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October 2007 Archives

Common causes of failure
How to fail at software development
October 30, 2007 - 47 words,

AppSnapp
AppSnapp — Jailbreak your iphone, install the app installer, and plug the TIFF hole all...
October 30, 2007 - 25 words, 8 comments

Install Leopard on your PC in 3 easy steps
Install Leopard on your PC in 3 easy steps — Installing the latest Mac OSX...
October 30, 2007 - 24 words,

Free Pumpkin carving patterns for Halloween
This year’s installment of Jack-o-Lantern patterns for Halloween
October 28, 2007 - 396 words, 1 comment

The Introvert's Guide To Selling
The Introvert’s Guide To Selling — BusinessPundit describes what sales really is, why entrepreneurs need...
October 27, 2007 - 27 words,

Esitmating ship dates
An automated way of comparing developer estimates to their past work.
October 27, 2007 - 152 words,

Startup myths
Myths from startup founders.
October 26, 2007 - 172 words,

Enterprise designs
Enterprise apps don’t have to suck.
October 26, 2007 - 560 words,

Link buyers get slapped by Google
Link buying and other unscrupulous search engine gaming techniques have started to catch up with sites.
October 25, 2007 - 427 words,

How the Colorado Rockies' fielding wizardry will change baseball forever.
How the Colorado Rockies’ fielding wizardry will change baseball forever. — "This year’s Colorado Rockies...
October 25, 2007 - 45 words,

Brain drain
Brain drain — "But the young net natives, for the most part, rank too low...
October 23, 2007 - 40 words,

SVN Plug-in for TextMate
SVN Plug-in for TextMate — A plug-in for TextMate which indicates the Subversion status of...
October 19, 2007 - 20 words,

DocStoc bizarre form layout
Some odd choices in the signup and login form at DocStoc left me frustrated.
October 19, 2007 - 338 words,

Senior roles in early stages
Should you go after senior people or junior people at the early stages of a startup?
October 15, 2007 - 369 words,

Spot the winners
"If any human being could do that, venture capital would be a zero-risk investment."
October 15, 2007 - 55 words,

Common legal questions for startups
What first-time entrepreneurs often want to know.
October 12, 2007 - 30 words,

Jiglu: Tags that think
Jiglu: Tags that think — "Jiglu plugs into your site to automatically create intelligent tags...
October 12, 2007 - 33 words,

Businesspundit: The Irony of Raising Money For a Startup
Businesspundit: The Irony of Raising Money For a Startup — "Raising money is really an...
October 12, 2007 - 44 words,

EA's friendly buyout
Friends buying from friends.
October 12, 2007 - 102 words,

Firefox for mobile: being built to to provide a browser for the GPhone?
Firefox for mobile: being built to to provide a browser for the GPhone? — Seems...
October 10, 2007 - 48 words,

ejabberd Import errors
How to overcome an error when importing from Jabberd to ejabberd.
October 10, 2007 - 168 words,

Startup Attorneys
Picking a lawyer for your startup
October 10, 2007 - 74 words,

Risk and funding
Investors providing seed capital will offer much better terms to an unproven startup.
October 10, 2007 - 322 words,

Startup Hubs
Paul Graham defends his position that startups should be in the Silicon Valley.
October 10, 2007 - 226 words,

Create your own IM bot with IMified
IMified’s newest product allows anyone to create a bot.
October 9, 2007 - 196 words,

City Assault
A city-wide water gun war.
October 8, 2007 - 50 words,

Yost infection -- The Hardball Times
Yost infection — The Hardball Times — The Brewers’ 2007 collapse was largely aided and...
October 8, 2007 - 19 words,

Future of Startups
Paul Graham on the future of startups
October 8, 2007 - 440 words,

End of defensibility
Perhaps defensibility is a flawed concept.
October 8, 2007 - 258 words, 1 comment

OAuth
How to give sites permission to use your web apps, without giving them permission to abuse them.
October 8, 2007 - 283 words, 1 comment

Popcorn time
The annual popcorn sales are back.
October 5, 2007 - 160 words,

Fantastic battery life
New battery technology promises years of life.
October 2, 2007 - 87 words, 2 comments