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by ricardo 17y ago
I'm not a customer yet but I agree on it being indispensable. It'll be an easy decision to pay once I run out of disk space. There aren't many products which I actively promote to my friends, but dropbox is one of them (the extra space for
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by ricardo 17y ago
Quitting your job is by no means easy. You'd either have to be willing to take a huge risk if you don't have any savings or you have to plan way ahead to minimize the damaage. Having a spouse and/or kids to support only makes it harder.
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by ricardo 17y ago
Basecamp is great tool for lightweight project management. It won't solve your motivation problem but it will make it easy to keep things organized. My suggestion: make a to do list about a particular function/feature and quickly jot down
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by ricardo 18y ago
A great technique is to modify the UI based on context and allowed actions. As I started using Basecamp (37signals) on a daily basis I realized that there are hardly any error messages in the application. If you aren't allowed to do somet
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by ricardo 18y ago
Steve Yegge's essays are a great read: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/
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by ricardo 18y ago
While it's difficult to keep up with a steady stream of lengthy emails, I prefer that to phone calls. Especially when working with customers who tend to ask the same question multiple times. I'd rather send an email and attach the same fi
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by ricardo 18y ago
I respect those that have found a job they truly enjoy doing.
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by ricardo 18y ago
When Microsoft started out it operated under a pretty flat organizational structure, similar to how Google is run. They've gotten fat in the middle (management) over the years and it's stifled any chance they've had of getting anything don
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The Start Conference - One Day Conference on Web Startups in SF
1 points by ricardo 18y ago|0 comments
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by ricardo 18y ago
This comes across as a rant from someone who doesn't understand how 37Signals became successful. They seem to practice what they preach. It may not be the right approach for everyone, but it definitely works for them. How does having only
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by ricardo 18y ago
There have been a lot of speculation and analysis about the challenges that this type of site will face but I think twitter's problems are much simpler. It was built by a group of people who had never scaled a site to that level before. Th
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by ricardo 18y ago
There's a uWink coming soon to downtown Mountain View (corner of Castro and California where they old ranch house used to be). I just hope it isn't too gimmicky.
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by ricardo 19y ago
Another example: http://islostarepeat.com/
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by ricardo 19y ago
Google streetview may be illegal... in Canada. It's perfectly legal in the US.
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by ricardo 19y ago
Verizon is just as bad. I can't wait to get off their wireless service. I recently moved to the SF Bay Area and found that my cell on a nationwide plan was roaming continuously. Somehow the phone I bought from them won't update its netwo
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by ricardo 19y ago
Your original post doesn't mention any of this. I think it would help everyone understand your point a lot better if you posted a few specifics...
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by ricardo 20y ago
You can purchase a WiFi modem to boost the signal and have it work inside: https://wifi.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=44022