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I have a kid starting middle school in the fall. She does not have her own phone and neither do any of her friends. None of her friends have home phones, either. So how do middle schoolers talk to each other over summer…

As an adult, I have never had a landline in my home. I now have several pre-teen kids and none have their own cellphone. When the older ones are home alone, I leave out an old iPhone that is connected to the home wifi…

A few years ago I came across a website that explained computers and programming starting with binary. It was a black and white, almost text-only website with about 100 pages. It did a great job of explaining every…

What conferences are most useful to bootstrapped businesses that design and sell hardware as their primary source of revenue?

Doesn’t matter if it’s engineering, law, or cotton picking. The only requisite is that you must have first-hand knowledge that an unrelated entity (to the contractor) has paid this astronomical rate.

In ~2015 when I was living in Chicago and frequently traveling, I could reliably find something interesting to do through Meetup.org. It seems that that are far fewer things being listed now. Are there really fewer…

It seems like farmers are successful with the cooperative, shared services model. Is there anything similar for electronics manufacturing and light assembly? What I mean is a manufacturing facility that a bunch of small…

Which specific action or decision did your parents make that most positively influenced your quality of life as an adult?

I have a friend in rural Morocco who wants to make a living with computers. He’s 30, can read and write English, but doesn’t know anything about software or web development. He wants to learn so that he can make a…

I seem to recall that Google consistently produced relevant results and strictly respected search operators in 2005 (?), unlike the modern Google. And back then, I think search results were the same for everyone, rather…

My right-fingers feel a little funny after using a keyboard that is in front of my body--sitting and standing at various keyboard-heights produces the same results. I would like to try something that can be described as…

And what is their headcount?

Although Outernet is based in Chicago, most of us work remotely. We're trying to get the whole team together for a 3-month sprint before we release our mobile satellite service. Unfortunately, Manish was turned down for…