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For us, Writeboard and Ta-da List are completely free apps that we use to get people on the path to using our other products. Also, we always offer some sort of free version of all our apps.
We want people to experience the product, the interface, the usefulness of what we’ve built. Once they’re hooked, they’re much more likely to upgrade to one of the paying plans (which allow more projects or pages and gives people access to additional features like file uploading and ssl data encryption).
Getting Real - The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application
37Signals
THE FIRST STAGE OF ANALYTICAL READING, OR RULES FOR FINDING WHAT A BOOK IS ABOUT
1. Classify the book according to kind and subject matter.
2. State what the whole book is about with the utmost brevity.
3. Enumerate its major parts in their order and relation, and outline these parts as you have outlined the whole.
4. Define the problem or problems the author is trying to solve.
How to Read a Book
Mortimer J. Adler
Fluff comes in 3 cuddly shapes:
• Generic claims (“I usually”, "I always", "I never")
• Future-tense promises (“I would”, "I will")
• Hypothetical maybes ("I might", "I could")
When someone starts talking about what they “always” or “usually” or “never” or “would” do, they are giving you generic and hypothetical fluff.
The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers and Learn if Your Business Is a Good Idea When Everybody Is Lying to You
Rob Fitzpatrick
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