2008

May

The small things add up

via Joel Spolsky’s post on User Interface Design: That’s what days were like. A bunch...
May 12th

Reverse engineer your job description

One of the best things I did during my recent job search was to collect key bullet points from my...
May 12th

Apr

Twitter is what Blogger wanted to be...

In thinking about what I want to do on the web (professionally and in general) I started reading...
Apr 9th

How do I make this?

Via an old Evhead post: Tonight I stayed up late implementing a cool new Blogger feature. I’m...
Apr 9th

It's totally easy

Being both a follower of the tech scene and a non-coder can often be a painful combination. When...
Apr 8th

Maybe the ultimate example...

of a non-coder creating/running a technology company…Steve Jobs. From an interview with Steve...
Apr 3rd

Mar

How can non-technical people add value...

Paul Buchheit has a great post on Ideas vs. Judgement and Execution that I think indirectly raises...
Mar 31st

Need an idea for a webapp? Start here

A…way of thinking about how to choose web projects is to take something that everyone does...
Mar 19th

No permission required

Have had to remind myself of this lately…The Way to Learn X is to Do X. Rather than waiting to...
Mar 17th

Ditch the resume to get hired?

As usual, Seth’s got some interesting advice for those hoping to do interesting...
Mar 17th

How can I guarantee I’m not missing...

A couple of posts ago I ended with a question related to Friendfeed…”how can I guarantee...
Mar 6th

Abridged version of Pmarca's Guide to...

Marc Andreesen’s blog is chalk full of fantastic advice from someone who’s been there,...
Mar 3rd

Feb

A difficult (or not) balance

First off, wanted to thank Susan for the very kind (and unexpected) shout-out…looks like...
Feb 28th

It really is a hunt

I had a realization yesterday that searching for a new job (particularly at a startup) really was...
Feb 26th

What'd you create today?

Part of my training to get into the world of product management is to start making more...
Feb 23rd

It'll be a dark day when we hire...

I love following the startup scene - especially the wave of Web 2.0 companies coming out places like...
Feb 23rd