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Snow – good and bad

Rob Smith — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:59:21 +0000

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Just a couple of snaps. The office looks good:

But it doesn’t half cause some traffic:

Gaming is so engaging – why?

Rob Smith — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:55:53 +0000

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If I could apply the same level of concentration, for the same amount of time, with the same amount of conviction and determination that I can for some games, then my results would explode, I’m sure. I just need to find why certain games lock me in so tightly with so much purpose! I played Dead Space on my 360 for around 13-15 hours total to complete it and have probably spent close to that on Assassin’s Creed II.

The level of engagement is amazing. How can we create that level of engagement for something else like a website or project? What, psychologically makes the experience so good?

Garage Demolition

Rob Smith — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:23:47 +0000

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Garage is now gone, ready for a new house for the S2000.

QUOTE: Your Inbox is a …

Rob Smith — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:48:44 +0000

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“Your inbox is a todo list that anyone in the world can write to”

- Unknown (but it wasn’t me)

The bizarre nature of the UK garage

Rob Smith — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:43:28 +0000

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I don’t understand.

I was walking to the local shop to get some chocolate for Verity and so walking around the estate and all the grages were the same. Pointless. Small, not wide enough, too far back, impractical. You can’t get a car in, out or anything.

Nightmare. Why did the US get it so right? Why did we even build garages that were so poor.

That’s it really. Slight rant.

Simple profitable web business

Rob Smith — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:24:08 +0000

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David Heinemeier Hansson, the founder of Ruby on Rails posted an interesting video from Startup which is about how they at 37 signals have built a profitable business. Check it out here:

http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/981-the-secret-to-making-money-online

He posts a very simple message overall. That with all the web 2.0 hype that is still around, all the websites based on eyeballs and advertising, there is one thing to build a profitable web business:

A good application, a price and that’s it. If your product is good enough people will pay.