Blog monetization

Interesting post.  I really need to develop a set of blogging processes that I can drive with minimal effort, based on statistics that are analyzed automatically.

A Google Docs startup idea document

Interesting.

The business case for APIs

Of course, the elements of the business process description are automatically API candidates.  Here are some interesting business-level aspects of APIs.

Cofounders and startup management

Questions to ask potential cofounders. And a neat slideshow on "How to run a 5-whys" - this is apparently a buzzword for a post-mortem.  Which is itself a buzzword, I suppose.

The point is: in a human organization moving at great speed, mistakes simply will be made.  It is essential to understand the mistake and to construct systematic ways of improving - otherwise the mistakes will simply continue to be made.  People are fallible.  "Trying harder" isn't a solution.

The point of the slideshow is that it's imperative to use humor to circumvent people's sense of shame at failing.  Otherwise you won't stop failing.

A practical guide to selling books online

A few pointers to publishing ebooks.

Software maintenance

Actually, "tool maintenance" - you'll be maintaining your processes as well.

A note from one of the authors of BugZilla: suck less over time.  Address issues, know your users' actual pain points, and alleviate them, especially the paper cuts.

Startup registry

I feel like I should start a database.