Hackers and Painters is Paul Graham’s seminal work. Graham co- founded Viaweb, an early software-as-a-service company. Acquired by Yahoo in 1998, the platform became Yahoo Store. In 2005, he co-founded Y-Combinator (YC), a new model for funding early stage startups. With the motto “Make something people want” YC has gone…
Today in the UK, we vote. May we do so wisely.
Manifestos of the main three parties:
A WhatsApp message from my dear friend Omair started a mini-adventure for me this last weekend. Arianna and the team were once again running the Hack@Brookes event, and graciously offered me a seat on the judging panel. I like Brookes people, and the new Brookes building. And hackathons are usually…
“It’s getting better. Do some more work on it and let’s review the changes this afternoon”.
The first couple of times I heard Julie say this, I didn’t really pay attention. Sure. Of course I can rework it. By the time we reached the mid-teens on this redo-review dance for…
