management
People don't share the same vision and passion In a normal company, even if people don't share the same vision, they still can execute the plan and contribute value. For a startup (with limited resources) to proceed (or for a normal company that wants to be
source Why do people put so much effort in comparing tool A to tool B when either of those tools only cover 5% of all the work that goes into any serious application, and the time saved by any advantage tool A has over tool B is pretty much negligible?
book
from Remote (by 37signals)
thoughts
It's been a while since I last work with engineers and this is to note several interesting things * It's exciting to talk with them because most of them are really into their gigs. They like the stuffs they build and want to make you feel that
crawler
Trong 1 bài trước đây, mình đã nói qua về scrape dữ liệu bằng PHP và regular expression. Vừa rồi mình có thực hiện scrape data từ VNExpress giùm 1 người bạn, xài thử Scrapy và thấy cũng khá hiệu quả nên chia sẻ với mọi người Ưu điểm của
careers
source I don't look for jobs that have been posted — my feeling is that jobs that make it to Reddit / GitHub / Craigslist / Monthly Hiring Threads, are all jobs that have been picked over by people working at (or close with) the company. I make a list of the
thoughts
I just said "no more"
embracechanges
How much it would cost you to travel around the world ? Even though I did quite a lot of travel, I didn't really think 'bout "travel around the world", yet. It seems so far away and expensive. Until I saw this and this is the
insights
source I think the danger is that engineers might come to the mistaken conclusion that making pizzas is the primary limiting reagent to running a successful pizzeria. Running a successful pizzeria is more about * schlepping to local hotels and leaving them 50 copies of your menu to put at the
insights
source Google builds a search engine, forces the competition to start improving. Google buys a webmail service, forces rapid improvements in the competition. Google builds a browser, forces rapid improvements in the competition (Firefox). Google buys a smartphone OS, competition already doing ok but probably tweaked some things. Google starts
book
source (reviewed by Donald Mitchell) The key conclusions as to "how" included the following: (1) a series of CEOs (promoted from within) who combined "personal humility and professional will" focused on making a great company; (2) an initial focus on eliminating weak people, adding top performing
lean
Hôm qua đi hội thảo về Lean Startup nhưng đại khái là cảm thấy chưa thỏa mãn với cách giải thích của các speaker nên mình ghi lại 1 vài suy nghĩ của mình về Lean, bao gồm các điểm chính sau #1: Tóm tắt Mình thấy các bạn ủng