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Women in Tech: What to do now
Venture Beat &bull Yesterday
Debates about women in technology are like merry-go-rounds: There's a lot of movement and excitement but you always end up back in the same place. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington argued that in Silicon Valley (and by extension, the tech business in general) success is based on merit alone and that nobody is keeping women down. The problem, as far as he is concerned, is simply that women just don't want to start companies. These are arguments I've heard before - and that are, at best, naive. Merit alone is rarely enough to ensure success and… Full Story »
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Get Past Your Childhood Doubts by Simply Starting [Motivation]
Life Hacker &bull Aug 31, 2010
You've got a web site idea, a mobile app concept, or just a loose video concept. You can let your mind shout you down and convince you how complicated those endeavors are, or simply get started and take inspiration from… Full Story »
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Ruby on Rails 3.0 pulls into station with Merb in tow
Ars Technica blog post &bull Aug 30, 2010
Rails 3.0, a popular Web framework written in the programming language Ruby, was released Sunday after several years of development. In a way, the release is just as much of a political win for the Ruby and Web development ecosystem as it is technological one. The biggest story of this release is the successful incorporation of a competing project. Starting in 2006 and building… Full Story »
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3 Collaboration Tools Startups Pick for the Long Haul
Web Worker Daily &bull Aug 27, 2010
When I started asking the teams at various startups what tools they use for collaborating on and managing longer-term projects, I was surprised by the sheer number that responded with a configuration that included 37signals' products. Fully half of the responses I received included at… Full Story »
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10 Essential Free E-Books for Web Designers
Mashable &bull Aug 18, 2010
While many may still prefer print for long-form reading, e-books are gaining popularity as a worthy digital alternative. Aside from all the usual benefits of digitizing a book (faster searches, less page-flipping, linked pages, additional resources, etc.), e-books are a huge help to digital and online professionals. There are now e-books available on almost every aspect of design, from planning your business and managing your time, to designing web applications. This post highlights 10 of the best free e-books for… Full Story »
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APIs: an Important Part of Product Strategy
Programmable Web &bull Aug 12, 2010
A few years back, your product strategy would have focused on functionality and user experience, as some of its key points. It was a rare occurrence to have an API immediately available for your product, which users could have used… Full Story »
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HipChat raises funding for better business chatting
Venture Beat &bull Aug 10, 2010
HipChat is a startup aiming to improve group chatting and instant messaging in the workplace. And it just raised angel funding from a backers with an impressive background in chat, albeit on the consumer side - Sandy Jen and Elaine… Full Story »
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5000 Mashups
Programmable Web &bull Aug 9, 2010
Last week our mashups directory passed a new milestone, number 5000. Maps are still by far the number one type of mashup, but by slightly less than the snapshots of our previous milestones, as the directory has grown to include… Full Story »
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Be Merciless In Cutting Down Your Business Ideas [Video]
Life Hacker &bull Aug 4, 2010
Jason Fried, co-founder of noted web developer 37signals and author of Rework, made a pretty good case for ignoring people at work. In a newer interview, he explains how starting your business should involve seriously, drastically paring down your ambitions.… Full Story »
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The Importance of APIs in Collaboration Tools
Web Worker Daily &bull Aug 3, 2010
When you're looking for the right collaboration tool, you typically look at features and price. You choose an application based on those factors because when you're starting out with a tool they're what matters. But as your team and your projects evolve, it's easy to find… Full Story »
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EC Roundup: Finding lawyers, preserving knowledge and unlocking fan marketing
Venture Beat &bull Jul 31, 2010
Here's the latest from VentureBeat's Entrepreneur Corner. How liable are you for copyrighted material on your Web site? - A user posts copyrighted material on your Web site: Are you liable? Attorney Curtis Smolar runs down how to protect yourself… Full Story »
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Rule Your Work Productivity With RULE.fm
TechCrunch &bull Jul 30, 2010
Itas takes a certain type of person to get excited about a work productivity tool. Mark Nielsen and Patrick Carmitchel, unsatisfied with 37Signals' Basecamp, have decided to disrupt the productivity software industry (see their incredibly twee video above). Previously unknown… Full Story »
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Entrepreneurs: Unlearn your MBA!
Venture Beat &bull Jul 30, 2010
David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of the Ruby on Rails web development framework and partner at 37signals, is a pretty smart guy. But to succeed as an entrepreneur, he found that his education was, in some ways, working against him.… Full Story »
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37Signals Acquires Developer's Campfire iPhone App
Programmable Web &bull Jul 29, 2010
Collaboration company 37Signals bought the popular Ember iPhone app, which uses the company's Campfire API (our Campfire API profile) to display and update chats. The app has been renamed 37Signals Campfire and is now available for free (previously $9.99). Based… Full Story »
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37signals buys Apple iPhone app for Campfire; makes it free (Marin Perez/IntoMobile)
Techmeme &bull Jul 28, 2010
Apple iMac line gets speedbumped, low-end gets a Core i3 - It's not as if we haven't heard the rumors building over the last few months, but Apple's long-standing iMac line is seeing its first real update since the Fall of last year on this fine morning. Apple switches to ATI exclusively for iMac - Cupertino has spoken, and NVIDIA is no longer the preferred GPU supplier of One Infinite Loop's polished white and aluminum desktops. Apple's newly introduced 21.5" and 27" iMacs based on the Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors will be the exclusive realm of ATI's… Full Story »
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Campfire for iPhone Does Collaborative Group Chat On-the-Go [Downloads]
Life Hacker &bull Jul 27, 2010
The application, also called Campfire, used to be called Ember and wasn't originally developed by the folks at 37Signals (they're the people who developed the web sites for the likes of Campfire and project management application Basecamp). Ember, however, cost… Full Story »
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When Startups Grow Out of the Cloud
Read Write Web &bull Jul 27, 2010
This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Challenges come with upgrading networking. Learn more in this ReadWriteWeb special report, made possible by Intel and VMware: Moving Past Legacy Networking in a Virtualized Data Center. Cloud computing has been a… Full Story »
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Chat with Co-Workers On-the-Go with Free iPhone App
Mashable &bull Jul 27, 2010
If the app looks familiar, it's because 37signals purchased the app from Overcommitted, who released it under its old name, Ember. Ember has long been one of my favorite apps for the iPhone (earning a place on my home screen)… Full Story »
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37signals Buys Campfire iPhone App Ember
TechCrunch &bull Jul 27, 2010
Collaboration software developer 37signals has bought Ember, an iPhone app for Campfire, according to a blog post. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The app caught Fried's eye earlier this year and the company decided to buy the developer… Full Story »
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What Advantages Does Your Startup Really Have?
Read Write Web &bull Jul 19, 2010
When describing some of the common mistakes he'd seen in recent pitches for the incubator Capital Factory, Smart Bear Software founder Jason Cohen listed "invalid unfair advantages" as something that many startups needlessly tout. These include having a certain feature,… Full Story »
