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jameswburke

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    Comment #7797091

    You may be interested in some other articles, our publications listing are here, http://jointhegoodproject.com/media/publications/

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    Comment #7797073

    I haven't met his younger sister, but she has children of her own and is preoccupied with life at the moment. His younger brother is also at University studying. It took David 25 y…

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    Comment #7797064

    Which aspects are you questioning? It's not my favorite piece I've seen published — I don't think it covers some areas in enough detail and leaves room for insinuation (e.g. Yarima…

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    Comment #7797013

    If anyone has any questions, I'm close friends (roommates actually) with David and serve on the board of directors for The Good Project. He just left for Costa Rica on a service le…

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    Comment #7266024

    Treat domains like a trademark registration. You have x amount of time to show that you're actually using it for something. And that something has some kind of value. There's issue…

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    Comment #6474639

    I'm still not sure what the benefits of waking up and being functional early are, besides a societal one. Ignoring my possible work relations, what difference does it make if I res…

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    Comment #5807687

    The issue with web (although this could be expanded to apply to most languages) is where it's used/interpreted. Browsers aren't a quickly changing environment (haha, IE 6). It take…

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    Comment #5807624

    Why the hate on JavaScript? I know it's not the most elegant language in the world, but do we really need this? Instead of a program "x" run in "y", how about we just expand our ho…

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    Comment #5548882

    I have to agree with this. Yes, most people don't understand the enormous amount of data Facebook has, but in the next decade, it'll be common knowledge. Between Glass and other pr…

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    Comment #5459459

    I definitely agree, I graduated with BS in Computer Science but never touched 3D (only 2D game design). Although if I had, I probably would be a lot further than I am now. High exp…

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    Comment #5114412

    Yeah, agreeing with victorhn. Any frontend developer worth half their weight in chocolate can replicate an amazon page in a about 3 hours (making all the adjustments he has). I'm a…

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    Comment #5094002

    I found myself okay with it because they'll send the developers a list of projects. From there I apply on ones I'm interested in, rather than the other way around. We'll see how it…