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They did.there is a paraprog guide to raspberry pi. Came out this week

this article was super valuable to me. clearly not in depth enough to convince a believer to change allegiances, but good enough for the uninitiated.

Is anyone at all surprised their tech-stack is php? is it because of legacy or is it because any sensible person moving petabytes of data would use? or does it even matter

Hopefully this is adding value to those who are calling in. It looks a little self serving Exec marketing stunt. But, good on them!

Danso - agreed. this is a gem! will make me think of how I use adjectives for ever

I agree. you can get around the skeleton crew issue by asking everyone to be at hand, nearby in case shit hits the fan. no biggie if all take turns manning the update.

SEEKING FREELANCER -San Francisco/New York/Boston remote ok as long as it is within the US Project: HTML5 consumer app for Flash-sale site. Needs to be able to render in a number o…

Good point. the way I was thinking about it was more like this 1- you provide an overall estimate on where you think you could come in at. you do this to give all clarity on how yo…

I agree giving the project owner the appearance of certainty will make him feel safe and comfortable - however it is not good for them. The longer and more complicated the project …

Below a few nuggets from what we have observed at GroupTalent: 1- Hire a freelancer based on work performed not on CV. Not only we do this by allowing our teams or single devs crea…

starting your day in a creative mindset does frame your day in a different way. Not sure this is panacea, but optimizing for production rather than consumption seems like the right…

I disagree. Investment is a two way street. Angels benefit from deal flow as well so making themselves unavailable does seem odd. If they want to invest in early stage ventures but…

I feel some of this discussion misses the point. To date the best predictor of the future is the past. And the best way to measure the past is by reviewing work done - not a self-d…

I actually find it entertaining and fun - specially the bits about history, how they found common vision etc. It was an interesting human take to subject that could be inherently j…

also, they made another acquisition, http://www.baycitizen.org/technology/story/inside-walmart-la... and bought Kosmix to improve their recommendation engine

I am especially fond of the make money from your customer advice - under boot-strapping. Sure there are biz that will make $ in the long term from having large volumes of something…

Agreed. this guy clearly has a passing understanding of the business.

The CPM Yahoo gets are about 10x Microsoft gest on any of its MSN properties. They would be buying high CPMs and plug a HUGE hole in their online biz P&L

Agreed with this comments. but I am not sure what is that worth. is not like people spend a lot of time on any of those networks, ie not monetizable, and amount of utility they pro…

This article stroke a cord with me. I actually agree that half the battle is showing up - or be at a place where the people you want to meet show up. One of the issues we are discu…

Agreed. The article was shallow and unimaginative. I was hoping for some nugget around what makes clever people not realize they are wasting their time at your company and move som…

Thank you TMK. Is there a particular reason? Is there an argument to be made that the structure of Python programs makes you a better programmer?

Sleep for sure is good and important, but in a pinch good 20 minutes of cardio will send enough fresh blood to your brain to energize you for the rest of the day and you can still …