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"Should Product Mangers wear black? Steve Jobs did..." Isn't that just a ridiculous argument?

Am I the only one who finds VC telling entrepreneurs "everything is going to crash soon, so you better close soon and on whatever terms you can get" disingenuous?

That's too bad. I'm surprised none of the mobile browsers have some kind of reading help.

Pulse looks pretty cool, but isn't it more of a replacement for Google Reader? Can I use it for any url?

Having to zoom in and out is amnoying for thise sites without a mobile version. Is there a better way?

Slightly disappointed the book is almost entirely empty.

Is it possible to see couple sample pages?

"I don’t mind hosting in SF.. we could seat about 10 (with chairs) or 15-20 (if 10 people don’t mind taking the floor…" mochaleaf.com posted in the comments that they are hosting o…

I'll probably be working on it most of saturday afternoon in Peets in Berkeley, if anyone is interested.

From high of 122.70

Hey Jon, don't see an email in profile. Also any reason you can't outsource the technical development?

Thought about getting my own studio, but don't really want to sign a 6-12 month lease, not to mention furnishing the entire place only to have to move.

I don't mind where as long as there's BART nearby. Been looking outside SF as well, but again too much noise in the listings.

Been scouring through craigslist and padmapper the past couple weeks. Most listings are crap, and the ones that are decent rarely reply back. I did a search of HN and found previou…

I've done one of those things and its true what they say "All the good ones are taken." Most people I met didn't seem qualified to run a business.

I'd start off by assuring people that you're not just an idea/business guy looking for code monkey to do all the technical work for 1% of the company.

How about https://github.com/josevalim/inherited_resources , very active (last commit was yesterday).

I don't have kids and it is highly hypocritical of me to say so but "Leo Tolstoy wrote War and Peace while living with his wife and 13 children."

Given the choice of 20,000 twitter api credits vs 150, the choice is clear. Just wanted to make sure it is too good to be true.

You're looking to learn, that's all that matters. Now its just matter of doing it. I'd be glad to help, do you've an email I can reach you at (mine's in my profile)?

"There's your problem. Start reading just one, commit to finishing it. If it doesn't keep your interest, then commit to closing it for good and start reading something else." I dis…

Its one thing I wish I did better when writing code. The names are either obscure or turn into sentences before I can fully express what they try to do. There probably isn't a sure…

This isn't specific but saw a post about weekendhacker.net last week. You might be interested in that. If you find one, please let us know.

Glad to help. Care to let us know which way you're going?

Just curious: why are you using MongoDB with ActiveRecord and not say MongoMapper or Mongoid?