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To much of the geek-sphere, the iPad is somewhat of a disappointment. It’s underwhelming – there’s nothing all that surprising in there, no “oh, and one more thing” to throw…

[ Partial Portuguese translation ] There are countless pundits and other tech gurus describing Google Wave as a disappointment, lately. Most of that seems to come from the fact that…

Eric von Hippel’s concept of early adopters versus lead users is well established. How does it work in practice, though? And why is it so hard to cross that famous…

Image courtesy of flushirts Everyone wants their application to “spread virally”. And why shouldn’t they? Viral growth resolves at least part of the expensive and complicated headache of actually marketing…

In large corporations, almost everything new is impossible. Try to do anything new, and typically you are met with dozens of reasons why it can’t be done. As a consultant…

Update: This article was written in 2009. Back then, the advice below made sense, since getting a merchant account was necessary to be able to take payments online. Today, this is…

[ Russian translation ] It seems like a fool-proof plan: start up with a close friend. You’ll get along (obviously), and you’ll get to share the exciting, fantastic, scary experience…

Let’s say you’re 17, a high school student, passionate about web start-ups, and you just know that you’ll be starting your own one day. Should you go to university first?…

There’s recently been some interesting discussion on the internet about “How many hours” people are putting in each day, inspired by a Slashdot poll. This can be a sensitive topic….