Is continued “creative destruction” at Apple a wise business strategy?

by PepLamb on January 28, 2013

We have seen creativity as an open-ended, self-organizing system, in this post we will explore continued “creative destruction” at Apple a wise business strategy. Creative Destruction The dawn of the Neo-liberal society has intensified the need to be creative so as to engage in new innovations that drive profitability and beat the competition. According to Schumpeter (1947), “the…
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In what way can creativity be considered to be an open-ended, self-organizing system?

by PepLamb on January 11, 2013

In the previous post I talked about what motivates human creativity, in this post we will explore how creativity can be considered to be an open-ended, self-organizing system. “While directing research on a U.S. Air Force survival training program in the 1950s, he has observed fliers coming up with creative ways to survive extreme cold…
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What Motivates Human Creativity?

by PepLamb on December 14, 2012

“Like intelligence, creativity defies exact den.” (Papalia, Sterns, Feldman, and Camp, 2002, p.211) Creativity is usually defined as the creation of something novel and valuable which involved a precursor situation delineating a process of idea generation, sense-making, sharing, analysing, and problem-finding (Heerwagan, 2002). Despite similar cognitive processes of creativity among all humans, some individuals are…
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Predator Prey Simulation with Grass, Sheep and Wolf

by PepLamb on June 15, 2012

The following predator prey simulation app is developed using jQuery, MooTools, Kendo UI, RaphaelJs, Linq.js JavaScript Libraries and is designed purely in HTML5 and CSS3. Instructions: 1. Enter the parameters and press ‘Setup‘ and click ‘Start‘ 2. For better performance you may disable the charts by checking ‘Disable Charts?‘ check-box. Predator Prey Simulation: World: Rows:…
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Ways To Implement Model View ViewModel (MVVM)

by PepLamb on September 23, 2011

I came across a couple of different ways to implement MVVM that I would like to share here I have seen applications where M V VM is completely implemented on the client’s side meaning for example, View is the UI with Xaml and code behind, Model which stores the data, ViewModel implements INotificationPropertyChanged event and…
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Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Models

by PepLamb on September 20, 2011

In this post I will discuss few Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Models briefly and talk about their advantages and disadvantages. Prototype Model A prototype model focuses on developing the software little by little and tested in a real time environment with the customers in mind (“SDLC prototype model”, n.d). Advantages of prototype model are…
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Custom Field Cookie

by PepLamb on April 11, 2011

This wordpress plugin checks for all custom keys in a page or a post for custom keys ending with _Custom_Field_Cookie and writes that key as cookie name and its value as cookie value. Download: Custom Field Cookie Screenshot: None! What you need to use this plugin: Requires a WordPress (Version: 2.8.0 or higher) powered website…
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Google Analytics Visits

by PepLamb on December 5, 2009

Google Analytics Visits wordpress plugin uses GAPI (Google Analytics Php Interface) to fetch data from your analytics account. The plugin displays user visits from each country in the widget with Country Flags. You will have to enter your analytics account details in the options page “Google Analytics Visits”. Features Various display options: Option to display…
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Linkable Title Html and Php Widget

by PepLamb on November 27, 2009

Using this plugin you may have Text, HTML, Javascript, Flash and/or Php as content in this widget with linkable widget titles, so this is a plus compared to the default wordpress’ text widget.

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