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Right-- that's certainly the reality of the situation.
But the question is: With the right designer, is having him/her at the strategy table going to make you more successful? And, if so, how can you find that right designer? And, if you're a designer, how can you change your mindset/skilset so you can BE that right designer?
How about measuring BOTH?
Like a lot of people, I want to be more productive. Like a lot of people, I want to work less. RescueTime allows me to understand when I'm most productive and exactly how much time I spend NOT getting stuff done (but still feeling busy).
Not QUITE the same thing. Jettask doesn't break out web sites, which is critical for a lot of people. Knowing that I've spent 30% of my time in Firefox is fairly meaningless.
Jettask also doesn't transcend a single install. What about multiple machines? Where does your data go when you buy your new machine?
There are some other (pretty damn cool) features that we have in the pipe that simply aren't possible with a local-only app.
Oh, and we're FREE. And you instantly get any bug fixes / new features...
Gosh, are we still talking about why web software is cooler than installable stuff? In 2007? ;-)
The only difference is that, for most entrepreneurs, the invisible bridge isn't there and they fall screaming to their deaths.
Interesting article in the NYT today that talks about how the cost of patent litigation is outstripping patent profit.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/business/yourmoney/15proto.html/partner/rssnyt?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Not sure how I feel about patents... But I've never met an entrepreneur who was burned by NOT bothering to patent anything (though I've certainly read about 'em).
I'm currently loving my new lifetyle, but change is ALWAYS exciting. Talk to me again in 6 months.
I think happiness is a personal thing-- I've heard literally dozens of people say that Jobster is the best job and the best work environment they've ever had. It wasn't the best fit for how I want to work, but I will miss the people!
I agree this is oftentimes the case. It's pretty damn liberating to be small enough to not need a lot of structure.
A wise man of Steele from MIT once said to me, "Yaw, that sounds great, but how does that work for BIG projects. Are you going to build an operating with 2-3 people?" He's dead on.
But with the frameworks, libraries and turnkey hosting environments that are available nowadays, the percentage of startup ideas that can be done with a small team and a shoestring budget has gone WAY up. Three cheers for that!
This penalty can occur if you have duplicate content on your OWN site as well. Many data driven sites have lots of URL rules that functionally allow the same information to be displayed at multiple different URLs.... This qualifies as duplicate content.
Overall, great post!
I think meta-keywords are indeed a waste of time, but meta descriptions are oftentimes used by Google as the displayed description (the black text between the title and the URL) on search results pages. SEO isn't just about getting on those result pages, it's about convincing people to click what they see.
Heheh. Yaw. To keep the analogy going, I think Marty is havin' trouble finding an "engine" (i.e. a programmer or two). I think I woulda stuffed one of those into my bag of parts before I made the jump. <cackle>
What a slap in the face of GeoJoey! ;-)
As a born-and-bred American, I'm hesitant to throw out the byproduct of this "ease"...
I think American Entrepreneurs feel a bit more entitled than our immigrant counterparts.
Congrats on the launch- looks tight! The Linebuzz front page is about 8 billion percent cooler now that I can read it. It's actually a bit addictive.
Man, your timespend is going to be frightening. I'm pretty sure all you do is code and visit Facebook. :-) Beta is VERY soon-- the app is pretty much done, we're just lagging a bit due to mediocre Rails sysadmin skillz. Ah, well.
tap tap tap. That's the sound of my foot. ;-)
I should note here that I think PR and marketing is valuable (Just look at how many times I link to Seth Godin!) -- I just don't think many of the folks who do it professionally have "kept up". Marketing and PR is VERY different than it was 5 years ago, IMO.
Have you pondered paginating the Linebuzz home page?
There's something to be said for "scratching your own itch", too... Getting opinionated and building something that YOU want to have and then find others like yourself... Though I suppose validation and understanding the market is still a good idea.
Sometimes I think that if you build the product that those 10-15 people want, you get a mishmash product that they'd all use... grudgingly.
Get opinionated and build a product that 5 of them would LOVE and 10 of them would DESPISE... Then you're on to something.
I could've just said "because" here, but I thought it was a bit ironic to go a bit more in the supercilious direction. ;-)
What?! You don't blog for the sheer love of blogging? I am outraged!
Well, no harm in blogging about it now. What's the idea?!
Note: I am decidedly NOT a Nielsen fanboy. I tend to be a bit more moderate than he is... Though I do think he has a lot of smart things to say!
I'll echo that sentiment. It is hands-down the most impressive release since I arrived at Jobster. Congrats to all who were involved!
http://linebuzz.com/The%20Outlander/
404'd. Clicked on the name of this guy who commented on my blog. Is the user gone? Name change? Or wha?
lollerskates.
It's not Google keeping you hip... It's ME! (wow, THAT's scary).
Congrats on the presentation last night.
Now it's time to fill out your CAPTCHA. <sigh>
Yes. There are entrepreneurs who would build a web application with PERL. On purpose. Who'da thunk?
Mark is the South African cat who sold WorkZoo to Jobster (for those of you who weren't keeping score at home).
Are you SURE it works on Safari? A coworker was visiting this page and the javascript widget didn't load.
Also, you should comment out the captcha stuff for a little while. Gonna be a while before someone writes a bot to spam this, and you're forcing an extra annoying step.
Wait... Who are you, exactly?
Are there any cheap hosted apps like Bugzilla? With a startup, the last thing I want to to is install/configure/support yet another app.
