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From http://thunderboltlabs.com/hire : "Development is $277 an hour per developer. Technical work is done in pairs." Ouch. It looks like they've got the skills and marketing figure…

“Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” - Winston Churchill

I believe that you could call this epiphany a change of perception. To his kid, the world is a challenge, and the opinion of others (or the perception of opinions of others), ego, …

I think this is entirely the point: How do you improve or change your environment so that it 'fits' you? What does fit you? I hear many people say a certain level of salary would m…

Fears are a strange bunch. I have only recently really become aware of my own fears, and now that I see them for what they are (most of the time). Even being aware of your fears se…

How about: the security provided by an unconditional roof over my head and food on the table allows me to use my abilities in problem-solving and creativity, according to Maslow's …

And the knowledge that the goals and demands of actual users (in this case, teachers) are vastly different from the demands of techno-geeks like us. It's pretty difficult to see th…

This reminds me very much of the Carol Dweck's theory on the Fixed and Growth Mindset[1]. I too, was raised on a Fixed Mindset; "You're not good at math/physics/chemistry? That's o…

I actually like to add an intermediary step between the landing page and the e-mail form: a "Create an account/Buy now for $X/month/year" button. When people click on it, they get …

I believe Erik Ries said much of the same thing in a talk I saw once (can't find it now, of course). The gist of it was that nobody likes to get angry, and angry customers are ther…

Additionally, to own copyright, you would actually have to _create_ a product/movie/etc. How any patent holder can sue without actually creating or using their own patent is beyond…