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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

InfoChachkie

For children with a proclivity toward business, a newspaper route provided an invaluable opportunity to develop the following entrepreneurial skills: Punctuality – Newspapers had to be delivered on time, irrespective of the weather, the fact that Sunday papers can weigh several pounds each or the requirement to wake up at the crack of dawn.

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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, Fast forward a decade and now I had a startup filled with smart web developers.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

I think that's what is the main foundational element of a Web 2.0 The development community and web developers, who tend to be our customers, like that flexibility, and the quick time to market. You have to be able to be disruptive to existing products and services. Those two areas are a bit of a moving target.

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Avoid Monoculture. Travel. Read Widely. Let Experience be Your Compass.

Both Sides of the Table

It was an “enterprise 2.0” panel at the dawn of what people began calling “web 2.0.”. Take lots of inputs but then let your internal compass set your course. Often it’s not the best course. The patriarch of the family works his arse off developing expertise in making gloves for other people. It globalizes.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Sean Murphy on the first dozen enterprise customers - Gabriel Weinberg , September 8, 2010 I recently did a Traction Book interview with Sean Murphy who runs a boutique cutomer development firm in Silicon Valley. The challenge, of course, partially lies in the definition of “good design&#. Another important web 2.0

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

Both Sides of the Table

Of course you know Gangnam Style , which is now the most viewed video in history at 1.3 But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ It is your job to get them watch the next video based on plot or character development you want to see. And the show develops like this. billion views.

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Microsoft Windows 8. Is it Game Changer?

Alon Schwartz

IBM with OS2, different Linux operating systems, and of course Mac OS. Not just for consuming content but for sharing content (aka, web 2.0) Windows 8 will work on all computers from tablets/slate to heavy servers, which is a huge advantage to developers and consumers alike. Now, that is a nice market to have.

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