mikemainguy

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My experience at Denny's and three rules for success(mikemainguy.blogspot.com)
15 points by mikemainguy 16y ago|3 comments
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Why we can't watch live TV online(articles.cnn.com)
3 points by mikemainguy 16y ago|4 comments
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by mikemainguy 16y ago
While this statement is in alignment with conventional wisdom, I think things are changing (or should). Corporations are legal entities and can/should have a voice just like any other person. When folks start watering down the corporate v
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by mikemainguy 16y ago
I'm not sure why this isn't a more popular approach. I've often wanted a JVM (or Ruby VM) that ran without an OS, but it's a little "off the grid" right now. Good idea.
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by mikemainguy 16y ago
I see this with clients all the time. Pitch a "stupid" idea and 10 weeks later the client comes back with a "brilliant" one (that is identical).
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The Internet is causing the world to shrink(mikemainguy.blogspot.com)
1 points by mikemainguy 16y ago|2 comments
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by mikemainguy 16y ago
That's silly, physicians, mechanics, lawyers, and many other skilled tradesmen are just like programmers. The problem is that many folks see programmers as somehow different than these folks.
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by mikemainguy 16y ago
"In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you." — Warren Buffet CEO, Berkshire Hathaway My Buffet said it best IMHO... I've w
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by mikemainguy 16y ago
But there's a perverse side to this. By offering MORE compensation, it would seem likely that MORE unqualified people will apply. For your logic to work, we'd need to show that making a skill more expensive would automatically cause inept
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by mikemainguy 16y ago
I listened to the 2004 intro to Psych lectures by professor Wolfe at MIT. I thought it interesting that he pointed out that depressives have a more accurate portrayal of reality and how thing really are than "normal" people.
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by mikemainguy 17y ago
I agree... personally I think you should not be allowed to code unless you can type somewhere around 60-70 wpm. It is only with extreme mental effort that I can watch someone hunt-and-peck out 5 lines of code fiddling with their mouse and
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by mikemainguy 17y ago
I disagree, part of the value of time tracking is that you can illustrate the many distractions you have during a day and consciously block off time to get into flow. Obviously this doesn't apply if you set your own priorities and objectiv
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by mikemainguy 17y ago
Spoken like a young creative (at a startup? in the valley?) who is only responsible to himself. Once you need to work as part of a team, time management becomes important because you have to manage the interruptions + coordination with oth