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My Dip Into Domaining
What led me to try my hand at domain name speculation was curiousity about a particular angle on the market. Domaining had always seemed boring in practice, despite my theoretical interest in it as kind of a stock market for words. This angle that I'd thought of was to focus on domains composed of two three-letter…
Google's getting B(l)ing
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
You’re a little company, now act like one
You're afraid that looking like being a small company means you'll lose sales. It's actually the opposite -- you're alienating your best customers.
App Store: Sentence first — verdict afterwards
UPDATE 2 Jun 2010: Seems while Australia was sleeping a gazillion people read our little post, so allow me to clarify a few things – My Frame still appears to be in the App Store. No this was…
How We Improved Our Conversion Rate by 72%
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Microsoft says: IE6 is like 9 year old milk
Explore Microsoft products and services and support for your home or business. Shop Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Xbox, Windows, Azure, Surface and more.
Tynt, the Copy/Paste Jerks
Regarding Tynt, a service that breaks copy-and-paste on websites.
Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups
Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers I was having coff…
I've Changed My Mind About The iPad
I got an iPad for our home when the wifi version first came out. I used it for a day and then wrote a post about the iPad on the iPad. I was not very enthusiastic about the device. At the end of the review I said: Over time it may turn into a mainstream […]
Lessons learned from 13 failed software products
“No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients.” – Proverb Software entrepreneur culture is full of stories of the products that succeeded. But what about t…
How two magical words increased signups by 28%
Viadeo, a leading SaaS company, used Wingify Testing serivices to increase the CTR on the sign-up form placed on their home page by 28%.