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In October of this year Yahoo host Open Hack Day in NYC. It was a cool event, they had great speakers (including a keynote from Clay Shirky); they also provided space, resources, and food to those who wanted to compete in an overnight coding competition. They had workshops, and cool exhibits (like the...

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My friend Lisa has a prejudice against those lip glosses that come in a little jar. The kind you dip your finger in and rub on your lips? She calls them little petri dishes, with all the bacteria and germs from your fingers just living in there waiting for their next home. I see many similarities between...

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body {margin:8px} .tr-field {font:normal x-small arial} This article is in response to the presentation seen here which was given at the Golden Gate Ruby Conference a few weeks ago. It has stirred up quite a few reactions, some of which are here and here. The first thing I thought of was "I totally...

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Remember in, like, 1993 when it was awesome to work for IBM? I remember hearing about their awesome rockstar offices and how many amenities that they had. This guy at my church had just finished Chubb's "Top Gun" program and now was a shoe in at IBM because it was such a great place to work...

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According to Josh who commented a few posts ago, "developers don't need iPhones, only sheep do." That being said a lot of us have them, the 3G one and the OG (Original Gangster). First of all, quit acting like you are cooler than me because you have the 3G, I am yet to see a compelling reason...

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Today was the O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo at the Javits Center in Manhattan. Today was "Workshop Day" and that's what I thought looked the most applicable for me, I have a feeling the expo will be filled with things like this so I would be more productive at work. The conference was cool, there were...

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I'm not here to tell you who to vote for, however if you're going to vote based on what some girl on the internet tells you you may as well listen to me. Why? Because I'm funny, that's why. It can be argued that there isn't much difference between the two parties. This is very true, and I myself don...

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So, the collaboration between Atwood and Spolsky titled StackOverflow has come to (beta) fruition. The buzz is finally starting to come in. I have seen both good and bad and decided to see for myself what the hype was about. I'm going to walk you through my experience and give you some of my reactions...

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Now wait, before you say anything, I want you to do me a favor, I want you to pretend we're just having a chat. It's you and me, we were just at a conference, or an expo, or a workshop or something. I noticed your tee shirt on the street, whatever, something happened and now we're talking tech, it's...

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So I got this movie on Demand tonight and I found it highly entertaining. On one hand, it was a little sick. I'm not big on horror/slasher type things, I was never allowed to watch those types of movies as a kid, so now movies like that really freak me out. This wasn't as much horror as gory thriller...

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