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1. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu 2. One L by Scott Turow 3. The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu 4. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 5. Believer: My Forty Years in Politics by David Ax…

> Nothing that happens between twelfth grade and death decreases the percent of women interested in computer science one whit. Statistics [1]: 56% of women in technology leave thei…

This quote caught my eye from the FAQ section of the fellowship page: Can a single person apply for funding? Yes, but the odds of being accepted are lower. A startup is too much wo…

I never used the Homejoy service, but I was in the audience for the Startup School Europe talks last year where Adora gave a fantastic speech (Notes: http://theinflexion.com/blog/2…

I'm sure this is a stupid question, but after a few minutes of googling I am still unclear on the answer so I thought I'd ask it here. I am about to start studying in the US (colle…

Sounds like what EF already do in London (joinef.com) with technical grads.

"Also, the sooner "pull" payments become a rare exception, the better." Credit card charges that are pull-based are generally a bad thing, but not all pull-based payments are bad f…

I've done a full-time 5 day course at Steer on iOS and a 10-week evening course at General Assembly on Ruby. Both were useful, but IMO not worth the cost. I have friends who have c…

Yes. You are generalizing. Massively. There is no possible situation in which a VC I had met could ask me out without making me feel extremely uncomfortable, to put it lightly. The…

I've been waiting for something like this to arrive for a while. In Israel and the West Bank, services called sheiruts act as mini-buses; they're taxis that pick up multiple passen…

Good service, I've been looking for something like this. I just hope I don't get spammed for eternity after having to give up my email address to get the mockups.

A coincidence that sama has published this the same week that a single-feature app like Yo! announced that it raised $1m...?

I remember seeing some statistical evidence that women in particular are more responsive to ads to 'learn to code' than 'learn to program'[1], which would ring true with my persona…

I've been using Pop App for a couple of months, but I downloaded Marvel's app today and love it. Just so much smoother and a lot more features.

I use Treehouse for learning web dev and they have a course on business fundamentals e.g. what type of company to incorporate, accounting fundamentals. Haven't tried it yet myself,…