2006 1

You need to be alone to be productive

Joel Spolsky on why you need to be alone to be productive. You build up concentration for 15 minutes, and you lose it in a second when interrupted.

2002 1

Sell free products

Joel on why companies try to sell free products. (To sell more complementary products, to spare you the suspense.)

2001 1

Joel on Software

Joel writes on software. “Good software takes 10 years” is a good read.