If you ask most founders why they wanted to start a company, you’ll likely find that a big part of it had to do with building a team. The notion of creating a place where people can have fun, build a career, […]
Ah, the “pivot”. It’s not a failure if it’s merely a complete change in what you’re doing. You’ve heard about lots of high profile pivots, like Groupon (originally for charity fundraising), Flickr (originally a game), and PayPal (originally a type of stone […]
I was looking for a really quick keyboard-driven way to get items onto iCal and decided to write something instead. 1 hour later, I introduce KlepCal. Just launch it using a keyboard shortcut or Spotlight, and type in a natural language time, […]
You know it’s going to be a good one when a Facebook developer blog post starts with “At Facebook, our passion for serving users…”, so I wasn’t particularly surprised by this declaration that Facebook’s new policy aims to regulate the emotion of […]
Marni: Brett Hilton recommended Baby Depot. Scott: Is that a web site? Marni: No, it’s someone I work with.
Especially early on, starting a company is about addressing one overarching concern that, if solved, will totally make everything so much easier. When I first started thinking about SpotDJ, I had a job. Being a loyal employee not looking to get sued, […]
When we write proposals for Facebook applications, we typically include definitions for the Facebook-specific terms we use, like wall, mini-feed, and notification. Facebook doesn’t provide much in the way of official definitions for these features, and new users are often confused by […]
I’m putting this first because I know you’re busy starting a company and I can save you a lot of time by telling you to skip all the other tips and listen to this one. Or don’t. That’s the whole point. When […]
When I started a company a year and a half ago, I also started a list of things that would’ve been useful to have known ahead of time. My plan was to publish the list several years later in hindsight, but now […]
Many of the prominent blog posts and press pieces about OpenSocial have touted its use of open standards a key benefit for developers. Focusing on HTML and JavaScript is not only inaccurate, but it actually makes the platform less attractive for developers. […]