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    <title>Matt Tester</title>
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      I've looked at used some of the online tools from <a href="http://www.37signals.com/">37signals</a>,
      such as <a href="http://www.writeboard.com/">Writeboard</a>, <a href="http://www.tadalist.com/">Ta-da
      List</a> and <a href="http://www.backpackit.com/">Backpack</a>, and so I was interested
      to learn that they've written a book about their philosophy and company ideas. The
      basic theme is how to start out in a new technology venture, using the contrarian
      approach of providing less, releasing early, and above all - staying <b>small</b>. 
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        <blockquote>"All the cash, all the marketing, all the people in the world can't buy
   the agility you get from being small." </blockquote>
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      The book is available online <a href="http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php">here</a>.
      You can also pay US$19 to get a copy in pdf or US$29 for a paperpack copy. The online
      content is exactly the same as the printed version, which I'm actually contemplating
      purchasing ... I always find it easier to make my notes directly in the book :) 
   </p>
        <blockquote>"Keep it small. Keep it simple. Let it happen." </blockquote>
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   Pure Blue Consulting Ltd.</body>
      <title>Getting Real - By 37signals</title>
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   I've looked at used some of the online tools from &lt;a href="http://www.37signals.com/"&gt;37signals&lt;/a&gt;,
   such as &lt;a href="http://www.writeboard.com/"&gt;Writeboard&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.tadalist.com/"&gt;Ta-da
   List&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.backpackit.com/"&gt;Backpack&lt;/a&gt;, and so I was interested
   to learn that they've written a book about their philosophy and company ideas. The
   basic theme is how to start out in a new technology venture, using the contrarian
   approach of providing less, releasing early, and above all - staying &lt;b&gt;small&lt;/b&gt;. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;"All the cash, all the marketing, all the people in the world can't buy
the agility you get from being small." &lt;/blockquote&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;
   The book is available online &lt;a href="http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.
   You can also pay US$19 to get a copy in pdf or US$29 for a paperpack copy. The online
   content is exactly the same as the printed version, which I'm actually contemplating
   purchasing ... I always find it easier to make my notes directly in the book :) 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;"Keep it small. Keep it simple. Let it happen." &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.pureblue.co.nz/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=21436e34-02ea-4e6f-a9c0-46d114cb10f7" /&gt;
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&lt;hr /&gt;Pure Blue Consulting Ltd.</description>
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