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A Micropreneur Blueprint: How to Stay Solo, Bleed Passion, and.

Software By Rob

Background The idea for ChangeThis came from Seth Godin, and the site was built by a group of talented developers in 2004. From their FAQ: ChangeThis is a new kind of media. And unlike almost every other form of media, it reaches people through community. It’s calm and thoughtful and direct and transparent.

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). Development by Crowd Favorite. That is- if its in production, its “dead&#.

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). Development by Crowd Favorite. That is- if its in production, its “dead&#.

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Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs?

Software By Rob

Yes, Twitter and Facebook are the darlings of the media for the time being, and it seems no one gives a rip about blogs anymore. It’s almost like the clock is moving backwards to 2004/2005 when blogs when there was much less noise in the blogosphere, but a smaller audience of commited, early adopters. 4 John Evans on 10.28.09

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

I first met Steve when he was VP of Engineering at Centerline software, a software development tools startup, and I was a junior in college. He was a fellow Harvard computer science graduate and I was looking for a summer job in software development and found him through an alumni directory. TripAdvisor’s Future.

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Why Free Plans Don't Work

Software By Rob

Regarding the best type of products for freemium: I would’ve guessed that products like Pluggio (social media apps) would fit the bill here since most people expect them to be free. Part of any good marketing plan is customer acquisition costs and knowing when those costs are too high. 18 Rob on 08.18.10 Both had to scale up.)