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  • Being Weird is Good

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    Lady Gaga isn’t a marketing genius. She is a weirdo. Richard Branson isn’t a marketing genius. He’s a weirdo. All successful people are originals (weirdos) and the rest strive to copy them. Be weird. Be original. Maybe you’ll be successful at what you do. But WEIRDNESS is a must.

  • When Software Piracy is OK

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    Software piracy is bad in most cases, especially when it involves frivolously indulging in all kinds of loot found on The Pirate Bay for the sake of simple entertainment. But what about the first-time entrepreneur who self-teaches a pirated copy of Photoshop to make a logo for her first website? Or the YouTube poster who tries his…

  • Tubing in Laos, Vang Vieng – Party Video (HD)

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    I took this video in Vang Vieng, Laos in 2012. I threw some Gucci Mane on top to make it bump! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz29tloCTck

  • Site Updated

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    The site has been updated and refurbished from the ground up. Some parts were recycled and others were simply improved.

  • Quote of the Day: Sunscreen

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    The race is long and, in the end, it is only with yourself. – Baz Luhrmann

  • Jira from Atlassian Sucks

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    Jira, the project management and bug tracking software from Atlassian SUCKS BIG TIME. It sucks so much that I had to log into my website and write this rant even though I have a thousand other more pressing things to do. Jira and it’s lack of brilliance is the most irritating piece of software I…

  • Hiring a Technical Person

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    I ran into a post about software developer interviews on The Daily WTF. It was full of software developers complaining about business people and how they are stupid. I’ve interviewed countless people and the game works the same except when it comes to software developers. If a non-tech person shows up for an interview they do…

  • Quote of the Day: Marketing Barking

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    Your marketing should do the barking and your product do the talking. – Karl Unless you are a multi-level marketing company of course. Click to read more about product value vs marketing hype.

  • Value vs Hype Explained

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    Marketing is considered important by most people. If you are an entrepreneur chances are that you spend a serious chunk of time on it. But can really great marketing fill the gaps of a lackluster product? It depends on if you are selling value or if you are selling hype. Selling Value If you have…

  • Thoughts on Relativity

    Thoughts on Relativity

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    Protons can sporadically appear and disappear. They are subatomic and infinitely small and of almost no mass. The universe could also have been created in a similar fashion, and will disappear in a similar fashion. But becausue of its mass, there is more inertia and time distorts and gets slower. For a proton to instantaneously…