Hacker News on 3 September 2007

• Observations from 10 Months Working at a Small Startup
• The Empty Nest
• Why is the violin so hard to play?
• "The mighty music business is in free fall," so Sony tries focusing on quality.
• Building Your Two Sentence Elevator Pitch
• Amazon EC2 Basics For Python Programmers
• 7 Reasons Why Microsoft is Doomed
• Essential Qualities in Startup Founders
• Whiting Out the Ads, but at What Cost?
• Give your product a Name, not a Number