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July 12:  Traction not tractors

July 12: Traction not tractors

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: D. Miller - CC BY 2.0[/caption] Traction is vital, getting early customers to commit to using what I'm offering is very important.  Both are vital an...

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July 9 - Back away from the code, slowly.

July 9 - Back away from the code, slowly.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: Pascal - CC BY 2.0[/caption]   Every passing day re-affirms my fear.  I have to back away from the code, close the IDE - quit doing what I love...

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July 8 - Working hard, differently

July 8 - Working hard, differently

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: Jeremiah "GrayBeard" Richards - CC BY 2.0[/caption]     My last post was about 2 weeks ago and you might have wondered where I disappeare...

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Heroin made Charlie Parker great. I want to be great too.

Heroin made Charlie Parker great. I want to be great too.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375"] By: Sarah - CC BY 2.0[/caption] Isn't that the dumbest headline ever? I was 25 when I watched  "Jazz" the anthology by Ken Burns where he successfully i...

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June 26 - Disheartened

June 26 - Disheartened

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: Tom Purves - CC BY 2.0[/caption] I'm sitting here not really wanting to do anything else but code. I know it's wrong - I've built something I passion...

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What you get when you make smart people do stupid things

What you get when you make smart people do stupid things

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: aisling kelliher - CC BY 2.0[/caption] This post is a little overdue.  I promised my daughter I would post her experience as she described it to me a...

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An Experiment for Good.

An Experiment for Good.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: Pete - CC BY 2.0[/caption]   This weekend I'm taking a break from ServiceChat. I'll hang out with my family and go to some friends on Saturday...

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There is no room here for your anger.

There is no room here for your anger.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: John - CC BY 2.0[/caption] I had a funny experience last night. Not funny "hahaha", more funny "wow that's deep!" Here is what happened. I had put ...

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June 20 - Mikey's back!

June 20 - Mikey's back!

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: Elliott Brown - CC BY 2.0[/caption] The last 13 days Q: Does a daily blog have to be done every day? A: Not when it's @mhsutton's blog - obviously. S...

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Businesses apologising on Twitter - see anyone you know?

Businesses apologising on Twitter - see anyone you know?

What is all this about? For the last few months , I've been working on my startup (ServiceChat) and trying to understand how businesses do customer service on Twitter. It has been a fascinating endea...

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