publication of his book, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, he became the unofficial spokesman for the open source movement. Purpose: To offer guidelines for creating good open source software. The cathedral represents the top-down traditional approach to developing software. In…
Aaron Swartz: The Guerilla Open Access Manifesto
Creator: Aaron Swartz is an Internet activist, scholar and programmer. He’s been involved in the founding of such projects as Reddit, theinfo.org, Open Library and Demand Progress. This manifesto was written in 2008. Purpose: The control over scientific and cultural information by corporations should stop. Instead, we need to fight for Guerilla Open Access by…
Microsoft: 10 Immutable Laws of Security
Creator: Microsoft Security Response Center is a division of Microsoft that investigates thousands of security reports every year to determine if a flaw results from one of their products. Purpose: Microsoft Security Response Center investigates thousands of security reports every year. Not all real security problems result from product flaws. The most likely list of…
Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship
Creator: Prompted by the works of Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas who wrote The Pragmatic Programmer and Pete McBreen who wrote the Software Craftsmanship. Purpose: Raise the bar for the standard and craft of professional software development. It builds upon the earlier Agile Software Manifesto for software development. Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship Source The Manifesto…
LuluSec and Anonymous: Operation Anti-Security
Creator: LuluSec and Anonymous, two high-profile hackers groups. Purpose: Expose the secrets of the world’s governments – in the spirit of WikiLeaks. Manifesto: Operation Anti-Security Salutations Lulz Lizards, As we’re aware, the government and whitehat security terrorists across the world continue to dominate and control our Internet ocean. Sitting pretty on cargo bays full of…
Jeremy Samuel: Social Media Engagement Manifesto
Creator: Jeremy Samuel, social media savvy blogger. Purpose: Because engagement is more important than mere activity on social media. Social Media Engagement Manifesto 1. Social Media Is The World’s Biggest Conversation We all have a voice and every business that wants to participate in the Social Media conversation needs to respect that voice. As well…
