1. Everybody Forgets The Readers When They Bash News Aggregators 54 minutes ago   permalink

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch

I remember way back before the Internet when I got most of my daily news via the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN. If it wasn't reported by either of those outlets, there was a good chance I wouldn't hear that news at all. Those days are over. The problem is that most of the people running legacy news sites today are way older than I am, and ...

2. 3Crowd Comes Out Of Stealth, Reveals Its Plan To Disrupt The CDN Market 1 hour ago   permalink

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch

3Crowd , the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, is ready for its close-up. Until now little was known about the company, other than that its backers include Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Storm Ventures, and Greenwich Technology Associates. Now the company is talking: 3Crowd is looking to change the way people use content delivery ...

3. Meet Marc Flores, the new MobileCrunch writer 10 hours ago   permalink

Www.mobilecrunch.com

I begged and pleaded with Greg, editor of MobileCrunch, not to make me write this, but it looks like I’m stuck introducing myself to you all. So in my best Troy McClure voice let me say: Hi, my name is Marc Flores. You might remember me from such popular sites as Boy Genius Report or True/Slant.

4. Episode #7: Ryan Singer on the 37signals design process 12 hours ago   permalink

Matt / Signal vs. Noise

Time: 19:24 | Download MP3 Like this episode? Please share it with your friends: Life as a 37signals Project Manager Ryan Singer, who manages 37signals’ products and designs interfaces, talks about the company’s design process. He discusses how the design team works with each other and collaborates with programmers. He gives advice ...

5. It's not a promise, it's a guess 12 hours ago   permalink

David / Signal vs. Noise

“When is it going to be done?” is a reasonable question and we as software developers should try to come up with the best answer we can based on our experience and analysis. What we should not do, however, is treat our answer as solemn oath. When you treat estimates as promises instead of guesses, you bind your worth as a worker to it.

6. Launch: AngelList, a curated list of angel investors 12 hours ago   permalink

Nivi / Nivi

I’m psyched to announce AngelList, a curated list of super high-quality angel investors. And how to reach them. Investors like Jeff Clavier, Dave McClure, Rob Hayes, Aaron Patzer, Brad Feld, and 50 other investors have already joined. I want to thank all of the angels for taking the time to fill out these extensive profiles. And [...]

7. Launchpad deep links for Highrise, Backpack, and now Basecamp 13 hours ago   permalink

Jason F. / Signal vs. Noise

We’re really having fun digging into all the useful things we can do now that our customers have 37signals IDs . The Launchpad is one of those playgrounds. Last night we added deep links to Basecamp accounts. Deep links let you jump into an account without having to first log into the account and then choose where you want to go. For ...

8. Be the CEO of Your Job 15 hours ago   permalink

Brad Feld / Feld Thoughts

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9. When you’re raising money, the competition isn’t the competition 19 hours ago   permalink

Nivi / Nivi

Simeon Simeonov: “You have to understand that you are not competing with an abstract notion of what a good investment is. You are competing with the other teams that saw the investor that week.” This is why investors often don’t have good reasons why they’re passing. Maybe your company is good, but the competition is ...

10. Ice stories 1 day ago   permalink

Doc Searls / Doc Searls

For most of Winter in the Northeast, skating is possible only during the somewhat rare times when the ice is thick and not covered with snow or other unwelcome surface conditions. And bad skating has been the story, typically, for most of this Winter around Boston. After an earlier snow, there were some ad hoc [...]

11. PHOTO: Say goodbye to convenience! 1 day ago   permalink

Matt / Signal vs. Noise

Say goodbye to convenience!