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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 435 posts.
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Teal and Orange - Hollywood, Please Stop the Madness
Those of you who watch a lot of Hollywood movies may have noticed a certain trend that has consumed the industry in the last few years. It ...
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Puppy (or, details on Joel Spolsky's retirement from blogging)
At right, a picture of Taco, a ten-week-old siberian husky puppy who moved in with us last week! Some of you may have seen my final column in Inc., in which I announce my retirement from blogging …
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IPad thoughts from Ben Fry (creator of Processing)
I’ve been trying to organize my thoughts about the iPad and the direction that Apple is taking computing along with it. It’s really an extension of the way they look at the iPhone, which I found unsettling at the time but with the iPad, we’re all finally coming around to the idea that they really, really mean it.
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The cult of busy
When I was young I thought busy people were more important than everyone else. Otherwise, why would they be so busy? I had busy parents and busy bosses, and I assumed they must always have importan…
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AskTog: A Quiz Designed to Give You Fitts
Fitts' Law, A fundamental principle of interaction design, from AskTog, the Webzine for Computer Professionals, their Family, and Friends
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Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
I feel for Google – Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too. In 2003, after I unveiled a prototype Linux desktop called Project Looking Glass*, Steve called my office to let me know the graphica…
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Rework is now in stores
Alright, the big day is finally here! REWORK is now available in stores. You can order the US version online from the following booksellers: Amazon.com Barnes & Noble Borders Indie Bound 800 CEO READ International versions are either out already or coming so…
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Shit I Learned Burning through My Family's Life Savings on a Failed Startup
I wrote this three years ago after burning through my family’s life savings in a failed startup, but never posted or published it – as frankly it hurt too much. After all, no one ever …
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If Nerds Can Learn Linux, Why Can't They Learn Not To Interrupt People?
Your life is the best story! Just start your blog today!
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How To: Read more books
I’ve read a hundred books a year for the past couple years. Last time I mentioned this, a couple people asked how I could read so many books. Do I read unusually quickly? Do I spend an unusual amount of time reading? I did a simple calculation: The average person spends 1704 hours a year watching TV. If the average…
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How I Made $6K With My eBook
For those that don’t know, I’ve written an ebook a couple months ago and decided to sell it online, as an experiment. It did pretty well. My expectations were very low and it was the first time I tried selling something online, so it ended up being a big success for me.
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It's not bad to leave your laptop plugged in
Never leave the machine plugged in all the time. Laptops are meant to be portable. Using it as a desktop that never runs on the battery will destroy your battery life.
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Pull the plug. Your battery will thank you
One question that I have been asked frequently is “do laptop batteries fade faster if they are continuously plugged in?” A reader asked thi...
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Help find missing kids by putting them on your 404 page
@Brian, thanks for catching that. You can try visiting a missing page on my website. eg: http://bluesmoon.info/foobar I'll update the post.
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There are good reasons for saying hello.
Know why? Well, unless the receptionist was just talking to a person with approximately the same size vocal cavity as you, she or he has no hope of understanding you.
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Don't become an expert
Tired of being told you need "10,000 hours" before you can call yourself an "expert," and maybe become a "success?" Maybe you don't.
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Why I don't write about programming and why it's not really worthwhile to do so
In a recent Stack Overflow podcast episode , Joel Spolsky mentioned that he’s probably going to formally end his popular Joel on Software blog next month.
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Toward a Grand Unified Theory of n00bs
Dan Grover is an engineer, designer, and product leader living between Portland and Oakland.