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The Dummies Edition of The New, New World Order
(2020-04-20)
Fake profiles on Upwork
(2017-06-12)
Startup Survivorship Bias
(2017-04-21)
Follow-up thoughts about Goldmoney
(2016-12-13)
A botched change of policy at Goldmoney
(2016-12-03)
The difference between developers and product designers
(2016-10-11)
Why keeping it simple would be a better choice for TransferWise
(2016-09-07)
What it’s like to take on venture capital investment
(2016-02-04)
Sifting through the noise on Upwork
(2015-12-30)
When businesses grow to become dysfunctional
(2015-09-30)
Making apps is fun, but flipping burgers pays better
(2015-07-10)
Software testing and charging customers for bug fixes
(2015-05-15)
Is Apple’s pricing fair?
(2015-02-20)
The disconnect between publishers and consumers
(2015-02-09)
Another one bites the dust — Picturelife was acquired by StreamNation
(2015-01-29)
What caused this customer to delete our app and give it a one-star review?
(2015-01-12)
RaceSplitter rejected after three years for using a slider control
(2014-11-05)
Comparing the market valuations of Apple, Google, Facebook & Twitter
(2014-02-21)
Great customer support at the Apple Store
(2013-12-03)
Organizational charts of Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook
(2013-07-14)
Thoughts on product reviews and a tale of a disagreeable customer
(2013-05-14)
Daylite and Direct Mail for managing customer relations and communications
(2013-03-24)
On deciding what to do in the running of a modern company
(2013-03-07)
On the importance of developing trust
(2013-03-07)
A study of the effects of nasty comments on reader perception
(2013-03-07)
The days when you still had a chance to be heard
(2013-03-01)
Germanwings—a good user experience in newsletter opt-out
(2012-11-08)
Moving abroad—proposal for a new Twitter feature
(2012-10-11)
It's more pleasant to pull teeth than to buy something online with a credit card in Europe
(2012-09-26)
Money for Something—One month after the book launch
(2012-09-11)
Watch out for no-man’s land on the road to bootstrapping a start-up
(2012-06-25)
Apple's app review process — a rejection with a happy ending
(2012-05-29)
How to schedule focus
(2011-11-23)
Google vs Facebook advertising — Our experience with RaceSplitter
(2011-11-11)
Photos of the Makalu Interactive office, in Marbella, Spain
(2011-04-07)
What’s better than an office on the beach?
(2011-04-07)
What happens when a project is awarded to the lowest bidder.
(2011-03-08)
Apple's subscription policy is not unfair
(2011-02-18)
Why we do not sign NDAs at Makalu
(2010-09-29)
Building software is hard
(2010-05-12)
On the pricing of services work
(2010-03-19)
The benefits of constraints (or, how we finally built our new site)
(2010-03-11)
Alex Bendiken Wins Slashdot Redesign Contest
(2006-05-30)
Salaries of small business owners
(2006-01-02)
The Software Engineer
(2005-11-12)
Software Testing
(2005-03-03)
Apple Business Plan
(2005-01-15)
Steve Jobs on innovation: Saying No.
(2004-10-18)
Borrowed Innovation
(2004-06-29)
How Not to Get Hired
(2004-06-24)
Getting your Résumé (CV) Read
(2004-01-26)