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Design for the Novice, Configure for the Pro

Both Sides of the Table

Fast forward a decade and now I had a startup filled with smart web developers. Of course the debates raged about not wanting to make the system less powerful. It is beautiful in its simplicity (although I think I could give them a few tips to improve usability if they ever asked. Design for the novice.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

But a newly minted developer given access to Hacker News can develop ADD in a week's time, waste countless hours reading the opinions of professional and amateur technology opinion-makers, and nervously fidget about selecting the hippest framework and libraries to (briefly) avoid the scorn of hacker pop culture.

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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

SoCal CTO

Of course, when I started thinking about Visible Networking , I immediately went to Cliff to check in to see how he's doing and to get his feedback, thoughts and ideas on the concept. Of course, part of the reason that I went to you when I started thinking about visible networking is that you run a company that's right in the middle of this.

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The Director of the CIA’s Email was Hacked By a Teenager: Here’s How

Tech Zulu Event

Of course, it helps that a man who should’ve known better was storing such sensitive information in such a wide-open place, but the point remains the same: Email attachments are a security vulnerability any way you slice it, so while they have their uses, you need to be careful about which ones you choose to personally open, store, or send.

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A Day in the Life of a Product Manager

Tech Zulu Event

And of course, product managers relay the abstract to the engineering teams to ensure the delivered product is, what it was planned to be. Jen’s list of responsibilities continues: Executive meetings, weekly sprints, bug fixes, and of course ensuring feedback is collected. They fill the roles of moraler and supervisor.

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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

InfoChachkie

Customer Service – As newspaper boys were the face of their employers, savvy carriers learned to establish healthy customer relationships to facilitate timely collections and generous tips. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses.

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The Disappearing Face Of Mainstream Retailing Setting

Tech Zulu Event

If you dread the 8-5 working hours, your friends will always pop up the idea of giving you career tips at home which you can easily start. Of course, the number 1 reason for shifting to online retailing is the lower start-up costs. With online retailing, the start-up cost is only a fraction of the expense of a traditional store.