A List Apart: Articles: Getting Clients
5 weeks ago by sunpig
Clients are the lifeblood of a healthy business. They are the oxygen in your bloodstream that keeps everything going. No matter how good you are at what you do, without someone willing to pay you for that service you will have to close your doors. Lack of clients is the number one reason design studios fail. The number two reason? Who cares.
mikemonteiro
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alistapart
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referral
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busdev
5 weeks ago by sunpig
Tor/Forge E-book Titles to Go DRM-Free | Tor.com
5 weeks ago by sunpig
Tom Doherty Associates, publishers of Tor, Forge, Orb, Starscape, and Tor Teen, today announced that by early July 2012, their entire list of e-books will be available DRM-free.
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5 weeks ago by sunpig
Valve: How I Got Here, What It’s Like, and What I’m Doing | Valve
7 weeks ago by sunpig
If I hadn’t read it and fallen in love with the idea of the Metaverse, if it hadn’t made me realize how close networked 3D was to being a reality, if I hadn’t thought I can do that, and more importantly I want to do that, I’d never have embarked on the path that eventually wound up at Valve.
michaelabrash
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wearable
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management
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7 weeks ago by sunpig
The Beer Game -or- Why Apple Can't Build iPads in the US - mark[sweep]
8 weeks ago by sunpig
This is the Beer Game. Beer is ordered by the customer at the retailer (he passed a slip of paper with a number on it to my friend sitting in front of the retailer slot). The retailer orders from the wholesaler, by passing him a paper slip with an order number on it. The wholesaler orders from the distributor and the distributor orders from the producer.
The goal of the game is to maximize profit. You make money for orders fulfilled. You lose money for keeping inventory and for unfulfilled backorders. Once you get orders, there is a four week delay as the paperwork is processed, the beer is picked, it goes onto a pallet, then goes onto a truck and finally gets delivered.
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The goal of the game is to maximize profit. You make money for orders fulfilled. You lose money for keeping inventory and for unfulfilled backorders. Once you get orders, there is a four week delay as the paperwork is processed, the beer is picked, it goes onto a pallet, then goes onto a truck and finally gets delivered.
8 weeks ago by sunpig
Gamasutra - News - Turning down Zynga: Why I left after the $210M Omgpop buy
8 weeks ago by sunpig
RT @kentbrew: Just purchased: Shay Pierce's "Connectrode." Backstory:
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8 weeks ago by sunpig
Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas
11 weeks ago by sunpig
And I'm pretty sure that to people 50 or 100 years in the future, it will seem barbaric that people in our era waited till they had symptoms to be diagnosed with conditions like heart disease and cancer.
paulgraham
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11 weeks ago by sunpig
Why the mobile Web – and not apps – is the best channel for sales - Mobile Marketer - Columns
11 weeks ago by sunpig
A recent ZMags survey, “Meet the connected consumer,” shows that 87 percent of connected consumers prefer to use Web sites and browser-based mobile sites for browsing and shopping, whereas only 4 percent prefer smartphone and tablet applications.
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11 weeks ago by sunpig
All Web Developers Should Stop Doing This Immediately - Technology Review
february 2012 by sunpig
"This is what hackers do. So why are companies defacing their own sites?" /via @aral
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splash
roadblock
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tablet
device
webdev
business
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antipattern
february 2012 by sunpig
24 Hours » The Kickstarter Blog — Kickstarter
february 2012 by sunpig
An amazing 24 hours at Kickstarter: Screw jetpacks. THIS is truly the future.
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february 2012 by sunpig
Flavorwire » The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World
february 2012 by sunpig
RT @themaninblue: Can't go past any list that brings together the most beautiful bookstores in the world:
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boostore
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space
retail
commerce
business
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february 2012 by sunpig
Designing for the Next Step « « Bokardo Bokardo
january 2012 by sunpig
RT @UIE: A nice post from @bokardo explaining why you can't kiss before asking for the date (metaphorically that is) -
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january 2012 by sunpig
Lessons from Valve – How to build a designer’s paradise » m. garrett amini
august 2011 by sunpig
Lessons from Valve – How to build a designer’s paradise
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august 2011 by sunpig
Evan Williams | evhead: Five Reasons Domains Are Getting Less Important
june 2011 by sunpig
RT @stephanierieger: And to follow on that last tweet... RT @IATV "Five Reasons Domains Are Getting Less
Important" ...
