May 2012
A blog from the mind of falicon: Gawk.it - making... →
falicon:
I’m the cub master for my kids school cub scout group, an assistant coach for one son’s baseball team, and an assistant coach for the other son’s track & field team. So this past weekend I was busy with a camping trip for the scouts Sat. night, a baseball game Sunday, and a track meet Sunday (the…
A blog from the mind of falicon: Some random... →
falicon:
I’ve been meaning to flesh out some thoughts on the ‘social web’, but haven’t found the time to sit down and actually do it. So instead of the nice, clean, thoughtful post I wanted to do, I’m just going to do the rough cut version and dump the basic notes I’ve got floating around in my head…
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MongoDB and Node.js at 10gen
mongodb:
With their strong roots in JavaScript, Node.js and MongoDB have always been a natural fit, and the Node.js community has embraced MongoDB with a number of open source projects. To support the community’s efforts, 10gen is happy to announce that the MongoDB Node.js driver will join the existing set of 12 officially supported drivers for MongoDB. The Node.js driver was born out of...
sprint.ly: Nerd Alert: Sprint.ly's Continuous... →
sprintly:
A few of our customers have asked for more details about the technology that makes Sprint.ly tick behind the scenes. As a result, we’re going to be writing a series of “Nerd Alert” posts covering our technology stack and other hackery we’re working on.
Here at Sprint.ly our mission is to make…
Strong Opinions @marksbirch: The Myth of “A... →
marksbirch:
Everyone wants to hire the A player. Like water in the midst of the desert, they are like sweet nectar in a vast sea of corporate buffoons and untalented hacks that comprise most of the working US adult population. The draw is obvious, as bringing in these superstars will instantly boost…
Information Arbitrage: Entrepreneurship and... →
informationarbitrage:
Laser focus vs. keeping options open. This is an eternal struggle faced by start-up founders and corporate CEOs alike. While focus brings both purpose and increased odds of meeting a particular goal, leaders are plagued by the fear of “What if the goal I’ve achieved is the wrong goal? I’ll have…
A blog from the mind of falicon: Twitter's updated... →
awaldstein:
Good rant from a world class developer with a market sense of view. Nice one!
falicon:
Twitter announced an update to their Discover tab today.
As you can imagine, this is something I have a lot of opinions and thoughts around. I’m not going to put them all out here right now (mostly because I don’t feel like writing that much right now — or boring you to death), but I do want…