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Design for the Novice, Configure for the Pro

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve had a long-standing rule of thumb in product design, which I call “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&# I started saying this back in 2001/02, long before the era of Web 2.0, lean startups or even the advent of AJAX. I think one of the products that does this best in my mind is Gmail.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. of your product.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. It is to out friend. Enjoyed this post? Disruptive. We get it! I Be specific.

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Interview with Edward Park, Insteegram

socalTECH

Edward Park: Our company, Rnddr Labs, is trying to create frictionless merch tools and products. Our first product is Insteegram, using Instagram's API, we allow Instagram users to print their Instagram images on American Apparel shirts. Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. of your product.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. How did you start blogging? “My In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 was starting. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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I have started thinking about what the future might look like and I’ve started imagining what I call, “MMOV” or massive multiplayer online video. think Amazon) and therefore hits with high production costs were more suited to the medium. Maker’s talent started commenting on it and sharing it.

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