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by maxcameron 16y ago
I didn't write this for customers obviously - they deserve to report bugs in any way they want. But I think developers need to do a better job helping their team-members write better bug reports.
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How to help your team write better bug reports(bigbangtechnology.com)
4 points by maxcameron 16y ago|6 comments
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by maxcameron 17y ago
Does anyone know where I can find the analogy of building a parachute on the way down? I would really like to give credit to whoever wrote that, but I can't remember where I found it.
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Building Software is Like...(bigbangtechnology.com)
2 points by maxcameron 17y ago|1 comments
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The Meaning of the Small Corporation(bigbangtechnology.com)
1 points by maxcameron 17y ago|0 comments
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by maxcameron 17y ago
I was talking about linking to a home-made blog post written by a start up, not a third-party article from TechCrunch. It's not about spamming people, it's just common sense. If you were a musician, wouldn't you want your song to be on the
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Ask HN: Best Time to Submit to HN?
1 points by maxcameron 17y ago|3 comments
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by maxcameron 17y ago
Hahaha Joel how about a start up discount for your make better software training. $1595 for four videos is a nice idea but too rich for my blood.
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by maxcameron 17y ago
This is a great post. Protecting the modest amount of money we're making now as an early stage start up is extremely important. The one thing this post didn't talk about was why it's so important to be so frugal. Having financial discipline
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by maxcameron 17y ago
Writing. I'm not a bad writer but man it'd be great to be better.
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by maxcameron 17y ago
But it was an excellent post, and the slides are worth looking at too.
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by maxcameron 17y ago
Yeah I can't really imagine hiring someone that I haven't worked with before. Odd they don't really mention that.
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by maxcameron 17y ago
"...Duct tape over maintainable code" Oh brother.
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by maxcameron 17y ago
This is a really well thought-out response. Even though people would probably like to describe eHealth as an exception, I think that situation really exemplifies the problems I was trying to expose in the RFP process. It's just another reas
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RFPs Will Kill Us All(bigbangtechnology.com)
42 points by maxcameron 17y ago|37 comments
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by maxcameron 17y ago
We're definitely not after the kids market, but we love the idea of incorporating gaming elements into the app, like achievements. Competition is a tricky subject: it's good to compete in some circumstances - but education isn't always abou
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by maxcameron 17y ago
Thanks for the correction. I meant to say we don't have the resources to bring in a firm that specializes in branding the product.
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by maxcameron 17y ago
Great point about tracking leaderboard on the web - that would be a mess. Not to worry - we hired a kick ass designer for logo/identity/UI revisions - I hated having to tell him that our first idea fell through.
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Two-man start up can't afford chi-chi branding, could use your advice.
10 points by maxcameron 17y ago|27 comments