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Startup Weekend Tip & Tricks

If you want to build a mobile app, maybe it would be better to use jQuery Mobile or Appcelerator Titanium to crank out the first version; you can always build native iOS and Android versions if the project gets traction.

Make use of existing services

Reflecting on ways to bootstrap a startup

How I would start, if I could go back

I now believe that anyone can reach ramen profitability, as long as there is real focus on the goal. Once you are focused on generating revenue, it is a good idea to consider how the type of idea you choose can af…

Building an iPhone chat app from the ground up

With an installed base of 40 million iPhones, you have to be crazy if you aren’t interested in writing an iOS application. But where do you start? Most applications are going to be network connected. So what about a project that spans across both, such…

Around the Web: Brian Hoff, Fillerati, FB’s Scott Mac on PHP

It’s Friday, so today’s roundup is “awesomeness.”

Beloved designer Brian Hoff writes,  In a Sea of Designers: My ‘Best’ Advice
Bookmark for life, supportwebstandards.com
Web type at last! by editor/typographer John Berry
Speaking of typ…

Around the Web: Brian Hoff, Fillerati, FB’s Scott Mac on PHP

It’s Friday, so today’s roundup is “awesomeness.”

Beloved designer Brian Hoff writes,  In a Sea of Designers: My ‘Best’ Advice
Bookmark for life, supportwebstandards.com
Web type at last! by editor/typographer John Berry
Speaking of typ…

Rails uploads with Paperclip

In this 7-minute Ruby on Rails tutorial video we look at how to use the Paperclip plugin to handle file uploads.

This video is from Think Vitamin Membership, a high-quality video training site, curated by us at Carsonified and Think Vitamin, with hu…

Rails uploads with Paperclip

In this 7-minute Ruby on Rails tutorial video we look at how to use the Paperclip plugin to handle file uploads.

This video is from Think Vitamin Membership, a high-quality video training site, curated by us at Carsonified and Think Vitamin, with hu…

Stuff the Internet Says on Scalability For November 29th, 2010

Eating turkey all weekend and wondering what you might have missed?

James Hamilton on why “all you have learned about disks so far is probably wrong" in Availability in Globally Distributed Storage. It turns out for the same reason our financ…

Stuff the Internet Says on Scalability For November 29th, 2010

Eating turkey all weekend and wondering what you might have missed?

James Hamilton on why “all you have learned about disks so far is probably wrong" in Availability in Globally Distributed Storage. It turns out for the same reason our financ…

Mozilla is Developing a Language Called “Rust”

Along with web language champions such as Dave Herman and Brendan Eich, Mozilla's Graydon Hoare is developing a new programming language with an interesting mix of features.  The language is called "Rust", and although it's still in …