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04.04.08

Twhirl, Seesmic, hobbies and black swans Internet, news |
This one is for the people who often ask me, when I embark on another "for pleasure" project, "when are you going to do something that makes some money?". Well, how about this for an example: Marco Kaiser, a german developer, had his own little personal project called Twhirl. Twhirl is a Twitter client written for Adobe's AIR - I use it, and it's the best Twitter client there is. Who knows what motivated him to do it, he was probably a Twitter user frustrated by the state of current desktop clients, so the guy goes ou there and makes ...

Tagged: Internet, life, money, news, startups, work
02.07.08

How to become a millionaire without doing much Howto, humour |
Time is money, right? And how do you measure richness? If I have a lot of money to throw away, does that make me rich? See where I'm getting at? If I spend a lot of time doing nothing, that means I'm a rich man, since I can throw away the most valuable asset I have which is time - the only asset I can never possibly buy back. Written from the depths of a deep coma at work thinking about life, the universe, and everything. 42.

Tagged: life, money, work