startup
Setting up a new company means trying to do by myself what 30 of my co-workers used to do. That's the old way. Its not possible and you'll die trying. Now we have access to 30 squared co-workers with online tools, freeware, openware, blogs and all those startups giving it away. A list is in order, but we'll start with

• MySQL Query Browser: ssh into the box, mysql from the command line, yes its manly but now we need speed and accuracy and a little help from the tools.
  
• VMWare Server and Player: you need that guy in the Ukraine to refactor your app, but please don't give him root access on your box! I'll show you lines from /var/log/secure that'll make you wake up at 2am if you aren't already up. Send him an image of the whole darn server.
• JotSpot: thanks to gooble, this site is free. Now you can put everyone's email/phone number up there for when the database goes down.
• LinkedIn: networking and careers.
  
• craigslist,hotjobs,dice: you will be looking for talent, yes?
  

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serenity and sea faring

out at berkeley marina after 4 days of windless hot weather unrelated to usual east bay summer fare. hot tubs, windsurfing, java server faces, php and meditation makes my imprisonment here on earth bearable. also keeps me from analyzing too closely the foibles and follies of my fellows. vanity, thy name is human.


found my old acid CD, loaded it and created. careful, its 5 MBs.

penalty kicks and funding

Why do web2.0 humans respond to these things
France outplays Italy in last half, but penalty kicks decide the winner. An almost somnambulant ending to what should be the epitome of world sports.
A startup squirms and releases, screams and pouts and prevails and enjoys. Add 50 people, inject some low level managers, change some titles to "Global VP of Something" and "Worldwide Director of Something Else", add another 50 people. Now get more funding
Why are these events exciting? Because they aren't. They are just things that happen and they have as much to do with achievement and personal growth as the Bay Bridge rebuild has to do with windsurfing at Treasure Island. They are a means to some end.

Hopefully the people that are working at your company are motivated beyond the few stock options they have been promised. Unless you've given them preferred stock and lots of it. Steve Albini has already covered this topic in reference to Major Labels and Bands.

I think stock options and growth are great, but hasn't anyone read Milton lately. Success and Failure are imaginary destinations. You are alive in the 21st Century, so go do some good work.