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If the author ever writes a vol. 2, and if karma correlates with startup success, then it looks like you have a good chance to be featured in it:)

Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace by Michele Slatalla Story is circa 1990.

Respectfully, you're too quick to dismiss saturation. Unless you have a color very close to either white or black, decreasing saturation makes the color more gray, and increasing s…

Nice observation (and diagram) about the greater value contrast on the right side. Note also there is greater saturation contrast on the left side. (I'm not sure how this effects a…

Despite seeming a little jargon heavy, I was able to distill out few useful ideas. For example, say you're considering a cool new CAPTCHA for your registration page. The article wo…

I signed up to become an expert using my twitter account: nice seemless integration. Next I added some profile info and hit the save button. The save registered, but I was left on …

I like how you now have a simplified, functional launchpad/landing page, along with a quick link to the "how it works" page. Overall, the pages are less cluttered: you've cleaned i…

In addition to TinEye, they another image search for more loosely similar pics: very, very cool. http://labs.ideeinc.com/visual/ On this page, you have to select the query image fr…

Thanks for responding. Based on the lack of follow up press, I had suspected less than hoped for results. Jens and Cheri were courageous for volunteering, and hopefully their data …

After listing useful advice he's received over the years, the author appropriately offers some critial meta-advice: write down (and analyze) advice that you find interesting in ord…

The "visual tongue radar" (allows psuedo vision via an electrical impulse grid on the tongue) interface is intriguing. The reporter describes: "Thinking back on it, I don't remembe…

When does readership generally peak on a daily and weekly basis?

Looks good, but I also experienced unbearable sluggishness on Linux/Firefox when scrolling. Specifically, Xorg and firefox processes use nearly all my CPU when I scroll. It's unusa…

In hindsight, the tone of my comment seems condescending to business and marketing types. This was not intended, and I apologize if any offense was taken. Those are just as importa…

True; although, both have a place in the conversation. Dale Carnegie = Marketeer -He authored the bestseller: "How to Win Friends and Influence People". The book continues to sell …

The "Make your mistakes visible" advice seems to have merit based on the offered axion: "Telling the truth even when you don’t have to is good evidence that you’re trustworthy." Bu…

You're absolutely right, but I think rabidsnail was trying to say there's currently a glut of business and marketing types.

Amen! Unfortunately, it seems popular "Western" culture is inspiring lots more Carnegies and Barnums than Franklins. But how can a shift in culture be brought about?

"Change the world" is only part of the equation. But what drives the hacker entrepreneur day to day? It's the adrenaline and focus supplied by the promised emotional payoff of a co…