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Your company culture is a meaningless platitude
Continue Reading: Your company culture is a meaningless platitudeIn this envelope, I have your Company Culture. We work hard, but value work/life balance. We’re a team culture and we believe in individual empowerment. We give back to the community, and…
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On leadership: the boor and the chairman
Continue Reading: On leadership: the boor and the chairmanIt was 2006. Ontela had existed for the better part of a year, and I’d been fundraising and networking my little heart out. People kept saying I should be sure to meet…
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Hackers targeting Jews
Continue Reading: Hackers targeting JewsSo something drew me back, and I read the email one more time. B’H? This is not something you see in your typical Nigerian con.
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On recruiting: why you should alienate at least half your candidates
Continue Reading: On recruiting: why you should alienate at least half your candidatesRecruiting at a startup is fundamentally hard. You need to convince someone – let’s say, for argument’s sake, a senior developer; a smart, educated person who should know better – to bet her mortgage on your future, take a big pay cut, and go back to writing her own build scripts. If you’re in Seattle,…
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Hello world (redux)
Continue Reading: Hello world (redux)What with being gainfully unemployed and all, I’ve decided to revisit my blog. Those of you with long memories or penchants for manly crafts may remember this URL as the home of…
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GlueUpDate
Continue Reading: GlueUpDateJacques Richer gives us this updated suggestion to an old article on getting glue off your glueup. He rightfully points out that the good old-fashioned hand scraper is a great task for the job…
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Rock in your wood
Continue Reading: Rock in your woodLong time readers will remember my coffee table project with the embedded slate tiles. This is a quick follow-up post to let you know how those tiles are working out.
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Speakers at CES
Continue Reading: Speakers at CESThis year, all the cheap overseas speaker manufacturers have figured out that they can make absolutely gorgeous floorstanding speakers for not too much money, using the magical secret of veneer.
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Walk-in closet 102
Continue Reading: Walk-in closet 102And here’s the link I left off the last post. Whoops. http://flickr.com/photos/larsliden/sets/1737556/ (thanks Brett!) (You might want to subscribe or follow me on Twitter so you don’t miss new articles)