Optimizing for happiness

Bootstrapping + idea that makes you happy

Excellent story by (@mojombo) Tom Preston-Werner at Startup School 2010. How github was built without private founding.

(Source: tom.preston-werner.com)

Taking your Site from One to One Million Users by Kevin Rose

Kevin shares the secrets to digg.com and wefollow.com explosive user growth. He covers nine unique strategies that turn passive users into passionate advocates.

You’ll learn:

1. How to encourage users to tweet about your app
2. The concept of “The Circle of Life” in web apps and how it affects you
3. Growing your userbase: What worked and what didn’t for digg, WeFollow and Pownce
4. And more …

(Source: vimeo.com)

Hace poco discutíamos esta charla con mi equipo. Acallar al lagarto: productividad. Seth Godin: Quieting the Lizard Brain