One of the best pieces of advice I ever got, back when I was 23 and newly out of school, is this: look around and figure out who you want to be on your team. Figure out the people around you that you want to work with for the rest of your life. Figure out the people who are smart & awesome, who share your values, who get things done — and maybe most important, who you like to be with and who you want to help win. And treat them right, always. Look for ways to help, to work together, to learn. Because in 20 years you’ll all be in amazing places doing amazing things.

Couldn’t agree with this more. The core group of friends I made at my first start-up have all gone on to great and interesting successes.

Battery life is the next big area for improvement in mobile and personal computing. Devices have gotten more powerful, but my iPhone has about half of the battery life my various phones/smart-phones had a few years ago.

I like this idea. A similar deal to the one that brought in Milton Bradley, but with more potential.

I saw what this did, thought “Man, that should really pull data from LinkedIn.” and sure enough, that’s exactly what it did.

Handy update from Shawn. I’m looking forward to his eventual switch to BBEdit.

Just like maintaining a marriage, nurturing a long-term client is an active and ongoing effort. Try Googling “marriage advice” and replace the words “husband” or “wife” with “client” or “customer,” or the word “marriage” with “work” or “business”.

Great article from Shane. Having been given a small glimpse into this on several occasions, I can definitely say this is an area that he and Peter shine at.

TechStars on TV – unreal. I am cautiously optimistic and hope that the cameras do justice to the great folks involved here.

UPDATE: Just saw a commercial for this on Monday Night Football (ESPN) – I sure hope David will still take my emails now that he’s a big TV star. 😉

Looks like a great lineup – really bummed I won’t be able to attend this year. Last year’s event sold out, so sign up now if you’re interested.

This is an interesting, if roundabout read. The anecdotal conclusions are useful to read, but a more analytical approach like this one resonates more clearly for me. Joel Spolsky makes the case that with any DVCS you should think of things in terms of changesets. If you follow that thinking, rebase comes nicely into focus.

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