Doesn’t go where you think it might (totally work safe). There is something extra dirty/awesome when dirty internet tricks are used to play dirty political tricks.
Link: MittRomney.org
Archive - June, 2007
Startup Life
Via Pete, this post from Marc Andreessen had some pretty apropos bits in it regarding startup life:
First, and most importantly, realize that a startup puts you on an emotional rollercoaster unlike anything you have ever experienced.
You will flip rapidly from a day in which you are euphorically convinced you are going to own the world, to a day in which doom seems only weeks away and you feel completely ruined, and back again.
Over and over and over.
And…
There is so much uncertainty and so much risk around practically everything you are doing. Will the product ship on time? Will it be fast enough? Will it have too many bugs? Will it be easy to use? Will anyone use it? Will your competitor beat you to market? Will you get any press coverage? Will anyone invest in the company? Will that key new engineer join? Will your key user interface designer quit and go to Google? And on and on and on…
Some days things will go really well and some things will go really poorly. And the level of stress that you’re under generally will magnify those transient data points into incredible highs and unbelievable lows at whiplash speed and huge magnitude.
Full article is here. Worth a read.
The Return Of Linnea
Linnea is back after a long blogging absence, so check her out. She is also someone that has been paid to write professionally, so not to put too much pressure on her, but aside from just being generally interesting, she writes well also.