Steve Yegge’s taken his writing up a notch. It feels a bit like this is leading up to his leaving Google.
Lean Startups. I’ve always been a big proponent of Deming style management - and at Digg my often repeated mantra was “smaller, sooner, more certain.” More than that I used to tell Kevin [...]
Entries from October 2008
A Couple of Good Links
October 30th, 2008 · No Comments
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Top Digg Unpromoted Stories 2008-10-18 to 2008-10-25
October 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Diggs
User
345
klhammy
Memo To Palin: Fruit Fly Research Led To Advances In Autism
315
maanaamana
Ten other things Sarah Palin may think the VP does.
307
d2002
I Apologize For Spreading Bad Plain "Polar Bear" Article
305
mrMunchies
Funky New Google Analytics Features!
297
brianayers
Political Radar: Biden to Supporters: OBAMA WILL BE TESTED B
294
openthink
Best Dear John Ltr You’ll See Today. Size & McCain Do Matter
291
noupsell
Vietnam Veterans Against McCain
286
Sh0rtstak
Not [...]
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Moving!
October 26th, 2008 · No Comments
I’ve been using Mosso to host my email and this blog for the last year or so, but I severely dislike the lack of a shell, and the CPU cycle based pricing they introduced a while back pretty well removed any reason to stay there. So today I took the plunge and signed up for [...]
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Expedia is Insane, I tell you! Insane! Just Look at Our Prices!
October 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
One of the cool benefits of working at Travelpod/TripAdvisor/Expedia/ItsComplicated is the discounts we get. At the top of the list so far is the hotels.com discount, which can run anywhere from 15-30% off hotels.com’s already-low prices. But we also get a regular assortment of emails from HR about new and cool discounts. The last few [...]
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Great Company Looking for Perl Hackers and More
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments
craiglist.org
Somehow I think they’d be happy to hire remote.
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Top Digg Unpromoted Stories 2008-10-11 to 2008-10-18
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Diggs
User
435
YeahMan
Misconceptions of Obama fuel Republican campaign
428
DefendThyself
Obama’s Plan Is To, You Know, Spread The Wealth Around
364
nihil
2006 McCain letter demanded Fannie/Freddie action
321
naderventura
Demonstration On Wall Street
311
DiggMikeyDigg
John McCain Needs Alzheimers Screening?
309
vick3ii
Obama voted present on Fannie/Freddie reform
300
badwithcomputer
McCain in 2008 Sounds A Lot Like Bush in 2004 on Taxes
291
ritubpant
20 jQuery Plugins for Unforgettable User Experience
290
sungoddess808
Carving Your Way To The Elections
287
beingray
Barack Obama [...]
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Death
October 18th, 2008 · No Comments
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Death, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.
This was a diorama about an invasion of Quebec by the US during the Revolutionary War. It said something like “If one of these invasions had been successful, Canada would be [...]
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Small Panes
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments
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Small Panes, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.
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Between
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments
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Between, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.
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Top Digg Unpromoted Stories 2008-10-04 to 2008-10-11
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Diggs
User
369
Ageroth
Betty White calls Sarah Palin a "Crazy Bitch"
368
rjwusa
Obama’s Deep Ties To Mortgage Meltdown -Obama’s Corruption
350
Charlotte_Web
ACORN voter fruad rampant — in at least 15 states!
343
buckeye343
CNN: Obama/Ayers Connection Investigative Report
328
Cararan
New Fuel-Injection Shock Treatment Increases Mileage
326
LeviTheSmith
Stop posting pictures of Digg comments.
318
neblucas
CNN Finds Extensive Ties Between Barack Obama and Ayers
316
mklopez
Diggs Recent Bans and the Limits of Crowdsourcing
306
bonitatortuga
Open Letter [...]
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