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DHH with his usual zeal commenting on the obsession of many tech startups to only be making a shot at being the next Unicorn or nothing. This is one of the things I like about the…
- Reconsider
Part of the problem seems to be that nobody these days is content to merely put their dent in the universe. No, they have to fucking own the universe. It’s not enough to be in the…
- Remove the stress, pick a deadline
October 20 was the internal deadline we picked for Basecamp 3 back in early Summer. It was computed by the highly scientific method of two-parts sussing, one-part calendar dart…
- I'm hiring a personal iOS prototyper by Jason Fried of 37signals
(eye roll) Im looking to hire an iOS Prototyper for one year. This is a full-time, 1-year contract. You must be in Chicago. Pay starts at $100,000 Im all ears if you want to make…
- Automating with convention: Introducing sub
This seems like a smart idea that many organizations could emulate. 37 works in a deceptively simply manner: an executable (bin/37) parses out subcommands, which map to a single…
- The Art of Computer Typography
Knuth created TeX and Metafont because he wanted to extend the care he took in his writing to the design and printing of the physical books. He shared them with the rest of the…
- 37signals Interviews Newsvines Mike Davidson
- Stephen Colbert on Blippy: This is more
Stephen Colbert on Blippy: This is more exciting than going through old receipts. Its going through new receipts! (Outside USA? Try this version.)
- I have seen so many young entrepreneurs and…
I have seen so many young entrepreneurs and intelligent, experienced engineers come through the door with great products that will change the way people and businesses function…
- The next generation bends over
Mints sale to Intuit really pissed me off. Why should I care? Because I think its indicative of a VC-induced cancer thats infecting our industry and killing off the next…
- I don't care how good you are at programming
I dont care how good you are at programming, finding bugs, whatever. If youre rude, or if you speak poorly to people who dont understand your quirks. you will wind up being…
- Where do you turn when you need Happy Birthday
Where do you turn when you need Happy Birthday, Sam spelled out on a red velvet cake in binary? Well, Tipsy Cake, of course. We cant thank them enough for complying with our…
- Big companies are where small companies go to die
Farhad Manjoo (who wrote a cover story on 37signals for Salon.com a few years back) is now writing for Slate. This time he wonders about the Google Black Hole.
- Don't tackle your own good news
When we launched the new Backpack, we were going to increase the prices across the board. It was a big overhaul and we felt the improvements were worth it. But at the last minute,…
- Finding the natural size for your company
Popular perception holds that companies must always be growing or theyre dying. Theres either up or down, win or lose, success or failure. I think thats a harmful dichotomy that…
- Web designers should do their own HTML/CSS
The web is a world of constraints, the materials of HTML and CSS flex and give in ways that encourage particular styles. And being able to understand and bend within that scope is…
- Start a business, not a startup
Startups can bring new ideas to market. They can give people a chance to change the world on their own terms. They can create something where nothing existed before. There is no…
- Why I love working with family people
The stereotypical startup dream hire is a 20-something with as little life as possible outside of computers. The one thatll be happy working 14-hour crunch days for weeks on end…
- A peek at InOut, an internal app at 37signals
- Gary the Great: Vaynerchuk sets the example of how to succeed in business today
Gary Vaynerchuk is a legend in the making. Gary is best known for his wonderfully passionate video reviews on his self-styled Wine Library TV. But hes much deeper than that. Gary…
- Muxtape: Beautifully simple
Man I just adore simple solutions like Muxtape. Heres a sample muxtape for reference. Dead simple, absolutely clear, quenches a common thirst (sharing a collection of songs with a…
- Marketwatch: A little too real-time? - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)