Books for people in the software business
I have personally read every book in this list. The enormous value I've gotten out of these books is the sole reason I am recommending them. These books helped me to make my Swift To-Do List very successful. There are no affiliate links in this post. I...
How Copyright Industries Con Congress
I’ve yet to encounter a technically clueful person who believes the Stop Online Piracy Act will actually do anything to meaningfully reduce—let alone “stop”—online piracy, and so I haven’t bothered writing much about the absurd numbers the bill’s supporters routinely bandy about in hopes of persuading lawmakers that…
Announcing the jQuery Foundation
jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library
Shouldn't Robots Be Doing My Taxes By Now?
Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants…
Stripe's New Recurring Billing Features
Online payment processing for internet businesses. Stripe is a suite of payment APIs that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes.
Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play
We started shipping Nexus phones more than two years ago to give you a pure Google experience and access to the latest Android updates. Toda...
Making shit work is everyone's job
“Oh, that’s not my job,” is the sound of doom. Maybe not imminent doom, but doom indeed. It’s the magic inflection point when a company becomes too big (even if only psychologically) for any single employee to give a rat’s ass about job numero uno: Making shit work. …
The curious case of our iOS app (Prey)
Resources and best practices for IT ops, cybersecurity, mobility, privacy, and product updates.
Peter Thiel’s Unorthodox Management Philosophy of Extreme Focus
“What are your top five priorities for this week?” “What are the top three objectives and key results you’re using to measure how you’re doing for the quarter?” These are questions that get thrown around by managers at work to help their teams prioritize and focus on achieving the most important accomplishments. In Pet
The Silent Majority: Why Visual Basic 6 Still Thrives
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Surface with Windows 8 Pro – Pricing
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Sortfolio: Going once, going twice...
A year ago we put Sortfolio up for sale. We entertained a variety of offers, met with a few potential suitors in person, and negotiated numbers. Ultimately nothing came together. Then we shelved the process so we could focus all of our efforts on designing and building the new Basecamp. Sort…
And then the music stopped
Remember way back to, oh, six months ago when champagne was popping and markets were roaring? Back when companies with no or few profits could premiere on the world stage to grand applause by merely converting a dollar into fifty cents? Those were the good times of boom, boom, pow. It’s am…