451
452
453
The Jobs Are Never Coming Back
I just watched former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm’s TED Talk. She provides some nice insight as to what it is really like as a politician trying to grapple with the new realities of t…
454
Trying out this Go thing at Disqus
Disqus has a history of using one tool for the job and hammering through everything. Until now, that tool has been Python. This mentality has been extremely beneficial for us since we are a small team. Everyone is able to jump in to any piece of our stack with minimal effort.
455
456
Shutting down my side project of two years
I started blaster.fm in late 2010 with only a vague idea of what I wanted to do with it. Over the next two years …
457
458
Mac Pros, Ara, and Modularity
Early yesterday Motorola announced their ambitious Ara project - a modular phone with interchangable parts and features. In theory it sounds great - battery running low? Swap in a new one. Need a bigger camera for that trip you're going on? Pop one in - no need for that big DSLR.
459
Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics
Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee.
460
Cameron Proves Greenwald Right
Readers know I have been grappling for a while with the vexing question of the balance between the surveillance state and the threat of Jihadist terrorism. When the NSA leaks burst onto the scene, …
461
Open letter to Sal Khan
Dear Mr. Khan, A year ago, I expressed my concerns on the Washington Post’s blog that your decimal place value videos and exercises failed to incorporate very basic knowledge about how people…
462
How much sleep do we really need to work productively?
How much sleep do you need? How does the sleep you get impact your work productivity? Read on to learn those answers & the myth of the 8 hours rule:
463
The Open Book Sale of My $600K eCommerce Store, With Financials
Get an inside look at the process of selling an eCommerce store. Includes business history, traffic stats & full financials.
464
465
466
467
Welcome Kevin, Michael, Steve, Dalton, and Andrew
YC has a bunch of announcements about people coming and going so I thought I’d do them all at once. Wufoo (YC W06) cofounder Kevin Hale is joining us as a partner. He was the force behind Wufoo’s much-admired design, and speaks widely about UX. Between Kevin and Garry Tan, we’ll now have two partners who are…
468
469
How the .0001% Made Its Money
America’s .0001% is becoming more meritocratic - to an extent.
470
ODesk vs Elance vs Freelancer vs Guru
Read the latest news and technical tips about Source Code Management, Source Code Hosting, Perforce, SVN and Git.
471
LinkedIn annoys me. It proliferates news aggregation features, and new apps, and all sorts of services. It recently bought an iPad news aggregator, you can use it as a publishing platform and it's spewing out money by selling CVs to recruiters. Reid Hoffman is a genius. But consider som
472
473
474
Patent Troll Forced To Settle Frivolous Lawsuit Against One-Man Business
This story will circulate a lot today. I’d like to suggest a more informative and accurate headline than the likely “Lodsys dismisses a lawsuit and donates to charity”.
475
John Cleese on How to Make Your Life More Creative
“Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.”
476
477
Things You Should Never Do, Part I (2000)
Netscape 6.0 is finally going into its first public beta. There never was a version 5.0. The last major release, version 4.0, was released almost three years ago. Three years is an awfully long tim…
478
479
The $12 Gongkai Phone
Recently, I paid $ 12 at Mingtong Digital Mall for a complete phone, featuring quad-band GSM, Bluetooth, MP3 playback, and an OLED display plus keypad for the UI. Simple, but functional; nothing compared to a smartphone, but useful if you’re going out and worried about getting your primary phone wet or stolen.
480
