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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…
Interviewing programmers: coding test results.
I've now stopped accepting new versions, so please don't send me any more. However, there has been such a strong reaction to this that I intend to offer another opportunity for people to write simple code and have it analysed and compared with others.
The Best Method to Master a Foreign Language, Guaranteed
Dear Korean, My name is The English Teacher. The English Teacher has a question for The Korean. The English Teacher read the Korean's rece...
How to Report Bugs Effectively
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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%.
Hilary Mason: How to Replace Yourself with a Very Small Shell Script
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Google Chrome for Linux goes stable
Since the initial beta release of Google Chrome for Linux last December , we've been hard at work adding the polish necessary to upgrade th...
Announcing Clojure/core
I'm happy to announce Clojure/core , a joint endeavor between myself and Relevance, Inc. Clojure/core is a specialized technical practice w...
Naïve Quitting
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
A new type of phishing attack. Works on savvy users.
In essence, a phishing attack is a kind of hack used by cybercriminals to trick victims into performing a certain activity. These emails are frequently sent
The Secret Lives of Professors (What Being a Professor is Really Like)
I came to Harvard 7 years ago with a fairly romantic notion of what it meant to be a professor -- I imagined unstructured days spent mentori...
Google's AdSense Revenue Share
Today, in the spirit of greater transparency with AdSense publishers, we’re sharing the revenue shares for our two main AdSense products — A...