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Check out www.ehealthinsurance.com. It's legit and many health insurance company websites use their platform to return quotes. Be careful if you have certain prescription needs and…

id Software also comes to mind, just four guys working out of their house.

My suggestion: allow users to flag inappropriate photos. Only a matter time before someone uploads a dead cat pic.

Any meetups planned for MIX10 in Vegas the same week?

Well, I was being figurative there, we actually do use a nerfball but I'm pretty sure it's universally despised. What usually happens is someone is done speaking, holds the ball up…

Do you consult companies in implementing these practices? What was the largest team using Scrum that you felt was still effective? At my job, there's 30 people at the daily stand-u…

Management at my gig decided to just use both, a ScrumBan if you will. I think the general manager just wanted a board to stop and look at every time he had to go to the bathroom.

A truly depressing story, but not surprising when their CEO is on the record as saying, "The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks that we brought into Acti…

I've been a Pandora fan for so long, this article surprised me a bit because I've been so accustomed to them being on the edge of collapse. I remember making donations years ago. I…

Some major cities still lack adequate public transportation, like Seattle and Los Angeles. I live in the latter, about 10 miles from downtown due to cost (about $600-$700 cheaper o…

I dunno, I disagreed with your opinion so much I clicked your name, checked out your site and ended up watching the trailer for your game, just to see the kind of person I was deal…

Very, very cool app. Nice job.

There are many office jobs out there that don't allow their employees to install software on their computers or give them anything more than what comes with a default XP install, t…

I remember reading 1984 during my lunch breaks in high school and when I turned that final page, I was a changed person. It's unfathomable to me that some young adults today, in th…

I'll vouch for it. Picked it up a few weeks ago and was sucked right in by these stories. Great mix of drama, comedy, and wisdom. Read a chapter or two over on Google Books: http:/…

Reminds of me that table saw that stops in an instant when it comes in contact with a human finger. They tested with hot dogs to simulate a human finger (although the creator does …