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Definitely avoid Joomla if you can. I've been maintaining a Joomla site since 2009, and I can't update any of the core components because it would break too many plugins for which …

As if this speaks for all start-ups. Look, if you don't value time away from business or if you ascribe significant meaning to the results of an A/B test, you should sit down and t…

I've used Knockout for two applications and it's great; MVVM is definitely more relevant for JS web applications than MVC in many, tho not all, cases.

No dude, think about what you're saying. The idea you've presented isn't a solution at all. Simply stating your desire to get rid of TV commercials without explaining how to do it …

"Now, I’m going to throw something out there that might seem kind of crazy." You managed to write a blog post that hypes up your proposed solution to "hacking" TV...then don't even…

The publication date was August 4, 1993. Not to say it's irrelevant, but alot has changed since then. We are all going to disagree about how much tech is too much in education. On …

> "He suggested that teachers design what interactions take place..." This is exactly my point. Those who work with software/tech/etc often trivialize the relationship between soft…

I have a lot of issues with what you just posted. Perhaps the biggest is enforcing a division between "best teachers" and "run-of-the-mill teachers" into a corporate project manage…

When you say "IT in higher ed", are you referring to personal experience? That's a pretty specific domain, just wanted to know if you have any specific anecdotes.

Actually, what I'm working on involves both front-end and back-end. I've got a UI that trades data back and forth with a web service endpoint called Integration Broker within Peopl…

Seconded. The university I'm attending uses PeopleSoft (acquired by Oracle) as their ERP system, and it's horrendous. Not a week goes by where I don't hear students and faculty mem…

Then how in the world do you ever expect to launch it in the first place? This kind of attitude always perplexes me - if your solution to a problem is excellent, there will be litt…

The only person who knows enough info to make this decision is you; as a university student myself, I understand your dilemma. I will say that the fact that you're only making $9/h…

"If society tells you to go kill somebody and you do, you can't be a sociopath." ...what? I'm at a loss for words on this one. Just because society - a large, faceless group prone …

You can't possibly compare biotech to the computing industry in terms of where accessibility to the former is headed. Equipment costs may go down and education may become more acce…

> "Most of them are "simple" engineers well versed in current "technologies" but are uninterested or unable to break new frontiers". I'm glad you said this because I feel as if it …

Science isn't a finite spectrum, so of course there's much to be done in all fields. But this article specifically laments the fact that the term "innovation" is no longer strongly…

"Regrettably, we now use ["innovation"] to describe almost anything. It can describe a smartphone app or a social media tool; or it can describe the transistor or the blueprint for…

L) Start dating her/his best friend.

Instead of worrying about trivial things like this, how about you focus on actually making your site/product available? The number of ppl these days who equate "launching" with onl…

GitX is good (and free), but if you're looking for the best Git client for Mac, without a doubt it's Tower ( http://www.git-tower.com/ ).