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Daily Reading from December 26, 2007

26 Dec 2007

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IBM Poopheads say LAMP Users Need to "grow up" —
Solar Powered Wireless Security Camera - DIY Project —
WARNING: Google’s GMail security failure leaves my business sabotaged — How a csrf hole in gmail allowed an attacker to hijack domain names.
QuestionAnswer — A tool for organizing audience questions from conference backchannels. Might be useful in a barcamp setting.
Google, Security by Obscurity, etc.
The lowest common denominator of speech — "Martin Stabe points to another legal story that is getting too little coverage here, with links to a news story and a FindLaw analysis about a New York court refusing to protect an American author from a UK “libel tourism” ..."
Collapse: How Startups Choose to Fail or Succeed — "Jared Diamond's new book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, provides a simple framework of five forces that lead to collapse: environmental damage and population growth, climate change, hostile neighbors, weakened trade partners and failure to solve societal ..."

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Mar 18: Not all product leadership titles mean what they sound like. ‘Head of Product’ can mean anything from a senior PM to a true VP. Here’s how to tell the difference.

What branding can teach about culture

Jan 8: Culture is your company’s point of view in action—a framework guiding behavior, even in the unknown. You can’t copy it; it must reflect your unique perspective.

Think Systems, not Symptoms

Dec 15: Piecemeal process creation frustrates teams and slows work. Stop patching problems and start solving systems. Adopting a systems thinking approach helps you design processes that are efficient, aligned with goals, and truly add value.

Your Policies Aren’t Your Culture

Dec 13: Policies guide behavior, but culture is the lived norms and values of your team. Policies reflect culture -- they don’t define it. Netflix’s parental leave shift didn’t change its culture of freedom and responsibility. It clarified how to live it.

Lighten Your Process Burden

Dec 7: Everyone hates oppressive processes, but somehow we keep managing to create them.

Product Add-Ons Are An Expansion Myth

Dec 1: Add-ons can enhance your product’s appeal but won’t drive significant market growth. To expand your customer base, focus on developing standalone products.

Protecting your Product Soul when the Same Product meets New People.

Nov 23: Expand into new markets while preserving your product’s core value. Discover how to adapt and grow without losing your product’s soul.

Building the Next Big Thing: A Framework for Your Second Product

Nov 19: You need a first product sooner than you think. Here's a framework for helping you identify a winner.

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