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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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Build Only What’s Necessary
Is that feature/idea absolutely essential to booking a show for your band?
If the answer to that question was a “No” then we shelved the idea for possible later inclusion. It might seem like a really weird idea to not build as many features as possible, but doing so keeps you on the path to actually launching your product. If we hadn’t followed that one simple rule when deciding where to focus our work, Erick and I would still be working on LiveShow and wouldn’t have gotten it out the door. If you don’t ever release your product/application then you can never make money off of it. Continue reading
Build Only What's Necessary
Is that feature/idea absolutely essential to booking a show for your band?
If the answer to that question was a “No” then we shelved the idea for possible later inclusion. It might seem like a really weird idea to not build as many features as possible, but doing so keeps you on the path to actually launching your product. If we hadn’t followed that one simple rule when deciding where to focus our work, Erick and I would still be working on LiveShow and wouldn’t have gotten it out the door. If you don’t ever release your product/application then you can never make money off of it. Continue reading
Thinking of Starting a Web Business, You Can Do It
Do you say something like “Man it would be great is someone would create a site that does [fill in the blank]” a lot? Do you find yourself coming up with great ideas only to forget them a couple of hours later? Have you ever told an idea to your friends, have them tell you it’s horrible, only to see the exact product a year later released by someone else?
Well, do something about it. Continue reading
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