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Don't Give Your Users Shit Work
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Posted by Matthew Izatt, Product Manager Waiting. Walking. Watching TV. Working out. Winding down. Waking up. We check email pretty much e...
Introducing Asana: The Modern Way to Work Together
We’re thrilled to announce that, starting today, Asana is openly available to everyone.
Obliterate Startup Depression
One of my favorite parts of the startup community is that we generally all acknowledge that we’re not playing a zero sum game. We create value by creating new markets and disrupting old, inefficient markets. Sure, we compete against each other as well, but in general, the communal spirit of entrepreneurship is a…
Underrated Features of PostgreSQL
Here are a list of features which I think are generally underrated in PostgreSQL and why. Many though not all of these are being used in t...
Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released
Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 is out! Some of the notable new features in this beta are:
Google offers Free Website with .in domains in India
Google is really taking Indian Market very seriously – According to an announcement today by Google has launched - India Get Your Business...
Be nice. It's a fscking gift
Free, preconfigured Linux server images for self-hosting
The Type of Companies That Publish Future Concept Videos
I’m not arguing that making concept videos directly leads to a lack of traction in the current market. I’m arguing that making concept videos is a sign of a company that has a lack of institutional focus on the present and near-present.
SpiderMonkey is on a diet
One thing I’ve learnt while working for Mozilla is that a web browser can be characterized as a JavaScript execution environment that happens to have some multimedia capabilities. In particular, if you look at Firefox’s about:memory page, the JS engine is very often the component responsible for consuming the most…
Gmail’s new look
Posted by Jason Cornwell, User Experience Designer Back in July we showed you a preview of Gmail's new look , and we’ve been working this ...
OpenBSD 5.0 Released
OpenBSD 5.0
The power of Google: how the Panda update hit Experts Exchange
Searching Google recently it struck me that I rarely see results from Experts Exchange . I used to see a lot of these, because I typically search on things like error messages or programming issues for which the site is a useful source.
Ruby is beautiful (but I'm moving to Python)
I'm a Product Manager at Google. I use data and UX to drive great products. And it turns out—the toughest problems are won in translation.
New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing
Posted by Alan Green, Software Engineer Today we're rolling out the new Reader design, and the Google+ features that we mentioned just ov...