Laments

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by Laments 15y ago
Let’s start out by pointing out the worst part of this: the disclosure issue trickles down into TC's journalists. A FB comment on this article, as written by Alexia Tsotsis: "'It's frustrating to read comments day in and day out about how
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by Laments 15y ago
This writing has a few awesome hum-dingers: "Like many of the hangovers that haunt modern software engineering, this is ultimately mostly Microsoft’s fault," "Yes, I am being deliberately sexist here, because in my experience those women wh
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by Laments 15y ago
I disagree with this assertion: "my feeling is that conflict of interest in journalism is between a journalist and his employer, not between a journalist and his readership." A lot of people view Arrington as the face of TechCrunch and I fe
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by Laments 15y ago
Pretty sure they're doing this already; have you guys looked at how this thread is sorted? It's not by time of post, implying that your vote is tallied (and counts).
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by Laments 15y ago
Things this is missing: Privacy policy, ability to search or differentiate, proof of security, testimonials, terms and conditions, proof that there's any actual people in the database. Pluses: excludes job seekers! Interesting sidebar: "We
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by Laments 16y ago
If it's not seen as rote/generic by those who read it, it's a good memo. If it's seen as "office as usual," it'll work against itself. This is smart organizational behavior being put into action: while 30 days isn't enough time to meet with
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by Laments 16y ago
To add an unrelated reply to a crowded discussion: I think that what we've seen from Googler manager skillset article in the Times is that Google has had to learn basic managerial attributes organically since that's the Google way -- from t
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by Laments 16y ago
I'd like to ditto this; the linked article is very speculative, and without a G-employee response, it seems rather foolhardy to extend said speculation.
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by Laments 16y ago
Before we derail too hard on this article, I would like to take a moment to point out that there's an article ranked higher about how Apple's suing Amazon over the term "App Store"... not like they've sued Microsoft over the term, too. (Als