Mike Lee

Engineering the Organization

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:06:11 -0700

Yesterday I said I was going to hang out and write and figure out what I want to do, but it's kind of obvious what I want to do. After all, I had been doing it — or at least a compromised version of it — up until a week ago. Forget professional CEOs. I'm an engineer, and a company is a just a projec

Dear My Team

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:38:07 -0700

When I spoke to each of you about Tapulous, whether I recruited you, or inherited you from GoGoApps, I spoke of an engineering paradise where smart people would come together to ship beautiful applications, to lead a computing revolution, and to become a real force for world change. I also made you

Why Quality Matters

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:24:19 -0700

Do you know what the real difference is between a Mac and a PC? It’s not just the OS. A platform always stands or falls on third-party development. The difference is that Mac software tends to be well designed, and Windows software tends to suck. The question, then, is why don’t all the Mac develo

Operating Range

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:22:59 -0700

If you follow me on Twinkle, you know I had a scary experience this weekend. After recovery and research, I figured out what happened, and while it relieved some stress, the conclusion was itself a bit scary. Let me start at the beginning. My wife, a woman of ineffable and inexplicable tastes, love

Another Day, Another Year

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:43:15 -0700

When you’re building a team and producing great products, it’s easy to ignore a lot of things. Maintaining your health, your car, your home, and your family generates any number of little tasks that, put off again and again, add up to major stress. One thing you can’t put off is aging, and this old