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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Install, upgrade and train people on hard to use slow, ancient-looking enterprise software.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Install, upgrade and train people on hard to use slow, ancient-looking enterprise software.

Romania 44
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Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do?

dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

A user CTO whose bias is towards always trying new things adds no value to the firm looking for a sustainable, cost-effective competitive edge. But if it’s wrong, the CTO has solid documentation to review. I believe that SMEs, due to financial constraints, settle for a CTO with hybrid responsbilities that also include CIO duties.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. Today’s Normalization.

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So You're Going To Start A Huge New Web Project

css-tricks.com

December 18, 2012. Code clean. Everyone is happier when the code we interact with is clean and consistant. Beyond the obvious advantages of keeping code in sync and tracking changes, it gives the whole team the ability to see what everyone else is working on by looking at commits. What are the costs? Need a guide?

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Finding your One Metric That Matters

leananalyticsbook.com

August 7, 2012 by Alistair. Companies like Flurry do a lot of work in this space, and many application developers roll their own code to suit the way their games are used. Game developers walk a fine line between compelling content, and in-game purchases that bring in money. Skip to secondary content. Contact us.

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

blog.expensify.com

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do.

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