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1. Does that mean if you spent 6 months working on it, you would expect $125K from revenues? 2. How would you determine how many dollars you helped the site make?

:) The question was hypothetical. Besides being of interest to any small cash-strapped startup, your answers are being used in the construction of an AI system. Knowing the factors…

I use an IBM Model M Space Saver... love it! although it's probably the last keyboard you'd want :D

checklists stored in emails, & the backs of credit-card-bill envelopes

In one ongoing series of consumer products, my several-hundred-thousand-line codebase lasted for well over 10 years. There was no reason to mess with it. Yes, I thought parts were …

That's hilarious, thanks for the much-needed comic relief. :)

Good introduction. I've been using S3 to host media files for the last several months, on a small scale, and have found it to be reliable and surprisingly inexpensive. The simple s…

5am would be great: I produce best when I'm not interrupted, before/after clients & co-workers are around. :)

Less Gratuitous Flash, more Information Appliance.

I agree: overnight success may be programmed over a weekend, but it also has to be grown with care like a garden. I've heard "buy some customers" a few times myself, and while it's…

Outstanding article. Who among us has this not happened to? I take this as a huge lesson in product design.

Hey, where the heck is the OpenID-based login? Come on people, let's make the 21st century a better place already! :) -Matt

Wow, I've always thought of raising capital as a chore, not as the most exciting part of the business. The most exciting part being, building & shipping great product that makes cu…

There's always a danger when building on top of a platform that's not designed as an "infrastructure" service. Even public utilities like power & water aren't 100% reliable. When y…