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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows that coming up with a name is harder than you’d think. We talked to bloggers, social media gurus, linguists and naming experts (yes, they exist!) to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. How Do I Start? Ask yourself: 2.

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Preparing Websites For The Unexpected | Smashing Mobile

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The diagram for a fictitious bank website shows two questionable items, namely the staff list and the Karaoke video. When computers first gained graphical user interfaces, software engineers helped people make the transition from physical offices to digital files with the metaphor of a desktop. AJAX-savvy media queries?

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One of the Most Time Consuming Startup Roadblocks

Software By Rob

Time spent: 10 minutes Time saved: 2 hours, 50 minutes I just received from a woman named Amy who lives in Canada. Nah…I’m too picky about what I say and how I say it to put my name on someone else’s words. at 3:03 am To x: The point is that as a software engineer you get obsessed with irrelevant detail.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

On a more serious note, Gordon has a laundry list of founder qualities or experiences that will pique his curiosity: “Have a resume I envy and admire; make a significant contribution at a company I am fascinated by; write a great book or make a great game or TV show; [develop] significant software engineering experience and/or education.&#

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Mental Pandiculation » Why I Don’t Hang Out With People Named David. Name one widely acclaimed or groundbreaking technology or technique to come out of the.NET realm in the past 5 years? Now name one that didn’t come from Microsoft? It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. Elaine Kenny.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Each document has a from-language, to-language, and a name. For example: in my translation site story, above, the first milestone might be just a plain ugly web page where a company can create an account, create a new project, then upload named documents into that project. The system counts how many words are in each document.