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IE does not inherently support WebSockets, so apps with worker threads will block. You can support WebSockets in IE clients using this hack: http://bit.ly/irM6XV

As in the case of HTML5 web workers, some browser vendors will not implement HTML5 standards, hence slowing technology adoption for all of us. Let them know that we will do it, wit…

I wonder if you could hook something like Mvyu media viewer glasses to an iPhone or Android TTS app.

It should be noted that they have not really raised any equity capital. The $1M are pre-orders for the iPod Nano watch, and hence is revenue. In this sense, Kickstarter is ingeniou…

It should be noted that they have not really raised any equity capital. The $1M are pre-orders for the iPod Nano watch, and hence is revenue. In this sense, Kickstarter is ingeniou…

http://www.khanacademy.org/ (no affiliation)

Check out "wkhtmltopdf", I think it has a library to take a screenshot.

If you own, try to rent out your house and then rent a cheaper place closer to work. If you rent, try to move closer to work. If you live in a city you might be able to do without …

A self programming, learning computing machine.

Man, I feel you, you are not alone. It seems to me that you are a "builder". An entrepreneur with the foresight and technical capacity to make great things. But both your superiors…

Follow up question: Any startups using Scala? Based on my observation, some heavy hitters are using Scala in production, but the learning curve is high and development time is slow…

He would have wanted you to move onward and succeed. In fact, that is the only way to do his memory justice.

I think the op mentioned that the investor wants a majority stake. Otherwise, I agree assuming that you know your co-founder well enough that s/he dose not collude with the investo…

The only problem with this strategy is that 30% may leave you with nothing as the majority owner drives the company into the ground or fires you prior to vesting. You would be in a…

Never give away control of your company for money. If the investor had your vision he would have built it without you. What is going to happen is you are going to fight over the di…

In order of preference: 1) GeoTrust 2) Comodo 3) Thawte Although many cert providers tout wide browser acceptance, you may find discrepancies in production. Be careful. GeoTrust ha…

As a very senior (and hopefully talented) software engineer, you should be getting a fairly decent paycheck. Here two workable options, bound to get you the result you want, with a…

Dan can you elaborate? If the board is company leaning with say 3 of 4 seats for the founders and 1 investor, how can a founder be fired unless in the unlikely scenario that the ot…

An interesting (albeit fictional) movie to watch on this topic is "The First $20M is always the hardest". Yes, you have to give away equity to get funded. But if you are asked for …

"I realized I only enjoy software if I'm building what I want to build" You sound like an entrepreneur to me. Find something you want to build, and build it. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.…

I have long found this gentleman's libraries to be visually appealing, easy to integrate and generally top notch: http://www.maani.us/charts/index.php However, they are XML configu…

I wonder if anyone who has ever been acquired has felt mistreated in a possible effort to get them to leave and forgo shares before they vested, and what they have done about it, i…

This is awesome. Upvoted.