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A lesson in deadlines from Medium

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The reason we did our preview launch in August was simply to getsomething out the door. As soon as we picked the date and a minimal feature set, we got rid of loads of other features we were playing with (some of which we’ll bring back, some of which we won’t). We also identified and built a bunch of infrastructure we’d need to host real users. And we got more done in less time than I’d ever seen any team do. It was magical and fun. Before we had the date, frankly, we were drifting. More real world advice on Ev’s

Top Tips and the Shiny 7 Inch Tablet Market

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David Gilson (of the All About parish) moonlights over on CNet, much as I do at Forbes, and he’s posted some tips and tricks for owners of the Nexus 7. Technically it’s 24 as tip 25 is ‘come back soon and I’ll show you how to root your tablet’ but I’ve pulled that trick once too often to raise more than an eyebrow at that one. Having actually had a quick play around with a Nexus 7 (thanks Alistair) I’m still not convinced it’s for me, and I would definitely need to spend some time with it to make my

Top Tips To Survive During The Day At SXSW

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There’s a bundle of top tips out there for SXSW attendees, so it’s time for me to add to this. I’m going to look specifically in how to survive during the day at SXSW, along with some practical advice. Wear comfortable shoes. You’re going to be walking a lot, be on you feet for most of the day, and that goes on for five days. Keep up your fluid intake, and I don’t mean the alcohol. The Texan heat may or may not be a surprise to you, but you’ll be sweating, and likely not notice the fatigue thanks to

[Mashed] Top Ten Tips To Survive the BBC Mashed Experience

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So it’s that time of year again, when the great and the good gather to watch the pivotal episode of the Doctor Who season gather in Alexandra Palace for two days (and one night) of hacking, coding, building, geeking out, and other stuff – BBC Mashed. Yes I’m there again; no I’m not building a rocket (but Ant is); yes I am doing something (ask me tomorrow); and yes I’ll speak to you if you point a video camera at me. In the meantime though, there seems to be a lot of people attending the event who weren’t there last