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by sayemm 16y ago
Regarding training/interviewing, I just think about this awesome Steve Yegge post: http://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/practicing-programm... "It's a bit easier to tell if someone's in great shape physically than if they're in great
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Little known Twitter and TwitterAPI tips and tricks(blog.abrah.am)
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by sayemm 16y ago
I use both Mixpanel and Woopra on my personal site. Mixpanel is awesome for tracking whenever users click on my site, and to be honest I haven't had much of a need for real-time analytics yet so I don't check my Woopra dashboard as often, b
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by sayemm 16y ago
I only have a gripe with bloggers who post as if they know what the hell they're talking about but don't have any real past success to back up their assumed authority. I bet if you looked back at the posts of anyone who's a real success tod
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by sayemm 16y ago
Padmapper's a great utility for finding apartments. I used it before while looking for sublets in NYC. The site has a great UI and adds a ton of value - it's there just when you need it, it's like your Dropbox for apartment-hunting. The fou
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by sayemm 16y ago
The irony is that most startup blogs are written and maintained by failed entrepreneurs. Despite their exalted status in the tech scene, look closely at their bio and you'll be surprised that they have yet to really prove themselves as entr
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by sayemm 16y ago
Awesome, thanks for these tips. I'm going to start working through SICP in about two weeks. I love what Eli Bendersky did here to track his progess as he was going through the book: http://eli.thegreenplace.net/category/programming/lisp/si
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by sayemm 16y ago
Don Dodge put together some interesting numbers on the search market before in a post, albeit three years ago: http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/05/why_1...
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Developer Driven Development (schacon.github.com)
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How does Facebook decide which 10 friends to display on your profile?(dondodge.typepad.com)
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"Accelerated Disruption", by Eric Lefkofsky(amazon.com)
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by sayemm 16y ago
Yup, that's what I'm thinking... I think it would be cool to hack something up like that.
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Yeah I know google sync, but think it would be pretty awesome if I could back that all up across several different platforms via Dropbox, along with all my laptop/work stuff
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Just curious... is there currently anything out there now that automatically synchs the contacts of your phone's addressbook to Dropbox?
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How To Live Forever(jamesaltucher.com)
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How I use Emacs for Getting Things Done(miskatonic.org)
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Software engineers hard to find(articles.chicagotribune.com)
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Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site(developer.yahoo.com)
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Yeah, it's pretty remarkable... Buffett always thinks of her as one of his role-models. It's why his goal is to work past 100 just like her: http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/08/27/on-80th-birthday-buffe... One of Buffett's greatest skills
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Buffett's most favorite founder - The Incredible Rose Blumkin(buffettsecrets.com)
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Complete guide to the Twitter API using PHP/AJAX(tweethacking.com)
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Nielsen Media Universe(blog.nielsen.com)
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The Triumph of Apps(screenwerk.com)
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"We Are Typists First, Programmers Second" - http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/11/we-are-typists-firs...
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My first Firefox add-on: People Lookup(addons.mozilla.org)
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Good read on the world trending towards meritocracy, esp during these times as a lot of older institutions are getting turned upside-down. It reminds me of this old PG post, "After Credentials" - http://www.paulgraham.com/credentials.html
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Some great answers here, thanks for posting this question. I originally come from a finance background, though I'm taking a year off now to focus on programming for some of the same reasons you mention. Joel Spolsky listed four books which
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by sayemm 16y ago
Good for Kevin Rose, seems like it's a good way for him to do what he really loves doing and that's connecting the tech community, like everyone else here mentions. Whenever founders evolve into tech-scenesters though, I think it's a good t
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The Early Failures of Famous Entrepreneurs (And What They Learned)(grasshoppergroup.com)
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Chart: 2010's Best Performing Tech Companies(theatlantic.com)
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