I have 2 open projects I wanna move forward, and I need some running mates to motivate me.
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My idea is to have a weekly virtual meeting to discuss problems, solutions, progress, and what’s going on on the web.
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Treat it as a poker night: it’s sacred time. We’re already pretty busy, and negotiate new time slots for 4 grown men on a weekly basis is insanity.
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Technically, up to 4 participants chat thru video iChat and record their stream with screenflow. We assign a weekly editor, and send each screenflow files to him. I can take care of publishing: blog, podcast, feed, etc.
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Goals:

• Accountability: it becomes a videopodcast, the world is watching your steps.
• Consulting: pool of professionals giving good advice.
• Publicity: it gives visibility to what we do.

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Think of “the view”, but for startups.

ah, desculpa de eu estar mostrando quotes da slashdot, mas não dá pra resistir.
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por ser um fórum de discussão relativamente democrático, (na real meritocrático, mas vá lá…), sempre que alguém joga um assunto na roda, os membros tentam dissecá-lo com as ferramentas (dados, pontos de vista, paradigmas, inside information, experiência própria…) disponíveis. ou seja, é o espaço perfeito para seleção artificial de memes.
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sente essa, por exemplo:
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Why VoIP Makes Telecom Regulations Irrelevant: “Little startups figure out ways to make money off the new technology, because they’re not so entrenched. Massive megacorps trying to adapt to new technology are like covered wagons trying to chase a bee. As much as they’d like to catch that bee, they just can’t maneuver fast enough. So rather than let somebody else eat their honey, they pass a law requiring that the entire prairie be filled with bug spray. ‘Bees can sting!’ they say, ignoring the fact that bees make edible products.
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Eventually, they get the covered wagon heading in the right direction, they roll on up to the bee carcass now lying in the road, and then ‘relent’, ‘embracing the new technology’. I.e., through legislation they’ve succeeded in making technology no longer a moving target, and now they want their piece of the action.
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I don’t think it’s surprising that many of these technologies are proving somewhat resistant to legislative bug spray. People are still swapping music and movies, people are still using Internet telephony and listening to Internet radio. Evolution will naturally start to produce tech that can’t be hurt by legislative bug spray.”
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eu não tô aqui na terra pra reinventar a roda… o jogo é colar nas fontes de informação mais reliable e stand in the shoulder of giants.