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CEOs and analysts/associates at our fine US financial institutions are probably going to be a little miffed by this talk.

FYI, as of right now, they aren't passing the info from the verification screen to the cart correctly, so you have to use the fax-in form.

http://images.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/docs/OSX_HW_UTD_FF.p...

Thanks. Just found it as well.

Anyone know how those of us who bought an mac recently get it for $10? I didn't see a link on that page.

I dig the multicat feature in HTML 5. I'll have to use that one.

The base salary entirely should depend on the length of your sales cycle. Typically longer sales cycles require a larger base, or you get grumpy sales people who are looking for a new job rather than selling.

This depends on your sales cycle, actually. Some things (especially high tech) take significantly longer that four weeks to sell.

Having a well-known client list is more a function of "knowing people" (ie great sales) vs. merely doing great design.

That's why we like him.

Another problem is that the majority of policy makers don't have a business background (most are analysts, lawyers or career politicians), and thus don't have that unique entrepreneurial experience required to fully grasp the impact of their policies on new high-growth businesses.

I would bet that many politicians in Congress or the Treasury couldn't tell you how a VC firm operates, let alone how their actions would affect future new-technology incubation and growth. If this wasn't the case, SOX would never have passed in its current form.

In short, we have too many "Nancy Pelosis" and "Timothy Geitners" with not enough "Jared Polises" in Congress today.

How did this review (spam) even make it to the front page? It has text about the iPod nano half way through a paragraph, then continues to discuss the MBP.

Then, what is Twitter without status updates? I don't see how they can "get away from them". An Iranian at a rally is just as much "updating their status" as they 35 year old who hasn't left their basement all day.

Still, the whole point of the service is to broadcast "you" to the world. That is, what's happening around you, affecting you etc.

To that regard, I think this guy's redesign conveys that message better to someone who has no idea what twitter is. People who already have a twitter account will almost never see this page. Thus, it should be focused entirely on acquiring new users.

It is the same in the US. It is called an electronic transfer. You just need the account number and routing code for the bank.

I have started accepting credit cards using Auth.net and a merchant account. There are a lot of cashflow benefits to receiving money immediately. And screw 30/60. I am not a bank. My invoices are due on receipt. I don't start the collections process until after 30 days, but I find the majority of companies pay earlier than that if they see due on receipt. If they want a longer payment schedule, it is going to cost them up to 15% on the project.

I love this cool experimenting that Apple is doing, even though there probably won't ever be widespread real-world use (unless developing specifically for Safari).

Perhaps because many have come to realize that it is a pipe dream that browsers would fully support it.

I suspect this feeling comes from the shoddy design. Throw a few rounded corners at in, and some glossy buttons, and people will be all "oohh Web 2.0".

I thought I would post this (via @bfeld) because of the discussion about startups and sacrificing health to succeed. Here's a guy who runs an up and coming startup who is doing the opposite.

Brad's post is here: http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/06/how-to-be-skinnier.h...

Having sacrificed my health for my last startup (and largely failing), I fundamentally disagree with the premise of this article. Over 2.5 years I had gained over 30 lbs, and even now, 6 months after quitting it, I am still dealing with the consequences of being unhealthy.

I can tell you that you will see no gains from forgoing an exercise/healthy eating regimen. The time you save is very minimal, and often offset by the need to "screw around" and surfing the web, or hanging out and talking.

Now that I am exercising and eating (better) on a regular basis, I am more focused on the task at hand, have more energy, and more importantly, the emotional balance to tackle the tough daily challenges that running a business/working for yourself brings.

Others' lives are a testament to this as well. While not scientific, I have noticed that well over 90% of the "successful" businesspeople I know have a regular workout and healthy diet regimen.

Yes. The iPhone is unquestionably more useful to me than my Blackberry was, just because the app support and mobile browser is so good. I find myself using the data about 10x more often than I did with the Blackberry.

I haven't had a regular "free" phone since 2003, so it is hard to compare. Having constant access to email and the internets seems so essential now, I don't think I could rationally compare the value to of the iPhone to a phone that doesn't have a data plan.

I would pick SPIN selling from this list, especially if you are selling custom work in an enterprise software market.

While well-intentioned, this phishing-like technique seems at the very least a disingenuous method of getting people to switch. I think there are other ie-update js floating around that get the point across without having to masquerade.

The author seems to have a very poor understanding of the iPhone ecosystem. That, or he is trying to draw in more readers with a sneaky headline.

I think Google is being smart here. Many of the "apps" on the app store would be better served as web services anyways.

I wouldn't be surprised if China started to become more aggressive militarily as this generation enters the proper age. An imbalance of men that don't have mates has caused problems for societies in the past, and they solved those problems by putting all of this pent up aggression to use.

Agreed. I think this type of patient explanation is what people need to learn CSS well. Too often, sites that get linked up offer specific "css recipes" without any guide as to what is happening. It works sometimes to just copy and paste, but does that really "teach you how to fish"?

Having had the opportunity to "intern" with Seth as an early architect of Squidoo, I would recommend spending time with him to anyone. Seth is exceptionally intelligent, and a very giving person. I count the summer of 2005 as one of the most pivotal moments in my career, where a lot of the "standard" marketing curricula I was taught during college was outright challenged.

I was also able to see how a startup could be very quickly and efficiently architected and launched. Squidoo went live less than 6 months after that initial summer. And while it isn't a Google-like success story, they are profitable and still growing.

That, and be wary of using any work from that stock art website, as their may be... uh... "usage rights complications".

If he has a work for hire relationship with his clients (pretty common for logo work), it is up to them to submit the logo for copyright, unless he chooses to submit it on their behalf as part of his services.

I am going to reserve judgement on this for now, but I am really going to be surprised if this works out well for the TS companies. The old adage, "you get what you pay for" is especially true with developers/UI designers who are interested in startups. Without some sort of compensation, whether it be cash money or equity, I wonder if you are going to get the "right" kind of interest.

You have to ask yourself, who is their target talent here?

The real talented AND motivated developers/designers in Boulder and probably Boston (AKA "The Gurus"), who have an affinity for startups and TechStars probably applied to the program themselves and didn't get in. Either way, they know the value of their time and are hard at work on their own startups.

The other talented and motivated people are probably consultants or working full time at a company. Despite this being a poor economy, I've found that there is no shortage of work for the "right" people.

And of course, there are a fair share of those that fit a combination of the above.

This leaves us with the last two groups. The people that are either talented and unmotivated, or lack talent, but have the motivation. My suspicion is that you will get people volunteering to the HackStars program who are TechStars fanboys at best. They like the idea of doing a startup, or being a part of the "startup culture" but in truth may not want to put in the work, or worse, are benched because no one wants to work with them.

I may be totally wrong. Either way, I don't fault the TechStars team for test driving an idea like this. But if I were a founder who made it in to the program, I would be very skeptical of the value of the volunteers.