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by jamessun 13y ago
While the story of the rise and fall of Flowtab was compelling, I thought Flowtab did a great job with http://alpha.flowtab.com . This site is a really effective way of telling their story and I commend them for including several
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Enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of application development(mckinsey.com)
1 points by jamessun 13y ago|0 comments
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by jamessun 13y ago
One of the better lessons I learned in Social Studies class in high school was that history swings back-and-forth like a pendulum. We go from one extreme to another. We are in the era of BYOD and SaaS. We started with dumb terminals connect
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Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?(bigstory.ap.org)
8 points by jamessun 13y ago|12 comments
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Scaffolding the Washington Monument(apps.washingtonpost.com)
2 points by jamessun 13y ago|0 comments
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by jamessun 13y ago
Agreed.
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by jamessun 13y ago
The contrarian in me can't help but think that the least popular answer is the "right" one :-)
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by jamessun 14y ago
"This location is on an active orbiting space station. Transportation costs are the responsibility of the participant unless you are an active-duty astronaut currently on-board the International Space Station." :-)
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Participate in the International Space Apps Challenge from Low Earth Orbit(spaceappschallenge.org)
1 points by jamessun 14y ago|1 comments
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by jamessun 14y ago
This talk, http://pyvideo.org/video/1778/crypto-101 , given by Laurens Van Houtven at PyCon US 2013, is a fantastic intro to crpytography and he uses the mixing color analogy as one of his examples.
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by jamessun 14y ago
To me, this is the same type of issue we see in IT/software development with users ignoring error messages or even banner blindness.
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Medical device alarm safety in hospitals(jointcommission.org)
1 points by jamessun 14y ago|1 comments
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United States Transitions To A 'First-Inventor-To-File' Patent System(forbes.com)
71 points by jamessun 14y ago|74 comments
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Ask HN: How do VPS providers handle and verify abuse complaints?
1 points by jamessun 14y ago|0 comments
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by jamessun 14y ago
There are just so many interesting angles to this story. I'll start with just one... The government is always behind the curve when it comes to regulating technology. The rise of text messaging has forced local and state governments to crea
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Weapons made with 3-D printers could test gun-control efforts(washingtonpost.com)
33 points by jamessun 14y ago|54 comments
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by jamessun 14y ago
The speed at which changes are occurring in the U.S. higher education system is amazing. Colleges and universities that don't adapt -- and adapt quickly -- will go down the same path as buggy whip makers and dead-tree publishers.
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by jamessun 14y ago
I really like how The Chronicle has organized this web page about MOOCs by (a) using the timeline as the central way of ordering content and (b) providing an overview/FAQ about MOOCs on the left.
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by jamessun 14y ago
Read Hacker News... Someone had to say it :-)
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Cell Phone Use Linked to Decline in Crime(law.upenn.edu)
1 points by jamessun 14y ago|0 comments
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Software industry braces for new phone apps rules(wtop.com)
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Finishing a game(makegames.tumblr.com)
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by jamessun 14y ago
I don't think you're being silly. For me, learning a new programming language is an opportunity to see how different languages implement different features. For instance, JavaScript, lua and C# all have different ways of implementing inheri
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by jamessun 14y ago
"Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good." - Voltaire
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Halloween lights synced to PSY's Gangnam Style(wtop.com)
3 points by jamessun 14y ago|0 comments
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by jamessun 14y ago
I don't design enterprise software often, but when I do, I prefer loose neoplastic principles. Stay curious, my friends.
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by jamessun 14y ago
Maybe I should work on a side project which is a user-maintained directory of side projects...
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Ask HN: How do you explain the importance of handling sensitive data?
1 points by jamessun 14y ago|0 comments
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by jamessun 14y ago
Given all of the conversations about breaking bad news to your customers, I thought this was a great example of an effective way of doing so. It's written in plain language. It explains the various options that were available and which opti
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An Educated Consumer is Your Best Customer(saddlebackleather.com)
1 points by jamessun 14y ago|2 comments

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