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New startup incubator in Cambridge, England
Red Gate Software has launched a startup incubator in Cambridge. Free office space, internet access, room, board, advice, and pocket money. (I’m one of the people giving advice). For a first, it’s really free; Red Gate isn't t
Posted: Aug. 13, 2009 02:53 PM
Seth Godin at the Business of Software Conference
Seth Godin: “If you’re going to interrupt everybody with an ad, it better be something everybody wants to buy. So what do you end up with? Average products for average people.†If you’ve ever heard Seth speak, you’ve had your mind blown. W
Posted: Jul. 31, 2009 11:17 AM
The Day My Industry Died
“Every single industry was going to be turned upside down! New industries would be created! Start-ups would make people rich! Which is really nice, because it's awesome to be rich! And, bonus: It'll never be winter again!†In this month’s
Posted: Jul. 23, 2009 04:53 PM
Web Startup Success Guide
Congratulations to Bob Walsh on publishing his Web Startup Success Guide  (to which I wrote the foreword). His interview with GTD Guru David Allen, which is chapter 8, can be read online. Need to hire a really great programmer? Want a job th
Posted: Jul. 23, 2009 04:44 PM
EBS 2.0
Brett Kiefer describes Evidence Based Scheduling 2.0 on the FogBugz Blog: “EBS 2.0 gives you the vocabulary of strict dependencies and start dates. You can now say ‘No one can travel back in time until the Flux Capacitor is complete and the d
Posted: Jul. 23, 2009 04:41 PM
Fruity treats, customization, and supersonics: FogBugz 7 is here
A year ago today, FogBugz development was in disarray. The original roadmap was too complicatedWe had done this big offsite at a beach house in the Hamptons and came up with a complicated roadmap that involved splitting FogBugz into two separate pro
Posted: Jul. 20, 2009 01:00 PM
Why Wolfram Alpha fails
Mencius Moldbug : “They create an incomplete model of the giant electronic brain in their own, non-giant, non-electronic brains. Of course, since the giant electronic brain is a million lines of code which is constantly changing, this is a painf
Posted: Jul. 9, 2009 05:25 PM
The eternal optimism of the Clear mind
Clear just closed down. Here’s how it worked while it was in business. You paid $200 for a one-year membership. You underwent a big, complicated background check to prove that you were extra-super-trustworthy. In exchange, in a few big airports,
Posted: Jun. 23, 2009 11:32 PM
Platform vendors
Dave Winer (in 2007): “Sometimes developers choose a niche that’s either directly in the path of the vendor, or even worse, on the roadmap of the vendor. In those cases, they don’t really deserve our sympathy.†iSmashPhone: 15 Apps Rendered
Posted: Jun. 10, 2009 03:45 PM
A visit to Microsoft and Google
From my latest Inc. column: “Giant corporations such as Google and Microsoft are like cities full of relatively anonymous people: You don't actually expect to see anyone you know as you walk around. Going to lunch on either campus is like going to
Posted: Jun. 10, 2009 01:56 PM
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