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Had a lot of fun building one of the demo units. Straightforward build and incredibly rewarding to build your own machine.

I totally think you're on the right track here. I suspect that Bogost would agree that nearly every 'great' game he's identified creates a very strong intrinsic motivation in its p…

Will be interesting to see if this goes to other markets both within China (I can't imagine Shanghai is 'decoupled' from Beijing) and where it trickles over to (Sydney? Vancouver?)…

I've often wondered if one of the (many) reasons why there are so few successful startups coming out of Europe is due to the copying. I visited Berlin a while back and my buddy was…

There's more Geoffrey West here: http://www.radiolab.org/2010/oct/08/

I worked in the building for two and a half years and it may appear "dumpy" on the outside but it's an awesome place to work. Walking into work via a half a block long corridor wit…

Great to see further integrated support for geoDjango: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.2/#geodjango

I think the point is around how coding can give you superior analytical skills that just blow people away because you can generate better insights. Examples I've seen are people in…

If you're in NYC, check out Freelancer's Union. Like Paul, I saw a guy lying face down on the street the other day after he was run over by a truck crossing a perfectly normal stre…

I'd add o'reilly radar. Some interesting tech posts there every week or so. Creating Passionate Users used to be a favourite but alas the writer has been the target of a vicious st…

If all you want to do is incorporate and you are going to be the sole shareholder, you can do it via an Internet service. Lawyers are useful if you need anything more complex than …

I totally agree that you need a business "model" - but do you really need a "plan" for a site that costs $12,000? If he can get 260K page views, even a 0.5% clickthru @ only $0.10 …

Do you think he's being insincere or just a showman? My feeling is that Guy likes to exaggerate everything to make a point: in this case, it's getting really cheap to fail, so take…

S3 is one of the greatest things ever: turn capex into an operating expense. My dream is a world of only variable expenses and the cost of starting a company drops to almost $0...

A couple of good books to read too: 1) Don't make me think 2) Designing interfaces (by Tidwell) 3) Defensive design for the web Anyone have additional books that they've read?

Dude-Entrepreneurs College is open to anyone; I'm currently attending the NYC sessions and it's pretty good. Gives you a very good sense of the legal and financial issues you're go…

Hey folks, I'm putting this up as I'm looking for a co-founder for a new venture I'm launching. I've been trying to find a better way to organize and share my information for years…

Maybe I'm wrong, but I read the page above differently from you. The $200 fee applies to LLCs, Limited Partnerships or General Partnerships. You're a C-Class Corp right? Therefore …

I'm interested that you'd even consider a salary-only job. Why would you ever work for a startup if it was only salary? (Honestly-I'd like to hear your opinion) Wouldn't you want e…

Dude, Here's another way you might be able to justify a re-negotiation. Think of what value your company will have five years from now if it gets sold/goes public, etc. Let's say i…

Two thoughts for you: 1) What do you want - and more importantly: why do you deserve it? If you can't justify why you deserve more than a VP like that, then you can't justify it (M…

I prefer to think of it as being in the market because you've a passion to solve a problem. There's going to be hard work involved in solving a real problem that people are facing …

You should be able to get your annual fees down below $300 - it should only be about 1/2 that

What about "Free Lunchers"? They think that it's a hot market so they can easily create a company and then flip it for some cash?