I hear some founders say that one technology is the same as another when launching a startup. Scott Abel, chief executive of Austin-based software company Spiceworks Inc, says differently:
Choosing correctly was key, Abel said.
“You pick the right one, and everybody wants to be on your team; the cool, super-smart people flock to you. It’s huge [...]
A new Reddit page dedicated to Ruby is now available: http://reddit.com/r/ruby/. You can subscribe using RSS. Just keep in mind that it is early.
Seth Godin has a great post about the pricing model for renting digital movies:
It’s important to charge something, because the act of paying fundamentally changes the dynamics of the relationship. The question is this: at the start, is your goal to maximize profit or to build a platform that scales? The fact is that the [...]
Things not going the way you planned for your startup? I would advise you to read this great post on how a startup has struggled to gain traction, as it contains some great insight when things don’t go how you expect, even with the greatest of passion.
Philippe, I wish you all the best as [...]
I have been having poor performance with Samba on my Gentoo-based file server for larger files (videos, 8 megapixel photos, etc). I tried everything, including performance tweaking but couldn’t get Samba to perform for these larger files. When I used scp to move the files across my Gigabit LAN, I’d see 10-20MBps transfer rates, so [...]
One of the early questions any startup asks is “where should we host our new startup, and what plan should we get?” While there are a variety of answers, I want to give you some tips for making the right decision early, while keeping costs low and preparing for future growth.
Startup Hosting Tip #1: [...]
Javascript is a technology that, until recently, has been reserved for simple browser tricks and catching mouse or browser events. It recently has been adopted, through the use of frameworks such as Prototype, jQuery, and others, as a valid language for creating rich browser applications. Whether you are a founder, architect, or developer for a [...]
Oh, it seems innocent enough. A page view here, a page view there. Pretty soon you are hooked on competitor websites and can’t make a decision without first looking at their site. As simple as it seems, it is often overlooked as the first sign that a startup may be losing focus. Here is how [...]
If you are struggling with trying to find a term for your website copy or functionality that covers a variety of user types or concepts, it is typically a sign of too much generalization. Consider trying to find the terms that best focus your effort, not broadens it, so that you find the perfect customer [...]
From a recent Techdirt article titled Blaming MP3s And iPods For Ruining Music:
“to put the whole thing in perspective: songs compressed to mp3 level certainly do lose some quality at the margin, but there’s only a small group of audiophiles who really care or will notice on a regular basis”
The reason I even mention this [...]
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