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by loomio 13y ago
We have been open source from the start, but we actually find it really hard to find the time to support contributors to do more than small features and changes. If you have any advice about how to better integrate open source contributors
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Gibbon: Playlists for learning(gibbon.co)
6 points by loomio 13y ago|0 comments
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by loomio 13y ago
Totally depends what you're trying to accomplish. Basecamp can be great for managing a whole project in all its complexity. But often times that's overkill, and too many features get in the way. We[0] differentiate by keeping it a
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by loomio 13y ago
Great, photos of all my ex-boyfriends, in sequence, set to sentimental music. Just what I've always wanted.
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Pattern Recognition for Management(blog.loomio.org)
1 points by loomio 13y ago|0 comments
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Get confused. Solve problems. Repeat. The universe is waiting for you.(quora.com)
2 points by loomio 13y ago|0 comments
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by loomio 13y ago
Notice the common theme: people's financial lives get derailed by medical expenses. Yet another argument for healthcare reform. In New Zealand (as in many other countries) we have a very reasonable system whereby you repay student loan
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by loomio 13y ago
I absolutely love work, and I've been bored out of my skull for the last week because everyone is on holiday over Christmas/New Years. I have organized my life so I am working on the most important and interesting problems I can f
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by loomio 13y ago
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. ― R Buckminster Fuller
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by loomio 13y ago
It's also useful to remember that until you have an actual product, the company really does not need a sales person, because there is nothing to sell. A startup does need a lot of things besides a developer, like customer development.
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Participatory Design: Transforming society by transforming technology(peterasaro.org)
1 points by loomio 13y ago|0 comments
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by loomio 13y ago
As an American living abroad, I still show up hours too early for flights. Old habits are hard to break! But seriously, it's just not like that in many other places round the world. Sure, we have security, but showing up more than an h
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by loomio 13y ago
For me the lesson here isn't as much about engineering as incentives and inclusion. If you engage people who are actually on the front lines in solving the problems, great ideas will emerge. These are the people who understand the prob
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by loomio 13y ago
I am so, so glad to see a much more high quality discussion (thanks in large part to lkrubner's insightful top comment) going on here today than the travesty that accompanied your post about Black Girls Code. The reactions that provoke
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by loomio 13y ago
Just like in meatspace, conversation online is exactly what you make it. If you create online social spaces for yourself full of superficiality and narcissistic triviality, that is what you will experience. Just like how whether your in per
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by loomio 13y ago
Can't say anything about specific graduates, but overall statistics indicate that someone with a degree has about half the likelihood of being unemployed as someone without. Some quick stats from Wikipedia: > The average salary for
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by loomio 13y ago
What will the alternative cloud solutions be? I assume that many will rush to fill the gap as clients vacate US providers, offering increased privacy as a specific selling point. As a non-US startup, we're still using Heroku and AWS be
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Reading List for a New Kind of Manager(medium.com)
2 points by loomio 13y ago|1 comments
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by loomio 13y ago
Or become a mentor at an incubator/accelerator?
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by loomio 13y ago
For those of us whose "core dream" is exactly the kind of logistical problem solving and organizational coordination the author describes as "overhead", starting your own company is a unicorn job. Feeling lucky, I supp
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by loomio 13y ago
I am shocked, and yet somehow not surprised, that there are exactly no women on the list. Sigh. I love the comments posted here.... just imagine the insightful commentary we'd all be benefiting from if half the population wasn't e
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by loomio 13y ago
There are certainly not "no women" - even if there are few. I think your comment about women being more likely to stay anonymous is spot on.
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by loomio 13y ago
This quote summed it up for me: > Agile processes are optimised for constructing technical systems conceived and built by programmers, but poorly suited to building socio-technical systems that seek an integration between humans and tech
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by loomio 13y ago
So glad to hear you're feeling at peace in NZ, Derek. I know many people who are quietly excited you've chosen this far flung island to call home and know that you are a fantastic addition to the community no matter what you chose
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by loomio 13y ago
There is so, so much more to this story that I don't even know where to begin. People "asking for what they want" takes on completely different contexts depending on their situation, background, gender. The system you are adv
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by loomio 13y ago
Surely inventing new technology to disrupt markets requires a deep understanding of those markets, and the social fabric they are woven in? Surely software is made by people, and understanding people is key to understanding the process of m
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by loomio 13y ago
Interesting points... I think there may be many differences here based on things like gender, age, and subculture. I think it's highly context-dependent. The advice she gave was actually pretty spot-on for a young woman networking in a
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by loomio 13y ago
This was seriously inspiring. Thank you for posting it. We are running a completely flat organisation, but with the full awareness that just saying there's no bosses in no way removes the power dynamics from human interaction. Breaking
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by loomio 13y ago
On the other hand, you got me to sign up :) But that's because I've seen your previous posts and they've been really influential for our whole startup! Keep 'em coming.
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Startup out of cash? Rent out the whole team.(blog.loomio.org)
4 points by loomio 13y ago|0 comments

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