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by t0pj 18y ago
"with the help of Bain & Co. [Bob and Bob], we initiated a series of steps to determine how we can become more efficient and productive as an organization" So they brought in outside help to figure out that they needed a 10% layoff? A
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Tin Foil Hats and Rubber Ducks(steve.yegge.googlepages.com)
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by t0pj 18y ago
The problem(s) with OpenID http://idcorner.org/2007/08/22/the-problems-with-openid/
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by t0pj 18y ago
"More likely, you'll just get a lot of people doing things that can be made to look on paper like startups." http://paulgraham.com/inequality.html
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by t0pj 18y ago
It's not extreme at all if you base your life on honesty, respect, and moral integrity.
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Is It Time to Raise Prices?(inc.com)
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by t0pj 18y ago
I think there would actually have to be some money changing hands. Five dollars would be enough to throw out the spammers and still be a small enough amount to keep customers happy. This is assuming that their e-mail is extremely importan
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by t0pj 18y ago
Would charging $5 a month for an e-mail account work for you?
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A transaction makes a customer(37signals.com)
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by t0pj 18y ago
Content is half the battle. Distribution is the other. Don't forget the third half; getting people to give a damn (i.e. marketing).
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by t0pj 18y ago
It's a good reread as well.
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The Sport of Business (having the edge)(blogmaverick.com)
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by t0pj 18y ago
One should not choose between great aesthetics and usefulness. One should seek both. Sun Tzu, is that you? :)
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by t0pj 18y ago
Righteousness has an amazing ability to align itself with self-interest. Priceless.
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by t0pj 18y ago
To summarize: Be ready. Shift happens. This makes a lot of people uneasy.
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by t0pj 18y ago
"There is only one Amazon cloud storage, but there are thousands of other online storage places so switching is easy." 1) I don't think switching would be that easy unless you're just getting started. 2) Thousands of other online storage
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by t0pj 18y ago
I dub thee patent, "apples to apples".
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by t0pj 18y ago
Thank you. I see no need for people to automate and integrate to the point of absurdity.
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by t0pj 18y ago
I guess this makes the App Store of limited capability as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_garden_ (media) "A walled garden, with regards to media content, refers to a closed set or exclusive set of information services provided
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Q&A: The state of the scripting universe(computerworld.com)
2 points by t0pj 18y ago|0 comments
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by t0pj 18y ago
" So you knew your boss and your team, but unless you were a smoker, you didn't know any of the people in the other parts of the company." Smoking; the vice with a silver lining.
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How I Learned to Love Middle Managers(inc.com)
1 points by t0pj 18y ago|1 comments
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by t0pj 18y ago
http://idcorner.org/2007/08/22/the-problems-with-openid/
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Why Google has lost its mojo(computerworld.com)
1 points by t0pj 18y ago|0 comments
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by t0pj 18y ago
Under settings.slp: "Click a rule to unignore it." This needs no unpolishing, yes?
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Practical Rules for Using Color in Charts(perceptualedge.com)
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Web 2.0's most ridiculous sites(computerworld.com)
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by t0pj 18y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=199784
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by t0pj 18y ago
If you haven't yet, then please have someone else take a look at your code. I'm thinking they'll be able to give you some pointers. I can only guess in what a mess your codebase must be; spaghetti code with sparse, little "helper" function
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by t0pj 18y ago
I guess a line needs to be drawn. Have you been paid for a general set of deliverables and only now are the specific requirements coming out? If you haven't been paid yet, will they not pay until they're "satisfied"? Is the site even online

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