...possible to glean certain patterns, and one that recurred as regularly as an urban legend was the one about how someone would move into a commune populated by sandal-wearing, peace-sign flashing flower children, and eventually discover that, underneath this facade, the guys who ran it were actually control freaks; and that, as living in a commune, where much lip service was paid to ideals of peace, love and harmony, had deprived them of normal, socially approved outlets for their control-freakdom, it tended to come out in other, invariably more sinister, ways.

Applying this to the case of Apple Computer will be left as an exercise for the reader, and not a very difficult exercise.

from In the Beginning was the Command Line available at:

http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/C_R_Y_P_T_O_N_O_M_I_C_O_N.shtml
and
http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html

via http://www.openculture.com/2009/05/getting_hired_and_fired_by_the_new_yorker_as_told_in_tweets.html

1. How much money do you have in the bank?
2. What is your net outflow per month?
3. What is the post-money valuation of your last round? 
4. What can you do that your competitors cannot?
5. What can your competitors do that you cannot?
6. Who are your investors?
7. Who is on your board of directors?
8. Has anyone in the engineering team actually shipped a product?
9. Assume that you have $0 for marketing, how would you market the product?
10. What keeps you awake at night?

"An extensive directory of non-profit and volunteering resources and organizations. This funky site allows you to post jobs, volunteer opportunities, internships, events, programs, resources, and campaigns. Although it’s more of a social networking site, it does encourage people to promote good in the world,"

Amazon.com: Head First Web Design (A Brain Friendly Guide): Ethan Watrall, Jeff Siarto: Books The last chapter has helpful suggestions and examples for a web design business.

"Kathy Sierra is the author of Creating Passionate Users, and has been interested in the brain and artificial intelligence since her days as a game developer (Virgin, Amblin', MGM). She is the co-creator of the bestselling brain-friendly Head First series (winner of the Jolt Software Development award in 2004). She is also the founder of one of the largest programmer community web sites, javaranch.com. Much of the theory and practice behind "passionate users" began when she developed and taught the first Interaction Design and New Media courses at UCLA Extension's Entertainment Studies Department, and at the IBM New Media Center at Universal Studios Citywalk. A former master trainer for Sun Microsystems, she has spent the last few years helping others learn to apply brain-friendly techniques to inspire and maintain passionate users. Resources Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, by Salen and Zimmerman"

1 Build for someone specific 2 Don't be afraid of targeting a narrow niche 3 Solve a real problem that costs money 4 Test the market with a working prototype as soon as possible etc.

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"Request a "quick search" for the answer to a specific question using the online research request form. We will spend 15 minutes or less to search our available sources. * $15.00 (MHS Members receive 10% discount). * Includes up to 5 black & white photocopies, or 2 color copies. * Additional photocopies at $.25 each (black & white), $1.00 each for color. * Postage may be additional. * Use online research request form. Example: Does a Frances Murray, born 1900, appear in the 1930 census of Lewiston?"