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"When you start something new go over the list of things you took note of and use your own judgment to decide what will and will not work for you. But don't copy anything verbatim."

Is this something that people really need be told? I suppose that's rhetorical, given the number of folks who swear by alleged methods of success that just happened to work (or be recollected as working) for one person or another.

People need to be told that. It disgusts me, the people who will steal half of one site and half another and put them together without thought, but they exist.

Thanks. I don't even read most 37signals posts anymore. They just don't seem very interesting. I think it's because their writing isn't timeless.

Thank you!