Category: Economics
A Little Less Conversation – Inc.
Joel Spolsky on how companies grow and how to minimize unnecessary and unproductive communication.
The Young And The Jobless – The Economist
Largest decline in employment, is the age group in college and pursuing higher education.
Why the Netflix/WB deal isn’t a bad thing – johnaugust.com
Netflix will now wait 28 days before sending out just released DVD’s from WarnerBrothers, in exchange for cheaper and larger access for their streaming service.
Taser diversifies its arsenal – The Economist
Taser is implementing the ability to shoot video of their devices in use and in the future video of the cops during their work day.
The economic statistic of the decade – Reuters
The rate of US household borrowing pre and post credit bubble.
Seth’s Blog: It’s no wonder they don’t trust us
Why do companies use cruddy tactics to gain customers.
Modern Thoughts On Open Source
Open source is infrastructure for the modern internet and thus really modern computing.
I Hoped You Would Fail
melgray: I sat there spinning in my desk chair grinning like an idiot with one of my fellow devs when he let it slip: “I hoped you would fail”. He even threw up a little fist jab as if to gesture, “hip hip hooray”.
What Your Startup Needs and Doesn’t Need
It’s too hard knowing what to provide for a startup, so let’s go with just a great and simple list. Things startups do need Two forms of internet access Beer on fridays Good coffee maker Mac laptops with second monitors Things startups don’t need Fancy (Aeron) chairs Business cards Microsoft products Free lunches Set time […]
Let’s Talk About Meetings
Meetings how about you and I talk. Why are there so many of you, why do they so often turn into present and inform sessions when they should be plan and decide. Why is it so easy to schedule one of you, 30 seconds of work and an hour of 5 people’s time is gone […]