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Yearly Archives: 2013

Fake Sign Language

/ News, Video

I went to a RedMan concert when I was in college and I remember a guy that signed the entire show. The interpreter looked exactly like Santa Clause—so just imagine a old white guy with white hair and a white beard signing along to RedMan. A part of me thought it was total fake, but there were actually a huge number of deaf kids there. They even had a light show that was synchronized to the performance.

Anyway, it’s kind of sad to see someone fake sign language.

12 Things You Might Not Know about 37signals

/ Design

Office 6

I knew most of these, but I really liked #7, #9 and #11.

7. 37signals doesn’t have a marketing person or marketing strategy. Anyone can tweet or publish blog posts without going through editors or an approval process.

9. If one job candidate is slightly better than another in their core skill but a worse writer, 37signals hires the better writer.

11. 37signals employees aren’t offered equity or stock. “I don’t believe in paper money – well, I believe in 5s, 10s, 20s, 50s, 100s – but I don’t believe in certificates,” said Fried. “I don’t believe in future payment possibly if you hit the lottery.”