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22nd June 2005

Getting Real: The alone time zone

“37signals is spread out over 4 cities and 8 time zones. From Provo Utah to Copenhagen Denmark, the five of us are 8 hours apart. We embrace this constraint. We’re always looking to embrace constraints. The presence of constraints make you creative. The more constraints you lift, the less creative you become. What’s the side effect of being 8 time zones apart? Alone time.”

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22nd June 2005

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Relinquish Control

“Again and again, the history of the Web shows us the value of relinquishing control. Amazon’s customer comments were originally thought foolish by those who believed negative reviews would hurt sales. Instead, they increased trust, which drove more transactions.”

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22nd June 2005

We’re Being Watched…And No One Cares

“I expected my recent piece about workplace monitoring technologies to elicit some reader response. Within the confines of trying to make the story interesting to read, I tried to present a balanced perspective on monitoring. I figured that balance was destined to make me a target, particularly of privacy advocates who felt that monitoring of any kind is immoral.”

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22nd June 2005

Blinksale | The easiest way to send invoices online

“Say hello to Blinksale, the killer new web application from Firewheel Design. Blinksale makes it a breeze to create, manage, and send CSS-formatted invoices to your customers and clients.”

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