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Agreed. It's also an argument for just being a well-rounded person even after entering adulthood. Staying on top of non-technology news & issues, taking time to travel, spending ti…

This. I don't care how much a tech blogger has studied Google from afar. Ken Auletta actually embedded himself at Google and wrote a frickin book about its history, its culture, an…

These are exactly the kinds of questions that the "don't be evil" motto is supposed to answer. That phrase has been flung around over the years by people who get angry at Google fo…

This is correct. I have a Wifi-only Kindle and have never been charged for an Instapaper transfer.

The title is a reference by Google about how they "celebrate" their own failures by calling them out both publicly and internally. Not meant to be mean-spirited / schadenfreude-esq…

Can't agree with this comment more. I realize this article is aimed at getting the best hired gun you can, but the best way to partner with a developer is to do just that - actuall…

Yes, it would have - I'm not arguing against that point, only speculating why this guy didn't hear back from Apple.

Especially considering the timeframe - right around WWDC. This eng manager was likely scrambling like crazy to get ready for that. Also, if the manager was considering hiring this …

Agreed with others about the interface - very slick. Great job getting it launched. A few comments/thoughts: - I'm interested in the game mechanics portion. Would be interesting to…

Yes. The way you've posed the question is slightly backwards to me. Sit down and take a crack at learning both Python and Ruby first. Whichever language you prefer will obviously g…

Agreed. At first I couldn't tell if this was an Onion-style article satirizing the type of kool-aid that's passed around at these kind of conferences. Actually, if you read it that…

+1. As a developer it's easy to take the old "not invented here" attitude, but you don't even know if people will be interested in your idea. Get it out there as quickly as possibl…

You're missing something :-) the phone was lost on March 18th, not April.

Great article, and as indicated in his blog's comments, very similar to Rands in Repose ( http://www.randsinrepose.com ) whose writings in this space are similar. I can't stress en…

Maybe. My concern is, who knows how long it would take Yahoo to absorb Foursquare, how much Foursquare code would need to be refactored in order to play nice with Yahoo's, how long…

You can already do this. Select a message ('x'), open the More Actions menu ('.' period), type the label and press return. No greasemonkey necessary.