Category: Thoughts
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Twitter Is Hard /cc @ConvergentSpace
Some people don’t seem to get Twitter. I mean, not how you can write 140 characters and post them on the web, but how to get the best out of it. You see, many use Twitter to promote their businesses. Which is fine, mind you. The problem is, sometimes people just think they can flood…
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On The Volunia Launch
Is it even possible that Volunia is so crappy? I mean, it takes effort to build something that no one on our beloved planet thinks is nice. We must be missing something, right? If you’ve never heard about it, Volunia is supposed to be some kind of mix between a search engine and a social…
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Job Contracts for Startups in Italy
Italian labor laws are (righteously) under attack right now. Basically, a company can hire people with three main types of job contracts: Project-based contract: it defines a project that the employee (which is not really an employee but rather more of a contractor) will have to work on, with defined objectives and milestones. The compensation…
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Email Epic Fail
Does an email like this even deserve to be replied to? I am personally more than willing to answer emails regarding what we do, and ScrewTurn Wiki in particular. It’s my job after all. I always try to ignore grammar mistakes, typos, casing issues and misspelled names, but in this case the email is beyond…
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The Lazy Tax
The Lazy Tax on 37signal’s SVN blog is right to the point. Digitally-delivered goods are often as expensive, or more expensive, than their physical counterpart. Being able to download your purchases off the web, from home, is very convenient. I’ve personally verified the digital-costs-more-than-physical phenomenon for: Kindle books (not all of them, let’s say 50%,…