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Category Archives: Business
Reminiscing about Provo411.com and Scraping the Course Catalog
One of my first web development projects and biz partnerships with Brian Stucki was Provo411.com. We were roommates at BYU and conceived of a website where students could share events -- parties, concerts, football games, etc. We were already in … Continue reading
Posted in BYU, Business, Entrepreneurship, Main, Programming, Tech
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What Motivates Us to Work and Create
I recently read Mind the Gap, an essay by Paul Graham on wealth, industry, and incentives. It's almost 5 years old now, but it seems timely as our nation appears to be on a road toward socialism. Wealth is not … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Creating, Economics, Government, Main, United States
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Presentation matters to motivation
I've recently been pondering how to motivate workers. I'm mostly interested in how to motivate volunteers in a nonprofit organization -- a "cause". Just a day after writing about it, I found a section in Made to Stick with good … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Main, Motivation, Nonprofit
Tagged madetostick management motivation nonprofit
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How to motivate workers
Not everyone agrees on how to motivate workers. I'm still trying to decide which of these ideas sounds most correct: Charles Coonradt, author of The Game of Work, gives five reasons why games are better than jobs: 1. Feedback is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Main, Management, Motivation
Tagged charlescoonradt, gameofwork, joelspolsky, Management, Motivation, oreilly
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The Patriot Act and Customer Service
I. Mac and Linux computers come with a command called "rsync" that makes backup and synchronization easy. Every morning before work I synchronize my 4 year old dying Powerbook to my iMac at work. When I get home, I synchronize … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Government, Law, Main, Tech, Unix
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