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Jan 29, 2010
The iPad: Get used to blue Lego tiles
I talk about punch cards, AI and "CODERS" with Joel Spolsky
Earlier this summer I stopped by the office of Joel Spolsky, CEO of Stack Overflow, the mammoth forum for software developers, to talk about my new book Coders, which is all about the subculture of programmers and their impact on reality. (And which you can acquire right here folks, step right up.) We were supposed […]
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Google hit with demands for detailed ad business info from Texas and other states
PHOTO: Shutterstock. TX AG Ken Paxton, shown here, is leading nationwide probe into Google. The Texas attorney general today issued a 29-page civil investigative demand with more than 200 directives for Google to provide detailed information on its ad business. The deadline is October 9.
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Right-wing troll complains about how hard he has it
Having managed to be so vile as to be kicked off Twitter, a darling of the white supremacy market complains about how hard it is to be him. Vice: The provocateur made no mention of the harassment that landed him in social media jail. Nor did he touch on being forced out of Breitbart the […]
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Save 88% on this app that summarizes award winning books in just 12 minutes apiece
There’s reading for pleasure, and then there’s reading for fuel; absorbing the great ideas in nonfiction books so you can apply them in your own life. In today’s hectic pace, it can be difficult to find the time to do that reading – especially for the entrepreneurs and professionals who can benefit the most from […]
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Work towards becoming a certified project manager with this training bundle
Breaking into the big leagues as a project manager isn’t done overnight, but there are principles that anyone can learn, and they’re applicable to nearly any business. No matter what your field, if there are multiple teams working toward a common goal, you’re going to need a roadmap. The Project Management Professional Certification Training Suite […]
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Save over 25% on this open source portable gaming console
On the one hand, nostalgia is “a corruption of the historical impulse,” according to William Gibson. On the other hand, “Super Mario Bros.” will never not be cool. Luckily, there’s a way to satisfy that retro gaming while still keeping an eye on the future: The GameShell Kit. This thing is simultaneously the last handheld […]
