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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

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In 2001, Stewart Butterfield abandoned plans to build a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) after costs became too great; he built photo-sharing service Flickr instead. Because Stewart’s programmers are ten times more productive than they were in 2001 due to massive advances in programming language technology. What is next?

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

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Give direction → Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? 2001 ; Tullis et al., 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., Although studies of screen reading show no difference between reading from screen and from paper ( Dillon, 1992 ; Bernard, 2001 ), there could be some validity to this argument. Alex Poole.