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Monthly Archives: July 2008

100 Pushups

By laran | Published: 2008/07/30
We all need goals right? And why not a goal that gets me off my butt. I’m making this commitment public to keep myself honest. 100 pushups by Autumn. Ready, steady, go!
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The success of GameClay

By laran | Published: 2008/07/23
Here’s a great post to read for anyone who’s interested in technology entrepreneurship. It’s titled “Postmortem”. And it’s all about the the lessons learned from the experience of trying to get GameClay off the ground. It’s probably counter-intuitive to many people, but failure is one of the things I really like to see on the resume of [...]
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100 Ways to Kill a Concept: Why Most Ideas Get Shot Down

By laran | Published: 2008/07/19
Just a good reminder. Every good idea needs a champion. Here are 100 reasons why.
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    I've got a masters degree in computer science and over 10 years of experience building web-based systems using Java/J2EE, Ruby, Rails and PHP. I'm a strong believer in the effectiveness of Agile Methods. Read more »

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