Jason Fried on the slash-and-burn mentality in the tech world 
I think all you have to do is read TechCrunch. Look at what the top stories are, and they’re all about raising money, how many employees they have, and these are metrics that don’t matter. What matters is: Are you profitable? Are you building something great? Are you taking care of your people? Are you treating your customers well? In the coverage of our industry as a whole, you’ll rarely see stories about treating customers well, about people building a sustainable business. TechCrunch to me is the great place to look to see the sickness in our industry right now.
This thing was such a pain in the ass to mount, but we finally have an 8 foot wide magnetic whiteboard installed in our idea room.
We are less than $1000 away from our funding goal, woohoo!
What it looks like when we work from home. We built the desk ourselves.
chirp: I’ve been working on a little side project with YMFY over the past few weeks. It’s free and open to everyone, and it’s something we built to improve the world, if even in the tiniest of ways. We’re doing it for free, too, so maybe you’ll consider backing us? I designed the stickers pictured above as a thank you, and I’d love for you to have one.
DJ Screw began DJing at age 12 in 1983, and started his trademark slowed-down mixes in 1990. The mixes began as special compilations requested by friends and those in the know. He soon made them available for sale when his close friend Toe offered to buy a mix from him for ten dollars. At that point, customers had increasingly begun requesting his more well-known mixes instead of personalized lists. During the early 1990s, he invited some of the Houston rappers from the city’s south side to rap on those mixes. This coalition of rappers eventually became the formation of the Screwed Up Click.
He moved to a house near Gulfgate Mall. Fans, some driving from far away areas such as Dallas and Waco, lined up at his door to obtain his recordings. He started his own business and opened a shop up on 7717 Cullen Blvd in Houston TX called Screwed Up Records and Tapes. It has been shown in numerous music videos and documentaries as well as independent films. There are now several Screwed Up Records and Tapes spread out through Texas, including one in Beaumont and in Austin.
(Editor’s note: I love this photo. It’s a perfect marriage of how blurred the things that make you money and the things that make you happy can be and how it’s not necessarily a bad thing.)
