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Advice from Coudal on how to transition from client work to products

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:52:09 GMT

Link: http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/975-advice-from-coudal-on-how-to-transition-from-client-work-to-products

“The Customer Is Always Right” is wrong

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:31:23 GMT

Allow yourself to fire bad customers the same way you fire bad employees.

Link: http://positivesharing.com/2006/07/why-the-customer-is-always-right-results-in-bad-customer-service/

Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:06:43 GMT

A TED talk.

Link: http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/2008/01/richard-st-john.html

Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:18:56 GMT

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/business/30know.html?ex=1356843600&en=5d04acf0f946a3a9&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Should web giants let startups use the information they have about you?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:30:16 GMT

Of course! But startups should use it at their own peril.

Link: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-01/ff_scraping?currentPage=all

36 Startup Tips

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:17:25 GMT

Lots of common sense.

Link: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/36_startup_tips.php

Netscape is dead

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:17:14 GMT

Turns out “IE vs Netscape” was only a battle, and not the whole war.

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7163547.stm

Will it fly?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:56:56 GMT

Evan Williams on how to evaluate a new product idea.

Link: http://evhead.com/2007/12/how-to-evaluate-new-product-idea.asp

60 Minutes's "Titans of Tech"

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:45:48 GMT

Link: http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/117/titans_of_tech

60 Minutes's "Titans of Tech"

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:43:09 GMT

Link: http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/117/titans_of_tech

Who should Apple buy?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:27:33 GMT

Apparently they’ve been saving some of their profits and might go Christmas shopping.

Link: http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/12/07/who-should-apple-buy

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future Conference at Harvard

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:21:33 GMT

Link: http://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurship/conference/

Duncan Watts on 'Cumulative Advantage'

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:18:24 GMT

How it’s impossible to predict success in cultural markets, and how first mover success leads to market domination.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/magazine/15wwlnidealab.t.html?ex=1334203200&en=79be2f770fc76c6d&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=all

How game mechanics can make your app more fun

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:31:00 GMT

Using the psychology of gaming to improve your customers’ investments in your site.

Link: http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/2006/03/how_game_mechanics_can_make_yo.html

The gentle art of selling yourself

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:26:05 GMT

Who wouldn’t want to be described:

His presentation skills are off the chart, as is his creative thinking. He is opinionated, innovative and people-oriented. Blessed with the courage of his own convictions, he leans to extremes, black or white. Never grey. You simply can’t ignore him.

A very nice header indeed.

Link: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2025919,00.html