|
People expect that, as you grow older, you give up practical jobs such as programming for more noble tasks such as managing a team and acquiring funding. As a sign that I favor horizontal collaboration, I still program even though I am old. This is unusual. Do what you love. Please.
|
|
|
|
|
In late 2009, I created an online persona named Pete London – a self-described JavaScript ninja – to help attract and hire the best JavaScript recruiters. While I never hired a recruiter from the experiment, I learned a ton about how to compete in today’s Silicon Valley talent war. Based upon two years of non-scientific research, here’s what you should know... The best way to hire? Find coders who can recognize talent.
|
|
|
|
|
This article is mostly bullshit. The author comes of as incredibly naive; as though they just discovered that the business of hiring people is rather cut throat. Duh. If there's money to made in something, there are going to be a lot of scammers in that area; technology isn't magically immune. (And it goes both ways; most hiring managers have hired engineers who completely misrepresented their own skills and talents.)
Just like with any company, you can't just passively wait for jobs to drop in your lap. You need to do research and identify those companies who will benefit you. Many recruiters truly stink, however I've worked with several that are fantastic. I just dealt with one this week (they got me my last job and are working on getting me my next one--just this week, they got me an interview with a company that's almost impossible to get interviews at.) But that's also true of HR departments. I've dealt with (and worked for) companies that filter their resumes so heavily that it's almost impossible to get hired (or to hire someone.)
|
|
|
|
|
ToneCraft lets you build music in 3D. The Y-axis represents the pitch of the tone, the X-axis represents the time and the different colors represent different instruments. The Z-axis makes it possible to layer sounds and to create whatever visual structures you like. (Note that it may only work in recent releases of Chrome.) Booshah booshah plink plink, booshah booshah plink plink...
|
|
|
|
|
I ran into a really fun bug at work yesterday, where I discovered that my C program was branching down logically inconsistent code paths. After drinking another cup of coffee and firing up GDB I realized that somehow, a boolean variable in my code was simultaneously testing as both true and not true. I blame Kernighan and Ritchie.
|
|
|
|
|
Yup Always blame the parents. 
|
|
|
|
|
Terrence Dorsey wrote: I blame Kernighan and Ritchie.
They were just following orders. 
|
|
|
|
|
Google is getting ready to roll out its very first Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) device, the Nexus 7 tablet, and while that’s exciting news, it’s also sobering for scores of Android users still waiting to unwrap Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.x). The numbers in Google’s own Dashboard for developers tell the story in disappointing detail, but they don’t pinpoint the problem. The software is easy. Testing and tweaking on all those devices is the hard part.
|
|
|
|
|
In the wake of the Flashback botnet which targeted Mac computers, Apple has removed a statement from its messages on its website that Mac operating system X (OS X) isn't susceptible to viruses. The worm turns.
|
|
|
|
|
As expected, Google unveiled its own 7-inch tablet today at the start of the company's I/O conference. Asus is helping Google build its tablet, co-branded once it's available in mid-July. Google's Nexus 7 is clearly going head-to-head with other low-cost Android tablets, including Amazon's Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet — but how do they compare? Attack of the 7-inch tablets.
|
|
|
|
|
University of Utah engineering student and part-time amusement-park arcade manager Nolan Bushnell thought that videogames could be a big deal. “The only question,” he remembers, “was how to bring them to everyone, not just those of us who could sneak into a computer lab late at night.” In 1971, Bushnell and partner Ted Dabney managed to turn Spacewar! into the first mass-produced video arcade game, Computer Space. The big video game Breakout was about to begin...
|
|
|
|
|
Five years ago this week, Apple launched the iPhone. It seems safe to safe that never in history has a single product been so astoundingly successful so fast and had such a radical impact on the world. Here are a few highlights... Like it or not, the iPhone changed the game.
|
|
|
|
|
The sci-fi genre has given us some of the most iconic and daring designs in Hollywood history. We discuss the very best designs in sci-fi movies throughout the ages, with a host of influential designers giving us their thoughts on our picks. What's your favorite sci-fi movie creation?
|
|
|
|
|
Kelly Brock (Weird Science) or Six (Battlestar Galactica)
Steve
_________________
I C(++) therefore I am
|
|
|
|
|
Well, this[^] is a good start.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I am not sure what this device "really" offers. It is kind of odd device to me.
The Nexus 7 tablet, however, is a great deal.
|
|
|
|
|
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote: The Nexus 7 tablet, however, is a great deal.
Totally agree, Quad Core Cpu and 12 Core GPU it has to rock especially for 199usd
As for the Nexus Q, I think it could be summarised as a D-Link Boxee Box on Steroids!
|
|
|
|
|
Seriously ? a device WITH wires... ?
|
|
|
|
|
name a common electronic device that doesn't have wires?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pretty sure it still has wires. To start at the obvious one, a power cord. To go to the technical definition, even the metallic lines on a PCB are wires, so unless it manages to function without any circuits it still has wires.
Not to mention, in pretty much every situation wired network connection will outperform a wireless one, and I don't know of a better way to send picture and video to most TVs (yes some support WiFi, but they are the minority).
|
|
|
|
|
Using the APIs of Facebook and Foursquare, the website We Know What You're Doing mines the public status updates and check-ins of random strangers and republishes them, telling us who’s unhappy at work, been partying a bit too hard, or is a little too generous with their contact information. [ITworld]
|
|
|
|
|
For some of us, the issue isn't that someone could track us and what we do. The issue is the fact that it would reveal just how depressing our existance really is.
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
