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Posted in development on Oct 17th, 2008
I just got through watching this video of Jason Fried that was recorded earlier this week in Boston. It’s the long-form, illustrated-with-slides version of the extemporaneous talk he did for RI Nexus this past Wednesday in Providence. I highly recommend this to anyone involved in software development. Listening to his list of specific dos and [...]
Posted in development on Oct 16th, 2008
Many thanks go out to Jack Templin and RINexus for bringing Jason Fried, founder of 37Signals to Providence last night. Jason spoke on many aspects of his success and what got him there, and answered a lot of questions, even mine! What really impressed me about Jason’s story was that he became a success doing [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2008
This morning, I read an excellent blog post entitled “A Failure of Ideas, not Execution”, by Hank Williams, which was copied on the nextNY blog. It’s about the failure of most Web 2.0 companies to be acquired because they don’t have any strategy for making money from their ideas. One particular aspect of these failures [...]
Posted in food on Oct 5th, 2008
I’ve been tweeting this weekend about making chili. I love chili and over a lot of years, I’ve refined my recipe to the point where it’s easy to make and tastes great. When I started out making chili, I experimented with different recipes and ingredients. I threw everything but the kitchen sink into it, usually [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 4th, 2008
Just now, someone I follow on Twitter posted a link to what looks like an interesting article in the Boston Globe’s online site boston.com. So, I click on the link and instead of seeing the story, like I used to, I now get this: Sigh…. I thought we’d gotten past this foolishness of forcing readers [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 2nd, 2008
Some GM cars have a wireless communication system called OnStar, which lets you communicate with GM service people for roadside assistance, directions, vehicle diagnostics, unlocking doors and other driving and travel type of functions. I was just reading this article from 2004, that talks about all the wonderful things cars will be able to do [...]