Shimon Rura's Blog » business/companies/ArsDigita http://rura.org/blog just another software developer in Boston striving to be a renaissance man Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Redefining Professionalism for Software Engineers http://rura.org/blog/2004/10/26/redefining-professionalism-for-software-engineers/ http://rura.org/blog/2004/10/26/redefining-professionalism-for-software-engineers/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2004 01:58:43 +0000 shimon http://rura.org/blog/2004/10/26/redefining-professionalism-for-software-engineers/ link

Philip Greenspun's classic, originally published in the ArsDigita Systems Journal.

]]> http://rura.org/blog/2004/10/26/redefining-professionalism-for-software-engineers/feed/ 0 ArsDigita: From Start-Up to Bust-Up http://rura.org/blog/2004/04/30/arsdigita-from-start-up-to-bust-up/ http://rura.org/blog/2004/04/30/arsdigita-from-start-up-to-bust-up/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:33:36 +0000 shimon http://rura.org/blog/2004/04/30/arsdigita-from-start-up-to-bust-up/ link

I think this is the article that founder Philip Greenspun originally had on his site but was required to remove under the terms of a settlement with the ArsDigita VCs.

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Sure, my dot-com company will sign a 10-year lease!

]]> http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/07/no-place-to-set-up-shop/feed/ 0 ArsDigita: An Alternate Perspective http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/07/arsdigita-an-alternate-perspective/ http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/07/arsdigita-an-alternate-perspective/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2003 12:14:07 +0000 shimon http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/07/arsdigita-an-alternate-perspective/ link

Response to Eve Andersson's Diary of a Startup by Michael Yoon.

]]> http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/07/arsdigita-an-alternate-perspective/feed/ 0 Diary of a Start-Up: the rise and fall of ArsDigita http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/07/diary-of-a-start-up-the-rise-and-fall-of-arsdigita/ http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/07/diary-of-a-start-up-the-rise-and-fall-of-arsdigita/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2003 12:12:18 +0000 shimon http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/07/diary-of-a-start-up-the-rise-and-fall-of-arsdigita/ link

By Eve Andersson.

Update 2/12/05: Eve appears to have removed the original article, but it is republished here.

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On connections between art and science, the creative element in software making, and other good stuff.

]]> http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/05/lars-pind-my-personal-crusade/feed/ 0 Cesar Brea's Tale Of The Binge-O-Matic http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/01/cesar-breas-tale-of-the-binge-o-matic/ http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/01/cesar-breas-tale-of-the-binge-o-matic/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2003 23:24:09 +0000 shimon http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/01/cesar-breas-tale-of-the-binge-o-matic/ link

Former ArsDigita business guy Brea traces the kernel of social networks and p2p sharing to an inauspicious but funny 1999 "killer app":

"I've got $2 million in venture capital," he said, "and I want to build the killer site for college kids who want to party."

Ah, those good old days…

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