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Christian Anderson (a former colleague at Jobster) had an interesting (and well-researched) post on his blog called “How to Pitch Robert Scoble — HINT: No Direct Tweets“… , which led to a discussion on FriendFeed (with Robert himself weighing in) that was pretty interesting.
I had a contribution bouncing around in my head but held off […]

A lot of people are damn religious about bootrapping businesses. Especially nowadays when it’s so easy to start a software business– you just need a few hackers, Ruby on Rails, a cheap virtual server and you’re ready to roll, right?
Sure.
But just because it’s cheaper to start a software company, doesn’t mean that it’s that […]

I can’t help but think that the startup world is a bit drunk on the concept of viral distribution. Distribution is a huge problem for startups, so I suppose that I can’t blame them.
First of all, I want to point out that I think viral distribution freakin’ rocks. It’s amazing. It’s awe-inspiring. […]

One of the frustrating things about iterative software development is that you never get to do a heroic launch (a la Steve Jobs). Your software starts off to be barely good enough for someone to endure. The next week it’s better. Rinse, repeat. If you’re good, someday you wake up and […]

I wrote a little guest post over at FoundRead (part of the GigaOm network). Give it a read!
http://foundread.com/2008/04/02/ycombinator/

This Wednesday, I’ll be participating in a really interesting panel discussion entitled “Silicon Valley Fights Back Against the (Information) Monster it Created”. The panel is moderated by Matt Richtel (New York Times Correspondent). Here’s the description:
Intel launched no email Fridays. So did US Cellular. Some managers at Genentech urge employees to check email […]

Someone posted an interesting “Ask YC”, asking:
“How to start becoming an entrepreneur while still being an employee?”
Having done this twice (started a company that eventually turned into a full-time startup), I settled in to reply. Before long, it was clear that my response was long enough to justify a blog post.
I’ve done two part-time-to-full-time […]

Big release for RescueTime today. I have no time to write about it (and probably oughta write on the RescueTime blog if I did have time… which I promise I’ll do).
If you’re a RescueTime user, check it out and let us know your thoughts!

Everyone with a fine liberal arts education should be familiar with Zeno’s Dichotomy Paradox (props to Steve Leroux for helping me remember his damn name).
“Suppose Homer wants to catch a stationary bus. Before he can get there, he must get halfway there. Before he can get halfway there, he must get a quarter of the […]

RescueTime will never be a purveyor of widgets (as a primary business), but there’s no denying that widgets are a damn good way to spread the word about your product, assuming that anyone actually wants to install them.
A widget that displays exactly how you spend your computer time may be creepy to some. As […]