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Archive for January, 2010

Techzing 30 – Long Live the Heretic

January 26th, 2010 Justin 13 comments

Justin and Jason discuss Tweetminer’s frenemy adding feature, the utility of Twitter for non-famous people, functional programming (what the hell is it anyway), the clustering of tech preferences, project Natal and the path to holodeck style entertainment, the story of how Justin lied his way into the tech industry, the value of being a contrarian, and why Justin is taking voice over lessons.

Techzing 29 – But, I Digress…

January 20th, 2010 Justin 9 comments

Justin and Jason discuss whether TweetMiner is stagnating, attributes of single founders, the importance of consistency, the energy feedback loop between startups and users, building a custom text search engine, the theory of the planimal (it turns out that it’s real after all), sleep hacks, when to fix bugs and when to add features, the pain of fixing cross-browser CSS bugs, technical superstitions, talent versus persistence and determination, annoying marketing speak (user journey, passion and reaching out), ten rules for web startups and Justin’s new startup idea.

Techzing 28 – Exploration vs. Exploitation

January 14th, 2010 Justin 17 comments
Justin and Jason discuss why Jason hasn’t released his secret project, how coding is a marathon and not a sprint, the pros and cons of the minimum viable product, Tweetminer’s progress and revenue projections, startup advice in exactly three words, MongoDB, the value of market research, whether blogging is really worth the effort, learning from side projects, the status of Justin’s secret project and the productivity hacks of Hemmingway and Seinfeld.