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I'd love to, but no plans currently. It was originally a hack week project that just turned large scale. We're looking into broadening the scope a bit first: adding parent/child re…

Ah! This is me! Happy to take questions here or via email (edward.podojil@nytimes.com).

To be fair, this is price agnostic, and they are the same patterns they've had when the subway/bus price was 2.25. The remainders, while still more than a couple pennies, were defi…

Totally agree, especially because even I personally would have rather just done all the analysis in Python or R. I figured this to be a great opportunity to play with d3.js a bit, …

Engineer interns unite! Most of these seem true about any well put together company that has set the boundaries between the code and breaking of said code. As a software engineer i…

Just to make a point, and certainly not capturing all the grammatical problems with this post: "Your sitting down eating lunch at your desk." One list ends with periods, the other …

This "my desktop should be a tablet OS as well" situation is boggling my mind. I'm an avid Apple user, and I'm not a fan of the direction Lion went, and the continued direction Mou…

I pushed this comment out to my peers for a read first, but thought I'd share here as well. I've been in the author's shoes as both an English teacher and band director (at the sam…

First, let me just mention that I think it's fantastic when others offer to share their personal experiences with interviewing, particularly when what's shared is unique and intere…

I don't think the grid is completely correct in Manhattan, even where the grid exists. It puts Washington Square Park , which southern end should be 4th street, as 6th street, and …

I taught for a few years in a fairly-sized school district. Even the best teachers I knew in my department--ones who were very internet savvy and technological proficient--admitted…

The best advice I can give you is to write as much as you can before you start coding. Putting a program or app together is 60% critical thinking, 20% writing, and 20% error manage…

A friend suggested I post here for help after lurking here for awhile. I'm losing my job as a high school English teacher and am interested in going into the startup world, particu…