Vivtek

Here's a bit of a "corporate charter hacking" question. If you're founding a company in order to effect social good - some specific purpose that goes beyond shareholder value, that is - is there any way of being…

My son has had a little programming experience, and I used to (back when Perl was cool), but it's been a while. He's essentially a tabula rasa, but smart and sometimes motivated. He's 15, thus I think the ideal age to…

Does anybody know of articles or methodologies for designing the rules of games? My son has what I think is a pretty good idea for a battle card type game, but I know that playability of rule sets is a pretty complex…

I'm looking to upgrade my dinosaur-age mobile phone to an Android. I'm currently living in the States, but I'll be in Puerto Rico for a couple of months during the winter and going to Hungary for a year or so in the…

What resources are there for actually running the business of a tech startup? Checklists, frameworks, advice - whatever. Is there anything you've found particularly helpful in putting together and keeping together the…

Here's a question for people who are working at a standing-level desk - how long can you actually type while standing? Do your knees and feet get tired? I'm intrigued, but... I have to type a lot if I want to get paid.

Before you tell me that online voting is inherently insecure, let me assure you I know that. But how can I make it as secure as possible to collect votes or other feedback in an online venue? Who is researching this?…

So a little while back, I bought a big old brick house in Richmond, Indiana (for $8000). (cf. http://big-old-house.blogspot.com for the blow-by-blow). It's really a whole hell of a lot more room than I need, and - the…