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Sure. But it's only part of it. And Kleese considers solitude the be distraction that the creative process also needs.

To clarify; I'm referring to smallish startups with less than 15 people. If I were to count the number of times that chance encounters in the kitchen, lounge, common area, etc. res…

As a founder of startups, I take a bit of exception to the tonality. Yes, lots of inexperienced founders/leaders drink deep of the open office koolaid and do it wrong. But doing it…

During Sunday's 60 Minutes white-wash of the NSA, Debora Plunkett, director of cyber defense for the NSA, claims they "stopped" a nation-state cyber attack that would brick compute…

It's a trap! WhoIS shows a private domain registration through GoDaddy, and the site now shows a Plesk default page. This was probably not the site for an official Silicon Valley A…

The iOS 7 examples look like something My Little Pony puked up in a general configuration of something similar to Windows Phone 8. Maybe Bronies are the target market?

The iOS 7 examples look like something My Little Pony puked up in a general configuration of something similar to Windows Phone 8. Maybe Bronies are the target market?

> I hate it when I hear people who have probably never coded > in their lives, saying how easy it is to build something... I believe, in this case, the author was using a rather ef…

People are inherently biased. It's impossible for any person to read news and not inject their own personal tendencies into a summary they write.

Summly's help desk: https://summly.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/761930-what... Launch coverage: http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/01/summly-app-nick-daloisio-vi... http://gigaom.c…

> I find your reaction fascinating Ooo fun, -4 on the Karma for that comment. My comment was not related to porn so much as to the obvious link-bait and predictable "0_o pron!" pil…

Alas, Hacker News - - - I knew ye well. (poor subject for this site)

With abuse apparently rampant in "crowd based" efforts, can we trust their trust? Especially if this enables them to scale beyond their "50 million downloads" to the point where th…

I for one welcome our new Pyschohistory overlords.

Next time, you can be first. I've long had "issues" with the madness that tech startup culture inspires. MVP should be IVP, where as IPV = Initial Viable Product. If one really lea…

> First off, this isn't a pivot. They're expanding their service Apparently the users felt differently. From the feedback and reviews, the users saw a different direction -- not an…

There's no way to know that, is there? And with impression-based advertising, if you're blocking ads on sites you visit, you're blocking the income needed to pay the bills.

"Limits" in terms of advertising are relative and often moving targets. As a new product or service, it's hard to get noticed without testing where a certain limit may be. GoDaddy …

I blame the insane culture springing up around inaccurate and ill-conceived interpretations of the lean startup methodology. Many young entrepreneurs and early-stage startups seem …

Hi Chris... "Fleeing TV" -- indeed, a shift is being observed. However, the medium exists because of advertising. Also, the audience segment that time-shifts is not yet at a critic…

A one-line drive-by snipe. HN has indeed fallen low of late.