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February, 2016

We all work in massively megalithic open plan offices now

Samuel Hulick writes that he's breaking up with Slack: Which is to say, I thought you were providing some relief from the torrential influx of messages, alerts, and notifications I was receiving on a daily basis. “Me + Slack = Fewer distractions and more productivity,” I thought at the time. I ...
February 29, 2016

Stop writing specs, start finding needs - what I've learned working on Known

Working with Erin Jo Richey changed the way I think about building software. There's a kind of software development I like to call checklist development. That's where you just draw up a long list of features you want your software to have. This could be based on your own intuition, or it ...
February 22, 2016

Matter is building a more informed and connected society. Here's why I think you should join them.

Real talk: Known should list Matter as a cofounder. Erin and I brought Known, Inc to Matter's third class in May, 2014. Over the next 19 weeks, we honed the fundamental story of our business, learning new techniques to validate assumptions and determine concrete needs along the way. They gave us $50,000 ...
February 21, 2016

I'm a startup founder. Here's why I support Bernie Sanders.

It's fair to say that American politics is having a meltdown.The poster child is Donald Trump, the heir to a multi-million dollar empire who would have made more money if he'd spent his life finger-painting, but nonetheless portrays himself as a shrewd deal-maker. In one sense, he is a businessman: ...
February 13, 2016