trbecker

To be highly productive, I unplug the network cable. A more sophisticated solution would be configuring privoxy to block twitter.com, mail.google.com and facebook.com.

Proposing to you a third option: django+pinax. Pinax is a ready to use social networking application using django. Take a look: http://pinaxproject.com/.

cd /tmp. Unzip some file with some system image - usr, etc, lib, the usual - that should be unpacked in /. Do what needs to be done. rm -fr /usr. WAIT, NO! ^C. "Backup, could you be so kind as to restore the ABC server /usr tree? I think I made a huge mistake. Thank you."

Good times. Learned a lot about why I need a VM with an image of a given system.

Moving my stuff to a new apartment.

Congrats!

I'm all about not interrupting my work with smalltalk. If it helps, I'm doing it.

I may be more friendly to SCRUMM zealots next time I find one :)

I use evernote, dropbox and dokuwiki. Depends on the kind of data and the need to have it available at all times (you know, sometimes you won't be connected to the intertubes.)

Languages in computers are equivalent to languages in the real world: ways to express ideas (or solve problems.) So it's wrong to rate by language. Rate them by the problems they solve and how they solve it, if you want to rate them at all. Some of the programmers ("buzzworders") will feel outraged, but at least there's real merit involved into the way you rate developers.

On my own list of usual recommendations, in no particular order.

- Linchpin

- Rework

- Evil Plans

- Four Hour Work Week

- Steve's Mind

Man, I'm moving now, and my books are all packed already. These are the ones that I've read and recommend.

Sounds interesting. I was thinking about something similar for my current location and biggest social network. Execution matters more, of course. Once you fix the design (seriously) some tips. - Offer the converse: gift suggestions for your friends, on a mail. - Offer birthday reminders. - Try to understand the level of connection between a two peoples, so you can experiment with gift pricing. - On the other side, offer retailers a deal for a cut of their profit.

Good luck. Execute fast. This is now public :)

If you feel the need, just do it and ask him what do you need to get his help/mentoring.

Did you look at elance.com? They may have what you want.

Ultimately, I agree with you, except that reading these kinds of articles for long enough will get you into the right mindset. Then you can maybe read these kind of articles as refreshers or get some new ideas. Or never read one again.

At least, it's how it works for me.

I would feel like replicating the site. The idea is too important to die.

Hopefully this sociopath will be in jail for some time. That's what he deserves.

It depends. For technical books, yes. For fiction books, I always read it cover-to-cover (skipping the forewords).

But there's one exception: I've read both books by Robert Love (Linux Kernel Development and Linux System Programming) from cover to cover.

One of the best ways to do it is to ask for promotion for other websites that have the same target audience as yours. This is usually done with cold pitch and a link exchange. Then ask the user to subscribe to your twitter account or rss feed (if you have one), and create content that can be retwitted or shared on Google Reader. Also, engage with your community as soon as you have one. Treat them well and they'll be more likely to help you promote your business. Good luck.