July 2010
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Getting a startup off the ground
Following the yellow brick road
Photo by Chris Devers
Recently at pebble we’ve had a lot of discussion about the best way to get a startup off the ground. We have the ideas and the skills but need a coherent way to make it happen. We’ve got a mixed team of designers, developers and business level people all of whom have different skills and different ideas on the right way...
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Our New Dashboard
There’s a great deal of admiration and a hint of jealousy when we look at Panic Software. They have a stunning office in Portland, a suite of brilliant Mac products such as Transmit and Coda, and manage to find the time to build a custom status board for their office.
Metrics are important for any business, but are so often presented badly or spread across multiple systems and processes -...
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pebble.it's Top 6 Business Apps
As used by pebble.it.
Basecamp.
Simple and easy to use web-based project management software. A great interface to manage tasks, milestones and communications with colleagues and/or clients. pebble uses Basecamp to manage installations, migrations and development projects. Great for collaboration. Try it at basecamphq.com.
Highrise.
Another one of 37signals’ signature products and a...
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iPhone 4 vs Nexus One Showdown
If you’re reading this then you’ve no doubt already read our iPhone 4 vs Nokia 1200 showdown and can’t decide between the two. It’s a tough call and it’s about to get a whole lot tougher. Roll on the Google Nexus One. Being an office full of Mac fan boys we’ve enlisted the help of Googler @crafty to bring you an unbiased overview of these two mobile behemoths....
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iCal Timezone Support Problem
Context. I do a lot of travel between timezones, specifically between London and Hong Kong. Since the iPad, I now very rarely take my laptop out of the office and would rarely use it to see calendar appointments on the move anyway. We use pebble.mail which is based on a Kerio mail server which has never been anything but fantastic with dealing with our mail, calendars and contacts.
Problem. When...
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Safari 5 Geolocation
I went to Google Maps today and saw something shiny and new (well, it was the first time I’ve noticed it). Safari 5 was released 3 weeks ago at WWDC 2010. Amongst other things, the new version has support for a number of HTML5 features, including Geolocation. To see it in action, head to Google Maps, click the button above the little person and you’ll be located on the map.
Scary?...