Mozilla Open Web App prototype
The open Web is a great platform for rich applications. It would be even better if it had additional capabilities to ease discovery, acquisition, installat
Steve Jobs just ruined the iPhone for Clojure
Recently Apple released new terms of service with their iPhone OS. By now most of you have seen the following section. I've copied this f...
Git's New Smart HTTP functionality
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"Dabblers and Blowhards" - hackers are nothing like painters [2005]
About two years ago, the Lisp programmer and dot-com millionaire Paul Graham wrote an essay entitled Hackers and Painters , in which he argues that his approach to computer programming is better described by analogies to the visual arts than by the phrase "computer science".
How Steve Ballmer told me what to do with my iPad
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to see Steve Ballmer speak to two audiences, first at Microsoft’s Partner Briefing on transitioning to the cloud (#pbbcloud) and then at the UK TechDays Special Event on the future of cloud development (#uktechdays). I’m sorry I didn’t catch the name of the guy who asked Mr Ballmer a…
Profits = Freedom
There are many reasons why someone would want to start a company. There’s the pursuit of wealth, glory, and fame, but above all, I believe most founders are searching for freedom. Freedom to run things the way they see fit, freedom to be the masters of their own domain. But until you have …
Github has won
This is probably old news to most, but I've discovered recently that github has won.
Stack Overflow hit 1,000,000 questions last night
At about 9:26 PM Pacific time, on October 12th, 2010, the millionth question was asked on Stack Overflow . And then promptly closed .
I'll Tell You What is Causing Pain for Almost Everyone in the Western World
If you're one of the millions of knowledge workers slaving away in your cubicle all day, you deserve to work pain free. This article...
Notifo (YC W10) gets a Co-Founder... Me
Just over 5 weeks ago I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to seek new opportunities. I had no idea what I wanted to shift my full-time focus to and began connecting with people, researching and interviewing with a handful of companies — ranging from huge web presences all the way down to tiny star