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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

In the early 2000s, digital design and development freelancers were sort after – I was fresh out of University (having completed a degree in Media Arts) and was hungry for work. So I packed in my day job – as a software developer – and devoted more time monetizing the blog and website.

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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

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. So the cool kids aren’t using Java. Or are they? Many of the hottest NoSQL technologies are written in Java. Copyright © 2003-2010 James Governor, RedMonk.

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

www.redmonk.com

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. So the cool kids aren’t using Java. Or are they? Many of the hottest NoSQL technologies are written in Java. Copyright © 2003-2010 James Governor, RedMonk.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

There's a thriving geek culture in Paris, and no lack of software development expertise, thanks to superior universities that produce superior engineers. The JEI program was created in 2004 and is managed by the Ministry of Research. It also provides support and guidance well beyond that phase.

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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.