So, why won't a big restaurant chain try out order-at-table? 6% net margins. Small changes in restaurants can result in big changes to the bottom line, either good or bad. And, changing the customer experience is…
The first problem is that existing restaurants have POS systems that are (1) expensive, and (2) essential for operations. If you want to build an order-at-the-table system that reduces workload, you have to integrate…
I spent a year of my life shopping a business plan for the tablets-at-the-table concept. I made a prototype system and tested it extensively at a restaurant. Guests loved it. Men came up with all kinds of…
And the memory footprint thing.... I understand the concern for mobile/embedded stuff and don't know much about how well Java does there. However, when a half gig of RAM for a server costs well under $100, it just…
I have a similar technique for phone screens. Candidates are told to do the interview where they can receive email. To avoid cheating, we send them a couple of code snippets right as we call them. Then, we talk about…
I work in a Java shop but do some statistical work using R. For me, Java is the easiest way to gather together data for an analysis. R is the clear winner over Java for doing statistical modeling. Gluing them together…
So, why won't a big restaurant chain try out order-at-table? 6% net margins. Small changes in restaurants can result in big changes to the bottom line, either good or bad. And, changing the customer experience is…
The first problem is that existing restaurants have POS systems that are (1) expensive, and (2) essential for operations. If you want to build an order-at-the-table system that reduces workload, you have to integrate…
I spent a year of my life shopping a business plan for the tablets-at-the-table concept. I made a prototype system and tested it extensively at a restaurant. Guests loved it. Men came up with all kinds of…
And the memory footprint thing.... I understand the concern for mobile/embedded stuff and don't know much about how well Java does there. However, when a half gig of RAM for a server costs well under $100, it just…
I have a similar technique for phone screens. Candidates are told to do the interview where they can receive email. To avoid cheating, we send them a couple of code snippets right as we call them. Then, we talk about…
I work in a Java shop but do some statistical work using R. For me, Java is the easiest way to gather together data for an analysis. R is the clear winner over Java for doing statistical modeling. Gluing them together…