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Reading and Bookmarks
- A life without left turnsBy Michael Gartner My father never drove a car. Well, that's not quite right. I should say I never saw him drive a car. He quit driving in 1927, when he was 25 years old, and the last car he drove…
- 3 mean-spirited HR policies that can kill a tech company. | Michael O. Church3 mean-spirited HR policies that can kill a tech company. via Feedbin Starred Entries for avi@aviflax.com
- Introducing The MessageOne of the tenets underpinning Medium is that people write better together — or, as Ev has written, “Don’t write alone.”In that spirit, The Message is a new collection for collaborative writing.…
- A working library22 Apr 14 Yesterday, Chris Wanstrath, co-founder and CEO of GitHub, released a brief note about the investigation into the resignation of Julie Ann Horvath. If you have not been following along,…
- Farewell GitHub, Hello Immersive ComputingToday is my last day at GitHub. Recent events have given me a lot of time to reflect on what's important to me, and I've decided to switch gears and focus on building something from scratch again.…
- Loving “Moonrise Kingdom” For the Right ReasonsIt’s great news that critics and viewers are responding, with enthusiasm and ticket purchases, respectively, to “Moonrise Kingdom.” It deserves both the acclaim and the…
- Innoveracy: Misunderstanding InnovationIlliteracy is the inability to read and write. Though the percent of sufferers has halved in the last 35 years, currently 15% of the world has this affliction. Innumeracy is the inability to apply…
- paperplanes. The Developer is Dead, Long Live the DeveloperI came across an article called "How DevOps is Killing the Developer." It mourns the rise of DevOps and an ever increasing set of skills a developer has to have to work in the resource-constrained…
- inessential.com: IAC on iOSIAC on iOS via Feedbin Starred Entries for avi@aviflax.com
- Why we chose to build our core software business on the open web instead of on a closed app store platformSubvert has made and sold a handful of our own different software products over the past few years. All have been mobile phone, tablet or tiny desktop apps. Our first was Flik, a network chat and…
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Music I like from Pandora
- Animal (Punks Jump Up Remix) by Miike SnowAnimal (Punks Jump Up Remix) by Miike Snow from the album Animal (Remixes)
- Warehouse (Live) by Dave Matthews BandWarehouse (Live) by Dave Matthews Band from the album Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95 (Live)
- You've Got The Love by Florence + The MachineYou've Got The Love by Florence + The Machine from the album Lungs
- Broken Open by Cold War KidsBroken Open by Cold War Kids from the album Mine Is Yours
- Creep by I'm Not A PilotCreep by I'm Not A Pilot from the album Need Money For Rocket Fuel
- West Coast by Coconut RecordsWest Coast by Coconut Records from the album Nighttiming
- RehabRehab
- The Dirty HeadsThe Dirty Heads
- El Ten ElevenEl Ten Eleven
- CreamCream