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[Author of the post here] As a writer, what's really interesting about this post and the comments/ feedback it has gotten in the last few days is how much it resonates with enginee…

This - "Twitter... It reflects the true asymmetry of human relationships." What I loved about Twitter is that it gave me the onus of choice to include or ignore people that may hav…

Is it possible to remove your content from YouTube once it's uploaded? Were I the author, I would certainly not want Google continuing to profit from my labors if they ceased payin…

Regardless of whether or not Del.icio.us is being shut down, Blake Irving's reaction to his screencast being "leaked" was completely uncalled for: http://twitter.com/Blakei/status/…

As a web publisher and affiliate marketer, I've had domains DDoSed at least 4 times in FY10. The worst of it being twice in two days on two separate domains both targeting the same…

"Likely to continue increasing YOY"? Says who? Groupon? At least one compelling academic argument why Groupon's 'deal hawk' business model is not built for sustainable growth: http…

Groupon could have taken a lesson from my grandma: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." $6BB today invested in AAA bonds for ten years will be more than their corporate v…

Agreed 100%. Seems like Lieberman chose some low-hanging anti-anything-anit-America fruit to bolster his relevancy. It's pretty transparent.

As soon as I saw this title I was going to post the Snopes rebuttal, but you beat me to it. A non-tech family member will send this in an email chain at least once every six months…

Via anecdotal comments from business owners I've spoken with here in Philadelphia, most Groupon participants reported no long term increase in sales. The beauty of Groupon was it's…

That's a great observation. From my own experience I would agree- smart & young sometimes requires thrift; smart & thrifty can be ageless; thrifty and young sometimes requires maki…

At the time I was living in Philadelphia. A year prior I had been living in San Fran or a touch under 70k and barely making it.

That was my experience. Even though I have the means now, the cost is not proportional to the service benefit for me.

For what it's worth, I'm a female former English major. (Who also happens to be learning how to code.)

The Lex Column in this weekend's Financial Time ran a small snippet about US Cable Companies, namely about how the phenomenon of "cord-cutters" is making investors uneasy (Comcast …

New Jersey (though 26 miles from the city is close enough I should have just conceded to the NYC crowd) originally. Currently - Philadelphia. Hence the nickname.

FYI- when I clicked on the link I received nothing but a blank screen.

A futon and a few kettlebells for the office. A power nap and a quick 15 minute workout can do wonderful things for productivity.

Wouldn't publicly available information (e.g. the kind you would have found in a phone book 20 years ago) be allowable under the laws of Fair Use? The only reason I can see a direc…

On the usability side, clarifying how to change the color of the button could be more intuitive.

I work as an IP paralegal by day (when not fiendishly working on my own coding projects at night). My one recommendation is that if you are cost conscious, send your IP projects (c…

Right now I have a 9-5 as well as my own business on the side. Until I launch full-time (end of March) my current working schedule is 4-7:30 a.m. at home, 9-5 @ dayjob, 7:30 - 10is…

I met Perez at the airport mid-month on a layover in Minneapolis. For a z-list actual celebrity, I found him incredibly full of himself. A woman, obviously a fan and just tickled t…