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Google ate my email address
Just now I did a routine Google search whose top result ended up being a thread on Google Groups. To my shock, when I tried to click on thi...
Mozilla launched popcorn.js
Today is a big day for Mozilla and web video. Popcorn, Mozilla’s new HTML5 media toolkit, just launched version 1.0. Coinciding with the launch is
BankSimple invites first customers; rebrands itself as Simple
Insights and ideas for software startups
How to Make Wealth
May 2004 (This essay was originally published in Hackers & Painters .) If you wanted to get rich, how would you do it? I think your best bet would be to start or join a startup. That's been a reliable way to get rich for hundreds of years. The word "startup" dates from the 1960s, but what happens in one is very…
Official Release of Google+ Pages
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
MongoDB 2.0 Should Have Been 1.0
Recapping the criticisms made about MongoDB.
1TB Hard Drive Prices up 180% in a Month
The Newegg price charts on Camelegg sum this up illustratively:
Apple and the Kindle
The Amazon Kindle is full of all sorts of amazing, delightful touches — the sort of thing you’d expect from an Apple product. For example, when you first take your Kindle out of its (gorgeous!) box, it boots right up knowing your name and logged into your account. This is actually out-Apple-ing Apple: it’s possible…
My offer to Google Reader
Like many others, I was curious when Google announced that it would be revamping the Google Reader UI and refactor its social components into Google Plus. To that end, I wrote a brief blog post about what I felt would be a better alternative to stripping out Google Reader's social functionality .
Don't Give Your Users Shit Work
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
Introducing Asana: The Modern Way to Work Together
We’re thrilled to announce that, starting today, Asana is openly available to everyone.
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...
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.
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.