November 2010
1 post
10 tips for launching a startup.
This is a comment I made on an SAI posting which was covering a post from Chris Dixon. I don’t claim to know everything about launching a business, but I know what’s worked for us since we launched in late 2005:
I don’t agree with all of them, but here’s mine. 1) Believe. Believe. Believe. Think about it hard for awhile (how long depends on the person), there won’t...
April 2010
2 posts
3 tags
having trouble with mysql integer columns...
we ran into an interesting mysql issue today. since i was having trouble finding a solution among my database friends, i figure i’d post it up here to help others.
the basic problem is this: if you’re storing counters, currencies or other numbers which should be zero or greater you probably have unsigned int, mediumint or bigint columns in your database tables. you’re also...
tumblr, zero hour, 10am.
finally got around to creating a tumblr account, not that anyone was waiting.
the UI is really nice. a little buggy, but it looks great.
wonder how long until the spammers find me…. back to work!
-mike