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Looking below it’s amazing to see how far our project management software has come from the original design sketches. Seriously people, these were my original briefs to Alan Barlow (Cofounder) at the time. 
No huge scoping documents, documentation, peer reviews, industry research, tight visuals or anything! No large teams of usability experts or developers – [...]

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Just for a laugh and in the interest of iPhone experimentation, I built a small iPhone app of the Julian101 blog and twitter feeds!
I do realise that not everyone hangs on everything I have to say, but for those out these who leap out of bed in the morning just to hear my thoughts on [...]

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Well, I’m not sure if it’s madness or genius, but these sites are definitely creative! Laugh or cringe, the internet would be a boring place without web businesses like these! Good on them I say!
 
http://www.alibinetwork.com
We provide alibis and excuses for our clients. Whether it is spending a night out with a special friend, taking [...]

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I just really like this story… I bet the Mint guys are really stoked about turning the heads of Intuit. Good on them I say! Great job guys!
From this:
“Quicken Online Can’t Believe Mint Is Doing So Well; Sends Threatening Letter”
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/quicken-online-cant-believe-mint-is-doing-so-well-sends-threatening-letter/
“Intuit, the company behind the well-known Quicken suite of money management software that includes [...]

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Now we get a lot of CV’s across our desks each week. Some good, some bad, but I can honestly say I’m quite impressed with the entrepreneurial spirit and creativity shown in the CV below.

It’s not just that he took out a big ad in the paper, but the sheer brute honesty and positive spin that I admire. I hope someone can see past his previous business ‘flaws’ and that he stays straight.

This was in the Toronto Financial Post in Feb, 2001.

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