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Wed 21 Mar 2012 | Posted by rocketpilot

I also want to mention a term people in the VC-world consider derogatory, which is “lifestyle business” where someone builds a site, and brings in enough money to support themselves. Investors see that as a bad thing, and it boggles my mind sometimes when I think about the twisted world that produces that kind of idea. I’ve had discussions with VC investors where they hear about my business and dismiss it as “just a lifestyle business” and I’ve come back with “hey, it’s a pretty good lifestyle, probably a better lifestyle than yours, probably a better lifestyle than if I accepted five million dollars from you.
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Fri 6 Jan 2012 13 notes | Posted by rocketpilot

A public request to Naomi Caldwell

Stop handing out my fucking email address to online recruiters, you incredibly fucking stupid person.

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Mon 31 Oct 2011 | Posted by rocketpilot

My new iOS app uses Facebook for logins” is the new “It only runs on Windows”.
Wise words from @danbenjamin.
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Sat 22 Oct 2011 9 notes | Posted by rocketpilot

dbreunig:

A sign of the times: Is It Old? checks a link for staleness before you share.

Link freshness checker. Clever.

dbreunig:

A sign of the times: Is It Old? checks a link for staleness before you share.

Link freshness checker. Clever.

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Tue 27 Sep 2011 57 notes | Posted by rocketpilot

Fixing Your Facebook Timeline Privacy

understatementblog:

Facebook has announced a new profile page layout called “Timeline” that will be launching for all users soon. Unfortunately, the timeline appears set to join the long…

Ugh.

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Mon 15 Aug 2011 | Posted by rocketpilot

I can announce today that over the next few weeks, I and ministers from across the coalition government will review every aspect of our work to mend our broken society, on schools, welfare, families, parenting, addiction, communities, on the cultural, legal, bureaucratic problems in our society too; from the twisting and misrepresenting of human rights that has undermined personal responsibility, to the obsession with health and safety that has eroded people’s willingness to act according to common sense – and consider whether our plans and programmes are big enough and bold enough to deliver the change that I feel this country now wants to see.

England riots: Cameron and Miliband speeches and reaction - live | Politics | guardian.co.uk

You heard it here first. Human Rights and Health & Safety: the causes of a broken society.

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Tue 12 Jul 2011 24 notes | Posted by rocketpilot

Hibari Mac App Store Holdup

rentzsch:

On June 30 Twitter made good on their threat of requiring OAuth flow for third-party Twitter clients in order for them to receive Direct Messages.

Fortunately we submitted Hibari 1.1.4 to Apple on June 27.

Unfortunately it turns out that wasn’t nearly enough time.

On June 30 Apple rejected

Not good enough, Apple.

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Fri 24 Jun 2011 1 note | Posted by rocketpilot

Vintage photo effects

Create vintage-look photos the old-fashioned way. In Photoshop. Ahem.

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Fri 6 May 2011 445 notes | Posted by rocketpilot

Community may be one of the most visually inventive sitcoms ever.

Community may be one of the most visually inventive sitcoms ever.

(via communitythings)

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Thu 5 May 2011 | Posted by rocketpilot

GuideGuide

Useful plugin that sets centred guides in PSDs.