Ruby Enterprise Edition 1.8.7-20090928 released
Just how important is this release? Well, Twitter has beta tested this release and they’re reporting roughly 30% improvement in throughput. Keep reading to learn more and follow us on @phusion_nl for the latest updates.
Seth's Blog: If Craigslist cost $1
If you lead a group that allows anyone to join, for free, your group might be large, but it's not tight, it's not organized to make important change. Commitment slows things down in the short run, but ultimately aligns interests.
Anti-Photo Shield?! You can do that?!
Lasers sweep the surroundings and when they detect a CCD, they fire a bolt of light right at the camera to obliterate any photograph.
via wired.comToo bad Chelsea can't win titles as well as Roman can zap photos.
Promiscuous title #1: Vice president - (37signals)
Titles are mostly bullshit at the best of times, but “vice president” seems to be bullshit all the time.
Is your product an Ice Cream Glove or a Snuggie?
Is it sad that I have purchased two Snuggies?
Is it even sadder that, in retrospect, I think the Ice Cream Glove is a more useful item?
The bar for success in our industry is too low - (37signals)
Evernote, says they are generating about $79,000/month in revenue. Then the article goes on to say “By January 2011, Mr. Libin projects, the company will break even.”
$79,000/month and they won’t break even until January 2011. So every day they’re losing money until 2011. And the title of the piece is “Using ‘Free’ to Turn a Profit”. What? How can the Times let a headline like this slide?
What?! It costs Evernote more than $79K a month to operate? To most people, outside of the technology industry, Evernote is an unknown product.