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Ha, if you think that was bad, you should have been there when it was just Entourage ;).

Hmm... for all 10 digit US numbers the telcos introduce 10 DLC registrations last year that require you to register and verify your business in order to send any meaningful amount …

NumberAI | Full-stack | B2C Communication & AI | Oakland, CA | Full-time | React, React-Native, Python, Kubernetes NumberAI is a seed-stage startup, bringing AI messaging to busine…

I'd bet $100M on IFTTT if I had it. They've got an amazing ecosystem of often proprietary devices and services feeding event information into them. v1 is rules by end-users—v10 int…

Maybe different now—back then, nearly everyone only had a single Exchange account. We looked at supporting both WebDAV and EWS. The result would have introduced by confusing UX but…

I was the PM who led Outlook for Mac 2011; so I know many, many of those tricks. We rebuilt the thing in Cocoa with an entirely new Exchange client codebase—it was a beast of a pro…

FYI If you drag one or more e-mail message out of Outlook for Mac, it creates .eml files. These are just RFC2822 MIME source with a file extension—almost any mail client out there …

It should make your blood boil that our government operates in such a way that companies see this as just another vector for competing against each other. Dan Lyon's piece is pure …

Probably not something I can share (sorry); just, really, good management isn't often as much about "command as control" as it is steering a lot of smart, opinionated people who of…

You're missing the point. At some time, a company has figured out at least one way to succeed. At that time, you're going to grow extremely rapidly and take all sorts of ways the c…

This is interesting—as someone who is part of a "management team" at a company that has grown rapidly from startup to perhaps a post-startup stage, there is some truth to this. The…

There are a number of much larger "organizations" out there that run with dispersed/non-centralized authority. Morning Star is a good example cited by HBS Review: https://archive.h…

BTW, another approach is eventually tackle a vertical... perhaps you'll end-up being the #1 CRM app for small practice attorneys, dentists, accountants, etc... you can potentially …

Small thing—but not sure I'd buy a product from a company called "Dangerous Apps" It's been a while since I've used Goldmine, ACT, or any of the more SMB focused CRM apps but it's …

A very tough problem to solve: you organize by customer and you start to get requirements driven by particular customers, making your more of a custom dev shop that can't scale the…

They also don't share the methodology--for example, Entourage 2008+ and Outlook for Mac both use WebKit and all HTTP requests from them don't identify them as a client. Not sure if…

Emeryville, CA (super short/BART ride from SF--No remotes) Location Labs ( http://www.locationlabs.com/jobs.php ) * Back-end devs (Python, Java, Ruby) * Front-end devs (JavaScript,…

Emeryville, CA (first Bart stop from SF across the Bay) Location Labs http://www.locationlabs.com/news/jobs/ Location-based mobile consumer and safety services. Shipping on over 10…

A lot of the focus in HN seems to be about how to get an idea to the initial start-up phase. But what tips to people have about the awkward adolescence stage of a company; you've f…

It's opt-in--definitely no way to get a locate without a device owner providing permission to do so. It's kind of like a Facebook app, if you're using a service that uses Veriplace…

Bill Atkinson remains one my idols. If only the Hypercard source would be released!

Location Labs ( http://www.locationlabs.com/jobs.php ) Emeryville, CA (super short/BART ride from SF--No remotes) Back-end devs (Python, Java, Ruby), Front-end devs (JavaScript, CS…

The Pixar Story has some issues with it--largely cuts out Alvy Ray Smith and gives a lot more credit to Steve Jobs than deserved. I'd recommend reading The Pixar Touch for a balanc…

Don't know if it still does it but ClearContext use to provide this exact solution for Outlook. It prioritized your Inbox based people and e-mails that you haven't responded to yet…

The bozo bit is starting to flip... Give the PM the benefit of doubt; I'd be direct with him about why you don't think his actions are right--tell him what you expect from him and …