WORK[etc] Web App Blog

• Oil makes everything go faster... right?

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  Nov
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 18 Nov '12 @ 11:08 PM

  When I was 11 I remember being holed up in the garage watching my brother put-back-together a go cart he had painstakingly built the previous summer. Just the day before, without his knowing I had taken a dusty sheet off... | 1 comments | more >>

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• Build a better product by getting your feet really dirty (& what is coming next)

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  Oct
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Thu, 11 Oct '12 @ 12:38 AM

  Managing a business is all about being at the coalface. Building software to manage a business is all about what we think you'll need to scale that coalface. And is the case with all software, what you do at the coalface... | 4 comments | more >>

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• A Getting Things Done (GTD) approach for WORK[etc]

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  Sep
  Posted by Craig Barker Thu, 27 Sep '12 @ 7:31 PM

  Editor's note: Runy Calmera is owner of Calmera.nl, an internet-based training, coaching and consultancy firm based in Curacao in the Caribbean. He offers master classes and workshops to busy policy advisors, knowledge... | 8 comments | more >>

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• Welcome to the SSD club, Amazon EC2 (and how SSD's powered a 714% Performance Increase)

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  Jul
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 22 Jul '12 @ 7:07 PM

  Back in February we announced our massive infrastructure upgrade and how we were taking a risk moving all our database storage onto a SSD (Solid State Drives) storage platform. Now Amazon has just announced SSD-powered... | 2 comments | more >>

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• Four Questions that Bring Teams Together

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  Jun
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sat, 23 Jun '12 @ 9:16 PM

  At WORK[etc] we have a team of 12, all working remote from the USA, Canada, Australia,New Zealand, United Kingdom, China and Bulgaria. In fact no more than two people are even in the same city. This structure was always... | 7 comments | more >>

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