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Should you submit to Hacker News?
Analysis of article posting behavior to the Hacker News forum, including the best time to post to Hacker News.
On Citizenship in open-source software development
How GitHub can revolutionize the field simply by empowering the users inside the repositories they contribute.
LinkedIn: The Creepiest Social Network
The primary reasons LinkedIn is the mustached, trench coat and wire frame glasses wearing mouth breather of the internet are the “People You May Know” and “People Also Viewed” features.
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Today I saw the future
Mozilla and OTOY deliver the power of native PC applications to the Web, unveil next generation JavaScript video codec for movies and cloud gaming
How I attacked a fellow student
I’m a college student studying abroad at the University of Pennsylvania, studying a mixture of CS, Physics and Music. This semester I decided to take a course CIS551: Network and Computer Security, eager to learn about the field. This is the story of how as part of the course, I compromised the security of one […]
Icelandic Pirate Party enters parliament
The Icelandic Pirate Party has entered Parliament. This is clear as all the votes have been counted, with the Pirate Party at 5.1% as...
George W. Bush is smarter than you
The new George W. Bush Presidential Center is being dedicated this week. This seems like a good time to bust a longstanding myth about our former President, my former boss. I teach a class at Stanford Business School titled “Financial Crises in the U.S. and Europe.” During one class session while explaining the events…
Data Science of the Facebook World
Stephen Wolfram shares interesting Facebook data analysis finds from the Data Donor program of Wolfram|Alpha Personal Analytics for Facebook.
“Right click and save as” needs to go away
Hi, I'm Jonathan! I'm a developer who's passionate about building great user interfaces.
The other side of "academic freedom"
My various blog posts about moving from academia to industry have prompted a number of conversations with PhD students who are considerin...
Women, Tech Conferences and the Bullshit Surrounding It
Is the lack of women on tech conference panels a real problem? The media might think so, but we beg to differ. Read some alternative thoughts on the matter.
This Page Is Why The Internet Sucks
James Bond was orginally called Barry Clams [Note: Typo in original headline at post time.] Go look at it. According to Letter Count, the entire item people are meant to read — including head…
The Rent Seeking Economy
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