Bootstrapping a Software Product
Garret Dimon shares with us what he learned by bootstrapping Sifter.
Connecting the Dots
Steve Jobs is one of the most inspiring figures in the tech industry and recently stepped down as CEO of Apple. In 2005 he gave a commencement address to Stanford graduates. Here is the video and transcript of it: I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest… continue reading
Lifecycle of a Startup
Imagine your future self shows up scifi-style to give you a presentation on startup lessons learned. Would be incredibly valuable right? Well I have the next best thing for you. A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to attend a master class by Fred Destin on the “Startup Lifecycle”. He is on the board… continue reading
App Engine at Google IO 2011
Here is a collection of the App Engine talks from Google IO 2011 along with some links and notes. Scaling App Engine Applications Justin Haugh Guido van Rossum A talk about all things scaling. Explanations for when new instances are spawned, several caching strategies, hot tablets, memcache, the upcoming rewrite of the datastore API, and… continue reading
Github – Goodbye Priorities
I am very excited about the recent relaunch of Github Issues. It adds useful keyboard shortcuts, support for milestones, assignees and email-replies. In comparison to the previous system, which was one of Github’s weakest parts, it feels like a huge improvement. Also the UI got cleaned up and feels more stable. However, I am sad… continue reading
