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“We debated the merits of collective wisdom earlier this year, after the bettors in the the Intrade online prediction market wrongly picked Barack Obama to win the New Hampshire primary. The bettors are looking more savvy now that the election’s source...

“There's an argument commonly heard these days that open-source software is all very well for infrastructure or commodity software where the requirements are well-established, but that it can't really innovate. I laugh when I hear this, because I remember when source...

My emotional feelings-specifically, disgust-are reserved for the brands I dislike

“When I saw Kent Beck’s “Extreme Programming Explained” in our office, I was shocked. I’ve already accepted the inevitable occasional purchasing of obscure C++ wisdom, exemplified by titles such as “Effective C++”, “Exceptional C++”, “Imperfect C+ more...

“When I was working on Live Mesh at Microsoft, I had the good fortune to meet James Hamilton. James is full of good ideas, many of which are captured in his paper “On Designing and Deploying Internet-Scale Services.” There is source...

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today more...

“FOR a man who believes that the world as we know it is coming to an end, as least as far as energy is concerned, Matthew Simmons is remarkably cheerful. He magnanimously excuses The Economist’s poor record of predicting the more...

“So now that I'm full time, my few weeks will be spent on marketing and user acquision. Any pearls of wisdom or inspiration for interesting marketing campaigns? 10 points by vaksel 11 days ago link I found a bug, you more...

Unfeasible: it means impossible. Since no engineer is going to admit something is impossible, they use this word instead. When an engineer says something is "non-trivial," it's the equivalent of an airline pilot calmly telling you that you might encounter more...

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“Last week, we covered how Zoho is defying conventional wisdom in the Web Office market. But is being unconventional all it takes for a bootstrapped start-up to take on both Microsoft and Google, in head to head evaluations by giant source...