9 days ago
deusx : A New Way to Work - "four Ann Arbor companies take a similar approach to how their workspaces are unconventionally arranged. SRT Solutions, Google Ad Words, Dynamic Edge, and Menlo Innovations – all leading companies in software development and technology consulting
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gleuschk : OK Computer? - Front Page - Mike Power's Website - truth. makes me want to learn an honest trade
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Jeremy Zawodny : Toggl - Time tracking - that works. - Toggl - Time tracking - that works.: lightweight online task tracking
philgyford : Toggl - Time tracking - that works. - Free thing for tracking time spent on different tasks. Hated being made to do this at one place I worked, but still might be handy for freelancing.
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3 month ago
deusx : MiLife MiTimes : What Everyone Must Know About the Brain Drain Myth in Michigan - "But many of our young people soon return to their friends, their family and their home state. After all, in Michigan, the quality of life is high while the cost of living is low."
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3 month ago
philgyford : Blinksale | The easiest way to send invoices online - Nice looking online invoice recording and sending app. I'm not busy enough to need it right now, but maybe one day... (via Ben Hammersley)
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3 month ago
deusx : Announcing The Takeover! : The Murverse - "The Takeover is an audio drama that covers the merger between a web design company and Zombinc, a premier staffing service. Only, zombies run Zombinc, which causes for some workplace stress."
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3 month ago
philgyford : Going Solo: Stowe Boyd - From The Far Side To The Dark Side: A Crash Course In Business Realities For Soloists. Strange Attractor: Picking out patterns in the chaos - A guide to freelancing. A lot that bears no relation to my experience, but I think I've been lucky at making a go of it without much planning (so far). Still interesting and worth a read.
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5 month ago
plasticbag : There's a fun argument in progress over at 37 signals about whether urgency and long working hours are ever a good thing. - People always generalise from their own experience. You get several incredibly bright, diligent self-starting friends in a room and—shock—they're naturally productive and find their own equilibrium.
Jeremy Zawodny : Urgency is poisonous - Urgency is poisonous: very true
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5 month ago
deusx : Coworking: Solo But Not Alone - "But being tied to the house isn't the antidote for being tied to the office, which is why coworking – working together, but separately – is gaining momentum in Ann Arbor and around the world."
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5 month ago
deusx : Become a victim of the OBSIDIAN blackout — and make history | 7th Son: J.C. Hutchins' Podcast Novel Trilogy - "Now, you’re not an actor. You’re not a movie director. But you’re more than capable of creating creative, compelling, “authentic” content, because you are a creative, compelling, authentic individual. Be confident in your abilities. I have
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5 month ago
deusx : Take my book. It's free. / Giving away books as podcasts is new way to promote sales - "By rising to prominence without the financial backing of a mega-publisher, Sigler has defied the industry's modus operandi"
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5 month ago
deusx : Nick Bradbury: Throwing Away Your Code - "When you see software which shows great attention to detail, keep in mind that some poor sleep-deprived geek spent weeks refining those details, even though they'd rather be playing Rock Band."
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5 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Anatomy of a ‘Blogging will kill you’ story: Why I didn’t make the cut - Anatomy of a ‘Blogging will kill you’ story: Why I didn’t make the cut: "If you’re stressed out over 5,000 RSS feeds chances are good you’d be stressed by any profession you chose."
deusx : Anatomy of a ‘Blogging will kill you’ story: Why I didn’t make the cut | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com - "If you’re stressed out over 5,000 RSS feeds chances are good you’d be stressed by any profession you chose."
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5 month ago
deusx : Laplander Lap Desk - Portable Lap Desk, Laptop Desk, Wood Lap Desk - Levenger - "This portable lap desk gives you a comfortable way to read or work in a chair, on a sofa or in bed"
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5 month ago
deusx : Cafe Witness: 5 Tips for Freelancers - "Thus, please allow my failures to pave the way for your success -- and my own."
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5 month ago
deusx : Up With Grups - The Ascendant Breed of Grown-Ups Who Are Redefining Adulthood -- New York Magazine - "It’s about reimagining adulthood as a period defined by promise, rather than compromise. And who can’t relate to that?"
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5 month ago
Andy Baio : Paul Graham says You Weren't Meant to Have A Boss - big companies and junk food both scale, but they're unhealthy in similar ways
deusx : You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss - "The restrictiveness of big company jobs is particularly hard on programmers, because the essence of programming is to build new things."
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6 month ago
philgyford : Extenuating Circumstances – SXSW 2008: Creative Collaboration: Building Web Apps Together - Good notes on a SXSW panel. I wonder where I'd fit in, but also wonder why I'm doing all this theatre nonsense when reading stuff like this makes me so excited.
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6 month ago
Andy Baio : Kevin Kelly on 1,000 true fans - this model for indie creators is a natural use of the Internet, but still rare
philgyford : Kevin Kelly - The Technium - 1,000 True Fans - The idea that you only need a relatively small number of people willing to pay you occasionally for your work in order to make a living. (Stewart Lee suggested he needed 7,000 fans in 2005.)
deusx : Kevin Kelly -- The Technium - "I don't know the actual true number, but I think a dedicated artist could cultivate 1,000 True Fans, and by their direct support using new technology, make an honest living. I'd love to hear from anyone who might have settled on such a path."
Rod Begbie : Kevin Kelly -- 1,000 True Fans - "Anyone producing works of art needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living." Discussed this over lunch today, and could definitely think of a handful of bands I'd pay $10-a-month to "patronize". [via] #
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6 month ago
deusx : Notional Slurry » There are exactly two ways: one, and many - "So a generalist pays the rent, in the end, by having a reputation (social capital) and a wide-ranging interest (intellectual capital) and trading those for money."
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deusx : Not An Employee - "We do not work for you. You do not work for us. We choose to work together."
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8 month ago
deusx : Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work - "Indeed the evidence for the 8 hour day, 5 days a week has been around and in practice since 1926"
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8 month ago
adamrg : In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell
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8 month ago
philgyford : Death and Underachievement: A Guide to Happiness in Work | 43 Folders - Maybe my resolution should be "just be content". But then I'd try too hard to achieve it.
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9 month ago
Linkorama : Will it fly? - I've been thinking about a number of new product ideas lately. In doing so, I've been trying to come up with a way more structured way of evaluating them. Here's a first attempt at defining that.
Andy Baio : Ev's guide to evaluating new product ideas - for me, "personally compelling" is the only one that matters, since I can't build something I won't use myself
WillPate : Will it fly? How to Evaluate a New Product Idea
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