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NeXT: Steve Jobs’ Dot.com IPO That Never Happened
Had Steve Jobs’ first company not bought his second, history likely would have been very different. Apple might not exist today. No iPhone. But what could have happened to NeXT?
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 934 posts.
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‘Honeypot’ pages to try to convert people searching for cracked software
Software piracy is a fact of life for vendors of desktop software. Take a look at Google’s helpful suggestions if you search on the name of one of my products: Trying to make your software cr…
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The China ICO Ban
Regulators in China imposed a blanket ban on ICOs over the long weekend. A number of people have reached out to me via email and Twitter asking me what I think about this. I think regulation of ICOs is inevitable and a good thing if done right (ie lightly). The SEC’s comments on ICOs back […]
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The Digital Advertising Duopoly
This chart from eMarketer really brings it home. We have a digital advertising duopoly. The difference between second and third place is massive. I don’t want nor do I expect any governmental response to this market failure. I want to see the technology industry adopt new approaches to monetization, ideally not…
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Software vendor argues that it has copyright in output of its CAD software
When is the output of a copyright-protected software program itself protected by copyright? This is a case of first impression for any court of appeals which is pending at the Ninth Circuit. The case is Design Data Corporation v. Unigate Enterprise, Inc., 14-16701. On 17 October, 2016, counsels for both parties…
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Unkown Unknowns: Why you should release early
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. - Mark Twain
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Microsoft’s Monopoly Hangover
There are striking similarities between Microsoft today and IBM in the Lou Gerstner era, but today’s IBM should be a warning to Redmond.
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MessageBird raises $60M Series A
Ideas and perspectives from Bird on communications, AI agents and the work of making business radically simpler.
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My Heroku values (2015)
Some of my favorite practices and ideas from almost four years at Heroku.
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Google Will Survive SESTA – Startups Might Not
There was a shocking moment in this week’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA). Prof. Eric Goldman had just pointed out that members of Congress should consider how the bill might affect hundreds of small Internet startups, not just giant companies...
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Where People Spend the Most and Least on Rent in America
The places in America where you'll spend a lot of your income on rent. And places where you won't.
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Pitch decks we used to raise $1.1M
Buffer famously raised $500,000 investment with their pitch deck. At Twine we have raised more than $1,000,000 so far, see why our pitch was so effective..
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What AlphaGo Zero teaches us about what’s going wrong with innovation
It is hard not to be impressed — and perhaps a little alarmed — by the progression. In 1997, IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue beat the world’s greatest chess player, Garry Kasparov. It was a hugely ex…
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Introducing paid subscriptions on GitLab.com
Subscriptions and limits to private CI minutes on shared runners are coming to GitLab.com
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iPhone 6 slows down by 28% after just 4 months use
After just 140 charging cycles, which could happen after just 4 months usage, the iPhone is running 28% slower than it does with a new battery.
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Marc Andreessen answers questions from Stripe Atlas founders
Marc Andreessen answers over 30 questions from Stripe Atlas founders.
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R Passes SAS, but Python Leaves Them Both Behind
Examines market share or popularity of data science software by comparing the number of jobs available for each software package.
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Permissionless innovation
People sometimes ask me, “What is the most important concept in political economy?” The answer is easy, but subtle …
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Cargo cult data science
Data science as a cargo cult
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Why Our Super Bowl Ad Failed
Cards Against Humanity purchased a Super Bowl ad, but it was not successful.
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