Archive for May, 2007

How much Web 2.0 are you using?
May 29, 2007

If you’re trying to build a successful web service, it’s important that you understand that you aren’t just competing for users and attention, but also for the time it takes for a user to get interested enough in your product to return frequently. The truth is, for all the services and applications out [...]

Rule # 14 - Impress your mother, not your friends
May 21, 2007

Techheads are an interesting lot. Despite protestations to the contrary, there is more ego in the programming/startup community then most anywhere else I’ve ventured. You’re as likely to see the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and a Unicorn playing Scrabble on a moon made from cheese as you are to find a software developer [...]

Google Stole My Idea, but I’ll still do it better then they will
May 10, 2007

A week or so ago, Google launched a feature/product called “Google Web History.” In short, Google Web History saves all of your searches and with a simple download, it will also store all of the places you have gone on the internet. The goal is simple: have everywhere you have been on the [...]

Rule # 13 - Underwhelm the masses.
May 9, 2007

You’ve certainly heard the expression, “Less isn’t more.” That’s ridiculous. Less is less, which is a good thing. Less is an absence of clutter. Less is an absence of noise. Less is the ability to focus on making something specific really, really good. Less is the ability [...]