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That guy invented one of the most revolutionary ways of looking at things on the internet. With a green and black blog without any css3, what right does he have to comment on desig…

Interesting sidenote: the author invented mozilla (the name), and was a founder of netscape. It might not excuse the hypocrisy of his own blog's design, but I like the point he mak…

Is there anyone around that "does data science" for a living that can talk about what it is they do exactly? I'm under the impression that "data scientist" is as ambiguous a term a…

HA. Yes, but hey if someone's got the evidence to support it, it wouldn't hurt anyone to see it.

Those are the companies that were actually accepted to Y-Combinator. The Y-Combintor acceptance rate is said to be 3%. So, your odds of success are now more like 3% 7% = 0.2%* All …

"According to data compiled by Wadhwa, the average age of a successful entrepreneur in high-growth industries such as computers, health care, and aerospace is 40. Twice as many suc…

the how is interesting. the why, moreso. "By one estimate, as much as $600 million dollars in assets changed hands in the milliseconds before most other traders in Chicago could le…

d3's interactivity > excel and tableau in terms of quality data visualization. anytime someone looks at a chart, they should be able to ask "but what happen's when x, y and z chang…

There's as much an ISO protocol for charting as there is for designing websites across all browsers and platforms.

It sounds like a lot of passive-aggressive behavior on everyone's end and observing from the sidelines without bringing things up like an adult. Conflict is good in healthy doses. …

Why does it matter if the dollar is devalued? A less valuable dollar makes American goods cheaper, and foreign goods more expensive. People in other countries would rather pay for …

You also have to consider the weight each country carries in a global economy. Everyone is tied to everyone else, and so there are bigger players and smaller players. If you are a …

Thanks for the insight. But why is taking a little bit more here and there considered immoral? Isn't it the fault of the people setting the specifications, or rules, or laws for fa…

I want to play devils advocate here. Whenever anyone offers "some" amount of anything, candy in this case, is it wrong to take all but one? They're rationally maximizing their hold…

I'm in the same boat (background in data/finance trying to eek into UX or prod mgmt). I've noticed it all just boils down to definition. "Design" seems to be evolving from pure aes…