#37signals (27 links)
- wildcard DNS for everyone xip.io
xip.io is a magic domain name that provides wildcard DNS for any IP address.
- Startup School 2009: 37 Signals has some lessons for European startups eu.techcrunch.com
Always do good things, never do bad things.
- Easy Web Form Builder for Online Forms | FormSpring formspring.com
Customer information collected with a FormSpring web form moves automatically into your Highrise contact database.
Tim Malbon of Made by Many's presentation from the IPA Strategy Group's 'Game Changers: Strategy – Creativity – Technology' event
- Getting Real: Have an Enemy (by 37signals) gettingreal.37signals.com
When we decided to create project management software, we knew Microsoft Project was the gorilla in the room. Instead of fearing the gorilla, we used it as a motivator. We decided Basecamp would be something completely different, the anti-Project.
Clever clever. Nice detail.
When 37signals first started out, we didn’t make products. We did client work...
- Features are a one-way street - (37signals) 37signals.com
Once your user base has grown beyond a certain point, you cannot take features away from them. They will freak out. Whether the feature is good or bad, once you launch it you’ve married it.
- Learning from "bad" UI - (37signals) 37signals.com
The fact that a screen is “cluttered” doesn’t automatically mean it is poorly designed or ill-conceived.
- SXSW: Lessons Learned at 37 Signals - ReadWriteWeb readwriteweb.com
- Fire the workaholics - (37signals) 37signals.com
Here’s another take on that: Fire the people who are workaholics!
- Optimize for now! - (37signals) 37signals.com
"The best way to get to the point of needing more is by optimizing for today. Use the strengths of your current situation instead of being so eager to adopt the hassles of tomorrow." Half agree, half disagree.
The Canadian folk-pop singer Jane Siberry has a clever system: she has a “pay what you can” policy with her downloadable songs, so fans can download them free — but her site also shows the average price her customers have paid for each track.
Pick something small in your organization. Internal systems are usually a good fit [...] Pitch this system as a test balloon for another way of doing things.
- Secrets to Amazon's success - (37signals) 37signals.com
"High Scalability offers some secrets to Amazon’s success based on interviews and writings of early employees." Some great tips in here.
Use BaseJumpr to export your Basecamp project data and files and host them on activeCollab, an open source project management solution similar to Basecamp.
- Keeping the cruft out of your release - (37signals) 37signals.com
We recently needed to add an email field to something we’re working on. And to make sure we didn’t forget about it we made it ridiculous. Now it works, but we can also tell it’s not finished. And we can have a laugh about it.
- Taming the RSS beast - (37signals) 37signals.com
"There should be an alternative to one-size-fits-all RSS feeds for busy sites. Too many high-volume sites assume everyone wants to read every post. That’s wishful thinking. Some readers may want 5+ posts a day from your site, but what about moderate fan
Broken Windows Theory and Your Web Site says visiting a site with broken links, misleading navigation, or missing images is like visiting a neighborhood where “you get the feeling that no one cares.”
- Getting Real gettingreal.37signals.com
“Apple’s system preference pane for Universal Access: takes into account the probability that users needing assistance [...] would most likely appreciate larger, bolder text on that pref panel.” Might be nice to do for accessibility statements...
Ajax accessibility. I knew nothing about it, so I ran some user tests and presented original research.
- Collaborative writing software online with Writeboard. Write, share, revise, compare. writeboard.com
Collaborative writing software online with Writeboard. Write, share, revise, compare.
#collaboration #writing #web #software #37signals #wiki #ajax#writeboard #design #free #online #productivity #business #internet #text#groupware - The Fade Anything Technique axentric.com