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They certainly have the cash to finance such a massive undertaking. It could be step one in bypassing the cable monopolies, and maybe a precursor to their own voice network (blanket the US with WiFi calling maybe?). The…

I clicked on the front page article from HN, read it, and when I hit the back button to HN, it was gone. The article seemed reasonable, however, I'm not sure if it was accurate or not. Was it removed because of…

Any developers turned product managers miss their dev work? Been in a bit of a funk lately, and I'm not sure whether it's that I miss developing software day to day (I know I do) or just normal for someone making that…

One of my buddies is a developer at a small company (~30 people), and in an attempt to increase customer service levels, has been asked to start helping with tech support calls (and product support online chats). Have…

The recent side project for sale thread got me thinking about how each particular side project was started. Some people are from the "scratch your own itch" camp, others from the lean/customer dev line of thinking. In…

I unfortunately didn't bookmark the site, and can't seem to find it now. It's a basic site with different ambient noises (ocean, rain, etc.), and lets you mix them together to taste.

I was on the train this morning, and wanted to double-check a Ruby concept I was thinking about, and thought it would be cool if I had irb on my phone. A couple of apps appear to exist, but I think it'd be a cool…