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I see a growing number of teams using IRC, Campfire and Hubot as part of their daily work. What do people think about building a service which provides Hubot like functionality for business users? At it's core it would:

- plug into popular IM services like MSN, Yahoo, or GTalk and chat services (Hipchat, Campfire, etc.)

- integrate with business oriented services (Google Analytics, Adwords, ZenCart, Sales Force, etc.) and expose quick, easily accessible commands and macros on top of them

It's basically a virtual assistant on top of a growing array of commercial services. By building on top of these channels, I'm hoping it would be easier to find paying customers sooner rather than later.

Any feedback is appreciated.

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I'm planning on purchasing a new 13" MBP this weekend. I'd like to add a 256 gig SSD to this and save cash by not purchasing from Apple.

Does anyone have recommendations on specific models and/or places to purchase?

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Hi, over the years I've worked to round out my design skills by reading books like Don't Make Me Think, the Non-Designers Design Book, Bulletproof CSS, and Handcrafted CSS.

One area where I feel like I'm sorely lacking is Photoshop. Right now I cobble some basic stuff together using Acorn. I'm looking for a good way of learning PS from the perspective of modern web/app design. I don't care about photo editing, etc. which many books focus on. I want to be able to rely on myself for cranking out your standard web/app elements. The more of this I can do on my own, the better since it means I can iterate faster without waiting for a designer to send stuff my way.

By no means do I think designers are irrelevant. I just need "good enough" to let me iterate faster. Any recommendations?

I'm wondering if anyone is doing this at their startup and willing to share how they are implementing, their experiences with doing so, etc. Interested to hear what others are doing here. Thanks!