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Paul Buchheit: Ideas vs Judgment and Execution: Climbing the Mountain
How much is an idea worth? Many normal people assume that ideas are valuable, and that if only they could think of one, they might be able t...
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Processing ported to JavaScript
As a sort-of reverse birthday present I’ve decided to release one of my largest projects, in recent memory. This is the project that I’ve been alluding to for quite some time now :
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Your idea sucks, now go do it anyway
Your idea probably sucks, and it doesn't matter because your business will probably turn out to be something completely different.
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Joel on Software: The new Fog Creek Office
Remember the Bionic Office? Fog Creek moved in there in 2003. After a couple of years we had outgrown the first office so we expanded to take over the whole floor. By the time our lease ran out in …
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Why are Black Nerds so Unpopular?
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DHH: Are you sure you want to be in San Francisco?
Techies, VCs, and the press are always swooning over the glory of the Bay area. This is where all the excitement, the money, and the people are, they say. And that’s true to the extent that your great big idea fits the current cultural mold of that environment. If you’re looking to b…
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Mark Cuban on How to Get Rich
Thats what so many want. Right ? I’m certainly not going to lie and say it is not a whole lot better having lots of money. I had a whole lot of fun and loved my life when I was eating mustard and ketchup sandwiches and sleeping on the floor of a 3 bedroom apartment that housed me and 5 buddies.
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Joel on Software: Anecdotes
Michiko Kakutani reviews Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book in the New York Times: “Much of what Mr. Gladwell has to say about superstars is little more than common sense: that talent alone…
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Creating a rogue CA certificate with MD5 hash collisions
We have identified a vulnerability in the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) used to issue digital certificates for secure websites. As a proof of concept we executed a practical attack scenario and successfully created a rogue Certification Authority (CA) certificate trusted by all common web browsers. This…
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Lessons learned from a failed poker software business
This story begins in March ’08. Bored with the project I was working on and overly optimistic because of TechCrunch articles, I decided to create some sort of online business. I hesitate even…
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Iamelgringo's first big project using Mechanical Turk
I just finished my first big project using Amazon's Mechanical Turk service. I'm in love. I had a list of over 6000 business names, addresses and url's of dubious quality that I needed to make sure was accurate. For a brief moment, I thought about checking them myself. But after doing several dozen by hand, I realized…
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Announcing my free book on Vim
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Profitable After 3 Weeks
News and announcements from your friends at Balsamiq.
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Google: we're having scaling issues, please stop distributing your FF extension
Google's public relations efforts are exemplified by their friendly communication regarding a user's Firefox extension, showcasing a collaborative approach over legal threats.
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Google account disabled for 6+ days. Some thoughts
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