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Google G1 video Comments Off

The first cellphone to make use of Google’s Android operating system, the “G1″ is manufactured by HTC and will be made available in the United States on October 22nd for $180 through T-Mobile.

Coworking London 2 Comments

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Coworking is an emerging trend for a new pattern for working. Typically work-at-home professionals or independent contractors or people who travel frequently end up working in relative isolation. Coworking is the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but who share values and who are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space.

Link to Wikipedia

[Links to London, UK-based Coworking resources]
Coworking London
Coworking London

[Updated: 10 Feb 09]
Desk space available:
19 Greek Street, Soho, London
Chinwag, Soho, London

[Updated: 01 Aug 09]
Office space in Battersea

[Updated: 28 Aug 09]
Not London, but Gangplank Phoenix is a collaborative, co-working space with business incubator aspirations.

The Gangplank offices are typically open from around 9:00am to 6:00pm, Monday through Friday. Gangplank offers FREE co-working space M-F.

[Updated: 17 Dec 09]
Not London or co-working but interesting nonetheless: creating an office on a bootstrap budget.

[Updated: 04 Jan 10]
The Trampery · Co-working in the Shoreditch triangle

How to start a startup Comments Off

You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it because they fail at one of these. A startup that does all three will probably succeed.

How to start a startup.

Quality vs Quantity Comments Off


As found on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss.

Quality vs Quantity.
Check email only.
10.00
13.00
16.00
Send anytime.
Set email check every three hours.
No email on evenings.
No email on weekends.
Emergency? Use Phone.
Focus: 1-3 activites max/day.
Log: 1-3 succinct status bullets every day on team wiki.
Minimise chat.
Maximise single tasking.
Out by 17.30.

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