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Unique Error Phrases
Whenever a problem causes Asana to crash, our error-reporting system automatically generates a memorable, goofy phrase you can use when reporting the issue.
Standing Up For Android
Shifty Jelly’s counterargument to some of my Android opinions, which provides a concrete data point showing that money can be made on Android, concludes with this:
Lessons Learned: The Lean Startup Book is here
I am no longer writing a book. The Lean Startup Book is done. Finally, really, truly, done. On July 4, I celebrated Independence Day by m...
How to make $250 a day (and get banned from the Android Market)
A few weeks ago I did something which, in retrospect, was probably rather stupid. But it was surprisingly successful while it lasted. As I wrote earlier, I'
Subscriptions and the new In-App Purchase requirement
Apple’s new subscription-billing requirement has generated a lot of bad press and debate. The new rule, from the App Store Review Guidelines (developer account required):
Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi (Chancellor of UC Davis)
18 November 2011 Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi Linda P.B. Katehi, I am a junior faculty member at UC Davis. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, and I teach in th…
RIM’s Response to 'Open Letter'
Explore expert insights on secure communications from BlackBerry — covering government, critical infrastructure, resilience, compliance, and trusted communications at scale.
The power of Google: how the Panda update hit Experts Exchange
Searching Google recently it struck me that I rarely see results from Experts Exchange . I used to see a lot of these, because I typically search on things like error messages or programming issues for which the site is a useful source.
Google ate my email address
Just now I did a routine Google search whose top result ended up being a thread on Google Groups. To my shock, when I tried to click on thi...
Announcing Heroku for Logo... powered by Heroku
Since launching Ruby support in 2007, we’ve been constantly expanding the platform to accommodate more application types and to make the platform more...
MongoDB 2.0 Should Have Been 1.0
Recapping the criticisms made about MongoDB.
Amazon announces AWS GovCloud for U.S. government agencies
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Announcing AWS GovCloud (US)
Google offers researchers 1 billion computing core-hours
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
Should you launch at a conference?
Should you launch at Launch? (Or TechCrunch Disrupt? Or Demo? They’re all pretty similar). This year I launched two major new products at conferences: Careers 2.0 and Trello, and both times, i…