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SlashData Team

Sep 5, 20226 min read

4 lessons from my first 9 months as CEO

In this slightly up close and personal post, I outline 4 things I’ve learned with a major work and life change. This post is aimed to...

SlashData Team

Feb 3, 20222 min read

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Introducing SlashData’s new CEO

SlashData has come a long way, as has its DNA. It has pivoted and transformed itself several times. It has moved from a tiny consulting...

The largest developer community: a critical view

SlashData Team

Jan 21, 20194 min read

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The largest developer community: a critical view

When developers evaluate new technologies, one of the elements they often look at is the size and strength of the community surrounding...

Virtual reality: Where did it all go wrong?

SlashData Team

Jan 11, 20196 min read

Developer Research

Virtual reality: Where did it all go wrong?

In this article, I’m going to talk about how I perceive the mainstream consumer audience to have rejected virtual reality, and suggest...

Developer Marketing Leaders Are Back for the Future Developer Summit 2018

SlashData Team

Sep 7, 20182 min read

Business Models and Strategy

Developer Marketing Leaders Are Back for the Future Developer Summit 2018

Future Developer Summit is back September 13, Menlo Park, CA, bringing together 60+ VP & director-level champions of developer marketing...

Welcome to SlashData: the next 10 years.

SlashData Team

Jul 10, 20173 min read

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Welcome to SlashData: the next 10 years.

We‘ve come a long way since VisionMobile was founded in 2005. I founded the company just after I had left Orange (the telco) as a means...

What gets desktop developers out of bed in the morning?

SlashData Team

Jul 1, 20163 min read

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What gets desktop developers out of bed in the morning?

Despite all the hype around the death of the PC and the enormous amount of media attention focused on mobile, cloud and IoT, the humble...

A proven model for targeting IoT developers

SlashData Team

Jun 23, 20162 min read

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A proven model for targeting IoT developers

Not all developers are the same, and their needs vary wildly, so any attempt to effectively address them all with a single messaging and...

1000 skills: Amazon Alexa as a metaphor for the IoT developer community

SlashData Team

Jun 21, 20163 min read

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1000 skills: Amazon Alexa as a metaphor for the IoT developer community

But today, I want to talk not so much about Alexa’s merits as such, but use it as a metaphor for the IoT developer community. IoT...

Google’s Instant Apps is the power grab that ActiveX couldn’t make

SlashData Team

Jun 16, 20164 min read

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Google’s Instant Apps is the power grab that ActiveX couldn’t make

At this year’s Google I/O conference the search giant announced Instant Apps – Android applications dynamically downloaded, installed,...

Developer Personas as a Revenue Growth Tool

SlashData Team

Jun 2, 20166 min read

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Developer Personas as a Revenue Growth Tool

Nike, Adidas and Under Armour have digitally opened up their fitness and athletics products. McCormick Foods and Campbells Soup have...

Beyond the ‘chatbot’ – The messaging quadrant

SlashData Team

May 19, 20165 min read

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Beyond the ‘chatbot’ – The messaging quadrant

These days everyone and their uncle is talking about chatbots as the next thing after apps. But ‘Chatbot’ is a rather poor name for...

SlashData Team

Apr 19, 20164 min read

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The Rise of APIs for Non Developers

Or why the new API evangelists might not even need to code Some years ago APIs were clearly built and branded for developers. The...

Messenger vs Skype vs Slack vs Telegram: How to spot the winners

SlashData Team

Apr 8, 20164 min read

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Messenger vs Skype vs Slack vs Telegram: How to spot the winners

What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of Messenger vs Skype vs Slack vs Telegram? Conversational UI and messaging bots are...

SlashData Team

Mar 9, 20161 min read

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Cloud & Desktop Developer Landscape

How are desktop and cloud development evolving? We’ve prepared an infographic with some key insights that can help you better understand...

Netscape’s dreams are finally becoming reality

SlashData Team

Feb 29, 20164 min read

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Netscape’s dreams are finally becoming reality

Back in the 1990’s, during the first great browser war, we were assured that our web browser would soon be the only platform we would...

Facebook Messenger: All your numbers are belong to us

SlashData Team

Jan 25, 20164 min read

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Facebook Messenger: All your numbers are belong to us

Facebook started 2016 with the bold claim that it intends to eradicate phone numbers and replace web browsing, but the Social Network has...

Developers trust their peers more than their partners

SlashData Team

Dec 14, 20153 min read

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Developers trust their peers more than their partners

Developers certainly use developer programs from the platform vendors, almost half of them dropping by daily, but when they’ve got...

The Internet of Things is about to reshape e-commerce

SlashData Team

Dec 9, 20153 min read

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The Internet of Things is about to reshape e-commerce

E-commerce as we know it is about to be fundamentally reshaped, as every connected object in the future becomes a potential commerce...

What we've learned by designing 10 developer surveys

SlashData Team

Oct 22, 20153 min read

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What we've learned by designing 10 developer surveys

The question in question is the question of questions This week we launched our tenth biannual developer survey – asking thousands of...

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