William Grosso @ July 20, 2008
I got an email today from a consulting service looking to outsource some Lucene contracting. Somehow, someway, they got my name and thought “Hmmm. We could send some Lucene consulting his way.”
That reminded me of the startup I founded in 2003. I was relatively new to the idea of founding my own company and, for [...]
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William Grosso @ July 18, 2008
From craigslist today. Since that ad will expire, here’s the entirety
Exciting startup in downtown Palo Alto is seeking a motivated, smart computer science graduate or student who has a passion for Ruby on Rails. We are looking for the following skills:
• Expert in Ruby language
• Expert in Rails 2+ framework
• Good knowledge of in [...]
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William Grosso @ July 16, 2008
SDForum’s community suffered a great loss when Barbara Cass retired.
The loss is even greater now.
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William Grosso @ July 12, 2008
THE BACKGROUND:
In the bad old days, before everything was on-line and available in structured ways, people used postal mail to send paper copies of their resumes to potential employers.
And, a surprisingly large percentage of the time, their resumes were inaccurate. A somewhat smaller percentage of the time, the resumes were deliberately inaccurate1. Depending on the [...]
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William Grosso @ July 5, 2008
Recently, I ran across Richard Monson-Haefel’s statement that he admires James Gosling.
RMH wrote:
My admiration for him is based on that fact that he invented a platform that was not only interesting and exciting but a platform that is perhaps the most successful programming platform in history. There are more Java software developers and more Java [...]
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William Grosso @ July 1, 2008
Recently, while reading the 37 Signals blog, I ran across a brief description of the Word of Mouth Manual, Volume II1.
The 37 signals description is admirably concise:
Dave Balter, from the clever word of mouth marketing agency BzzAgent, has a special treat for our Signal vs. Noise readers. His new book, The Word Of Mouth Manual, [...]
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