Comments on: Helping Set Direction at Walmart; Ben and I and our (surprising!) new role http://almaer.com/blog/helping-set-direction-at-walmart blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Devlin Dunsmore http://almaer.com/blog/helping-set-direction-at-walmart/comment-page-1#comment-48258 Devlin Dunsmore Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:27:17 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2966#comment-48258 Personally I've always been of the mindset that some "startup" attitude at big corporations can go a long way. Congrats! Personally I’ve always been of the mindset that some “startup” attitude at big corporations can go a long way. Congrats!

]]> By: Steve Souders http://almaer.com/blog/helping-set-direction-at-walmart/comment-page-1#comment-48238 Steve Souders Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:55:57 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2966#comment-48238 Congrats to you and Ben. This *is* an opportunity to do something awesome. I'm on my mobile device all day long, but I've never gone to walmart.com. It'll be exciting to watch you make that happen by building a compelling, fast (of course) experience. Congrats to you and Ben. This *is* an opportunity to do something awesome. I’m on my mobile device all day long, but I’ve never gone to walmart.com. It’ll be exciting to watch you make that happen by building a compelling, fast (of course) experience.

]]> By: dion http://almaer.com/blog/helping-set-direction-at-walmart/comment-page-1#comment-48237 dion Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:45:59 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2966#comment-48237 @Adam, We are doing some interesting work with Web technology, which could bode well for a webOS experience :) @Justin, I really wanted to post a photo of us in blue! @Doug, If you had said that I would be working for Walmart 6 months ago I would have laughed. However, I did a lot of soul searching, and research, before taking on this role. I am not going to sit here and tell you that Walmart is perfect, but I found a lot of good things happening here too (some of it was to my surprise to be honest). We think that we can actually do a lot of good here. @Kevin, I wish I could show you Ben's desk with 8 Apple products on it :) Cheers, Dion @Adam,

We are doing some interesting work with Web technology, which could bode well for a webOS experience :)

@Justin,

I really wanted to post a photo of us in blue!

@Doug,

If you had said that I would be working for Walmart 6 months ago I would have laughed. However, I did a lot of soul searching, and research, before taking on this role. I am not going to sit here and tell you that Walmart is perfect, but I found a lot of good things happening here too (some of it was to my surprise to be honest). We think that we can actually do a lot of good here.

@Kevin,

I wish I could show you Ben’s desk with 8 Apple products on it :)

Cheers,

Dion

]]> By: Kevin Dangoor http://almaer.com/blog/helping-set-direction-at-walmart/comment-page-1#comment-48236 Kevin Dangoor Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:11:48 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2966#comment-48236 Good luck, guys! As long as they don't force Ben to use Windows, I think it will work out fine ;) Good luck, guys!

As long as they don’t force Ben to use Windows, I think it will work out fine ;)

]]> By: Doug Reeder http://almaer.com/blog/helping-set-direction-at-walmart/comment-page-1#comment-48232 Doug Reeder Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:44:51 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2966#comment-48232 I'm sorry to see people with your talents working for a monopolistic, anti-competitive, and anti-worker company. I’m sorry to see people with your talents working for a monopolistic, anti-competitive, and anti-worker company.

]]> By: Justin Dolske http://almaer.com/blog/helping-set-direction-at-walmart/comment-page-1#comment-48231 Justin Dolske Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:39:33 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2966#comment-48231 Do the terms of the deal include blue vests and nametags? And will developers be required to wear them at work? ;-) Do the terms of the deal include blue vests and nametags? And will developers be required to wear them at work? ;-)

]]> By: Adam M http://almaer.com/blog/helping-set-direction-at-walmart/comment-page-1#comment-48230 Adam M Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:26:08 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2966#comment-48230 "Our iOS application has millions of downloads, and we recently released an Android application".... what about a webOS app? :-) “Our iOS application has millions of downloads, and we recently released an Android application”…. what about a webOS app? :-)

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