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It's tempting and easy (for the fortunate) to buy a Thing or and App to occupy their kids so they can have our own device time. STEM apps are educational; guilt-free, no harm. Righ…

Excellent point! You can reach me at kehunt@yammer-inc.com.

Yammer (Microsoft) | Software Engineer | San Francisco, Seattle | VISA https://careers.microsoft.com/yammer Hiring all roles (mobile, front end, java services, infrastructure) in S…

Some other data points: * Animoto was running several thousands of machines in 2008 ( http://bit.ly/EDLtt ) * Litmus runs 400 servers ( http://bit.ly/d7Hc7y ) * 99Designs runs enti…

It wasn't long after Yammer moved up from LA that I joined, so IMHO it was a good move :) SOMA is just about the perfect place for startups: tons of converted office space, access …

Chandler is the project featured in Scott Rosenberg’s book "Dreaming in Code" -- a thoroughly enjoyable book that explores why software development is so hard. The story ends a lit…

If you're not happy at work, do whatever you have to do to change it -- even if you need to quit and build up a portfolio for a few months. I left a stable but miserable existence …

I've run http://Dibs.net on EC2 for over a year, with images served up on S3. Several servers have uptimes since I booted them in June '07. I have nothing but good things to say ab…

Thanks for the feedback slater. It's true that geolocation data is probably less accurate outside the US. And since I'm on a budget I use only free services (the paid data sources …

Having spent a year trying to compete with Craigslist (albeit entirely on my own), I can say it's a damn hard market to break into. You're competing with free. Your market by defin…