robosox

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by robosox 15y ago
Agreed. It's also an argument for just being a well-rounded person even after entering adulthood. Staying on top of non-technology news & issues, taking time to travel, spending time with (and learning from) friends outside of the tech
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by robosox 16y ago
This. I don't care how much a tech blogger has studied Google from afar. Ken Auletta actually embedded himself at Google and wrote a frickin book about its history, its culture, and most importantly how it makes decisions . He is in a craz
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by robosox 16y ago
These are exactly the kinds of questions that the "don't be evil" motto is supposed to answer. That phrase has been flung around over the years by people who get angry at Google for this-or-that, but during the time I worked there, I found
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by robosox 16y ago
This is correct. I have a Wifi-only Kindle and have never been charged for an Instapaper transfer.
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by robosox 16y ago
The title is a reference by Google about how they "celebrate" their own failures by calling them out both publicly and internally. Not meant to be mean-spirited / schadenfreude-esque.
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by robosox 16y ago
Can't agree with this comment more. I realize this article is aimed at getting the best hired gun you can, but the best way to partner with a developer is to do just that - actually partner, not toss requirements over a wall. Get their advi
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by robosox 16y ago
Yes, it would have - I'm not arguing against that point, only speculating why this guy didn't hear back from Apple.
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by robosox 16y ago
Especially considering the timeframe - right around WWDC. This eng manager was likely scrambling like crazy to get ready for that. Also, if the manager was considering hiring this guy, he was probably looking not just at his code, but evalu
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by robosox 16y ago
Agreed with others about the interface - very slick. Great job getting it launched. A few comments/thoughts: - I'm interested in the game mechanics portion. Would be interesting to have additional badges based on whether a task is completed
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by robosox 16y ago
Yes. The way you've posed the question is slightly backwards to me. Sit down and take a crack at learning both Python and Ruby first. Whichever language you prefer will obviously guide you toward which framework to use. Another thing to con
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by robosox 16y ago
Agreed. At first I couldn't tell if this was an Onion-style article satirizing the type of kool-aid that's passed around at these kind of conferences. Actually, if you read it that way, it's pretty amusing. That said, if he's really passion
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by robosox 16y ago
+1. As a developer it's easy to take the old "not invented here" attitude, but you don't even know if people will be interested in your idea. Get it out there as quickly as possible with off-the-shelf software first. If it's something peopl
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by robosox 16y ago
You're missing something :-) the phone was lost on March 18th, not April.
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by robosox 16y ago
Great article, and as indicated in his blog's comments, very similar to Rands in Repose ( http://www.randsinrepose.com ) whose writings in this space are similar. I can't stress enough how useful 1:1s are for my own team (I believe Google f
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by robosox 16y ago
Maybe. My concern is, who knows how long it would take Yahoo to absorb Foursquare, how much Foursquare code would need to be refactored in order to play nice with Yahoo's, how long it'd take to sort out personnel issues, and so forth. It's
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by robosox 18y ago
You can already do this. Select a message ('x'), open the More Actions menu ('.' period), type the label and press return. No greasemonkey necessary.