evanwilliams
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name
google
link
app
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business
Important" ...
june 2011 by sunpig
Making Money | Small Business Advice from Jason Fried of Inc.com
june 2011 by sunpig
RT @sivers: How to get good at making money: Required reading for new entrepreneurs.
jasonfried
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money
startup
37signals
june 2011 by sunpig
Gabe Newell on Valve | Game development | Features by Develop
may 2011 by sunpig
So much great stuff in this interview with Gabe Newell: Excellent thoughts on staff, customers & community /via @tef
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may 2011 by sunpig
How to hire programmers ›› The blog of Pat Maddox, B.D.D.M.F.
may 2011 by sunpig
RT @avdi: How to hire programmers
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may 2011 by sunpig
Amazon’s $23,698,655.93 book about flies
april 2011 by sunpig
RT @mbeisen: Amazon’s $23,698,655.93 book about flies -
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april 2011 by sunpig
Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO // ben's blog
april 2011 by sunpig
Ben Horowitz: "Peacetime CEO/wartime CEO" (/via @rands)
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april 2011 by sunpig
Call Me Fishmeal.: Success, and Farming vs. Mining
april 2011 by sunpig
Success, and Farming vs. Mining
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april 2011 by sunpig
Hiring Developers: You're Doing It Wrong
march 2011 by sunpig
RT @hackernewsbot: Hiring Developers: You're Doing It Wrong...
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march 2011 by sunpig
When Irish Eyes Are Crying | Business | Vanity Fair
february 2011 by sunpig
"When Irish Eyes Are Crying" - Michael Lewis on the banking crisis in Ireland:
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february 2011 by sunpig
How did WordPress win?
february 2011 by sunpig
Byrne Reese - "How did WordPress win?" #movabletype
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february 2011 by sunpig
Alex Payne — Shortchanging Your Business with User-Hostile Platforms
january 2011 by sunpig
Nobody uses AIR because it delivers better-quality desktop apps. Companies build AIR apps because they’re short on time and cash and wary of investing in development and maintenance that’s outside their area of expertise. This is understandable, but shortsighted, and a lot of companies are about to make the same mistake in the mobile arena.
Cross-platform solutions like AIR might be better for your business in the short term, but your customers probably hate it, and you could be shortchanging yourself in the long run. If there’s a market, spend the time and money to build proper native desktop and mobile apps. If you don’t think there’s a market but the demand is there, expose an API to your service, let inspired developers build native apps, and see what happens.
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from twitter
Cross-platform solutions like AIR might be better for your business in the short term, but your customers probably hate it, and you could be shortchanging yourself in the long run. If there’s a market, spend the time and money to build proper native desktop and mobile apps. If you don’t think there’s a market but the demand is there, expose an API to your service, let inspired developers build native apps, and see what happens.
january 2011 by sunpig
The Right Way to Lay People Off // ben's blog
september 2010 by sunpig
RT @rands: Every manager must layoff their own people:
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september 2010 by sunpig
How to Minimize Politics in Your Company // ben's blog
august 2010 by sunpig
Ben Horowitz: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company:
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august 2010 by sunpig
Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model « abovethecrowd.com
december 2009 by sunpig
“Less than free” may not stop with the mobile phone. Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt has been quite outspoken about his support for the Google Chrome OS. And there is no reason to believe that the “less than free” business model will not be used here as well. If Sony or HP or Dell builds a netbook based on Chrome OS, they will make money on every search each user initiates. Google, eager to protect its search share and market volume, will gladly pay the ad splits. Microsoft, who was already forced to lower Windows netbook pricing to fend off Linux, will be dancing with a business model inversion of epic proportion – from “you pay me” to “I pay you.” It’s really hard to build a compensation package for your sales team on those economics.
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december 2009 by sunpig
Maps
october 2009 by sunpig
"We don’t need a music industry, we need music".
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october 2009 by sunpig
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