One of the more controversial concepts in Agile Modeling is that agile models and agile documents are sufficient for the task at hand, or as I like to say they are “just barely good enough (JBGE)“. In this article I make the following critical points about a model or document (an artifact) being just barely good enough

This reminded me of a quote from Einstein which says “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler”.

This Einstein Wiki Quote entry also mentions that it is likely that the KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) Agile methodology principle also originated from the same idea.

I didn’t get to read the whole article, but overall I agree with the concept.

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Most of us netspirants could probably relate to what the article discusses.

Just because you thought of a site to share photos with friends wouldn’t have made you Flickr.

I thought it would be interesting to share here some ideas I had before but have now been developed/executed by other people (one way or another).

1. 2004 – Portal for all Good News about the Philippines [GoodNewsPilipinas.com]
2. 2004/05? – Web-based PIM (more like PalmPilot for the Web) [BackPackIt, Tadalist, Remember the Milk]
3. Early 2007 – Web-based book sharing application [Shelfari, Facebook Bookshare]

So the next time you’re hit by a light bulb moment, pause for a while and think about it real hard.

Am I ready to quit my Job for this?

I wanted to do my part in promoting environment awareness so I’m blogging about a website which I was able to note down, that of Luntian Bags.

Luntian Bags are reusable bags made of canvas that come in different designs and sizes. The purpose of the bags is to help reduce plastic bag pollution by using reusable bags instead of wasting plastic ones. These bags are stylish, earth-friendly and carry a message. So for your next trip to the grocery or mall, BYOB.

The owner of the site (as mentioned in her blog) said that she was inspired by the Just Say No to Plastic Bags post from the 51 Things We Can Do to Save the Environment article (Time magazine’s website).

I first heard about the concept of bringing your own reusable bags from a local supermarket (Rustan’s). I’m just not sure if the bags they have there are from the same source.

Anyway, I’m glad this thing is gaining momentum.

Great work you guys!

eBay’s online payment division and the global leader in online payments, PayPal, has added a new withdrawal feature for its Philippine and Indonesian members, allowing them to conveniently withdraw funds from their PayPal accounts to their local bank accounts.

See: http://pages.ebay.ph/bankwithdrawal/

It’s probably a good time to go back to reading my first ebook from Apress titled:

Pro PayPal E-Commerce