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WonderHowTo.com Seeks Tech Blogger/Moderator (Work Remotely)

WonderHowTo is a place for both tech geeks & amateurs to gather and learn about what's new, and how to make the most of it.

We need a writer/community admin to help answer community questions, cover the latest hot releases on the web, mobile, & desktop, and write in-depth tutorials to help non-technical people learn everything from how to secure their wifi network to controlling their privacy on Facebook. You should have deep technical knowledge, yet be able to write accessible and interesting articles that regular users can follow and find interesting.

This candidate would head up an all-things-tech World as a community admin (learn more about WonderHowTo Worlds here), and should be capable of:

- Keeping an active forum going
- Writing interesting, joe-user readable tutorials
- Posting latest news in software, apps, privacy issues, & helpful tricks on getting things done faster
- Build a following on the site & across the nerdier social networks (ex: Google+)

Please note: Candidate must be savvy with both OS X, & Windows (*nix would be a plus), confident in troubleshooting tech-related issues, have strong writing skills, and participate in tech forums/blogs.

Option to work remotely... from anywhere!

TO APPLY

Please send the following to rmansur@wonderhowto.com:

Your resumé, plus 1-2 writing samples, preferably on the topic at hand. Please show proof/link to online communities you're active in.
Not clever enough, though...
I do hear great things about Barclays but it was a horrible service for us.
An awesome custom ROM which looks to finally match iOS in its awesomeness and smoothness, but that begs the question: what version of Android is it running? Can I upgrade this thing?
DBs, Dataminers, Developers

Philadelphia, PA

Cliq is a big data company focused on social search. We are a small group and currently have 3 great developers. We need DBs, dataminers and architects to help us scale the company as we're dealing with billions of data points and social edges. We're free spirited and funded company and you can check out an Alpha version of our site at http://www.cliqsearch.com.

Please email resumes to jason@cliqsearch.com.
Facebook releases a Like Button Chrome extension
This is how to disable it in OS X:

Utilities > KeyChain Access > System Roots (left) > All Items
> find "DigiNotar Root CA" > right click, get info > expand Trust > When using this certificate, never trust
> The whole point of the price system is to allow society to communicate to entrepreneurs what is valued and what isn't.

Yes, but the whole premise of the venture-capital scene is that the price system is inefficient. =] That is, there are places where you can put in $10m and get $100m out, because you find an area of potential production that just needed a catalyst.

I see cities as more or less trying to do the same thing; they want to find a way to provide a catalyst to local businesses that will pay for itself 10x over the next N years. May or may not work, but nothing in the market precludes it from being possible (the main reason for it not to work is just that city bureaucrats are bad at it, partly due to the political situation they operate in).
LinkedIn Takes A Deep Data Dive On Startup Founder Profiles
Just wanted to point out (read a bit) you get equity at big companies too? That's not a not negligible amount of cash. So the guy isn't just losing $50K in salary, but the equity that the other company (bigger company) would be giving him. Not sure what the equity grants at bigger companies end up being though.
Related FYI: one of the first computer games to be banned in Germany was "Hitler Diktator", released for the Commodore 64 in 1986. The game was never published commercially, but authorities still placed a ban on possession of the game.
The problem with C arrays is not that shitty programmers get them wrong; the problem with C arrays is that only programming gods walking amongst men get them right.

Managing effects in a language without any support for it, and decades of work put into making effects easier to implicitly apply without even having to think about it, is at least as hard.

There's more to the programming difficulty scale than "shitty" and "competent" and it's not a good idea to count on any programming technique that can only be used by the gods amongst men... even if you are one! (Writing raw string-concatenation-based HTML output safely is another example. No, you can't do it correctly in a large code base without help. Even if you are that smart, you aren't that superhumanly diligent.)
The age you started programming doesn't matter.

Totally agree. I don't even remember when I started programming. My parents say I was 3 or 4. But before I can remember (supposedly on a Vic 20 but first computer I remember was the BBC Micro!). And while it may have helped me have an interest in programming later on, I'm pretty sure it hasn't helped my aptitude.. hard practice and effort, even as an adult, are the only things that help there.

There are plenty of people who started coding as teenagers or even adults who could code me into a corner in seconds. Starting at a young age may foster the initial interest but it's not going to help the long-term skill IMHO.
This is PERFECT. Does the test unit work well? I am seriously interested in this product.
I do not. I will look into this after my move.
Sorry about the remark. What a difference a character makes... I suppose it was too late or too early in the day. In any case, your article was quite helpful because I've been using Redis a lot, but not yet the PubSub functions. I've found this approach solves a clustering problem I foresee with a current real-time node project.
SEEKING WORK - Remote/Local - Chicago

I hack on C, Ruby and Haskell projects.

I like algorithmic image generation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrfsy6XgqUY

https://github.com/markandrus/kaprekar

Image/Audio transcoding plugin for JACK Audio Connection Kit

http://mrkrbrts.com/2011/02/24/sonify-updated.html

An ImageMagick DSL for batch processing images/videos

http://mrkrbrts.com/2011/04/08/pipeline.html

I do web design & development in my free time (front/back-end). I've written modules for OpenVBX; worked with Drupal, TextPattern, Joomla; jQuery/JavaScript; PHP; logo design, etc.

I get amped about graphics/video processing projects, too, so send me an email:

Contact: andrus@uchicago.edu (My name is Mark)
I agree with this. The author seems to think that saying you started programming early is some sort of statement about virtuosity, but at least for me, it was more about curiosity.
Then the notion that we have "1500 CAs", so what we really need to do is invest every DNS zone with CA powers (because if 1500 is too many, millions is better?).

I think you've shot rather wide of the mark here. Every DNS zone does not have CA powers, at least not in the sense that payp4l.com could vouch for paypal.com. Sure, paypal can bone up their own zone. Or .com screws up (that'd be bad). But an honest appraisal would recognize that the dnssec solution means there is exactly one CA per domain and you know in advance who it is. That's way better than having to guess which of 1500 CAs is the legit signer.
"Geeksploitation The act of taking advantage of twentysomething digital workers who are flushed with pioneer enthusiasm and willing to work very long hours if bolstered by junk food, flexible work schedules, and no dress code. Gareth Branwyn, "Jargon Watch," Wired Magazine, February, 1997"

http://www.wordspy.com/words/geeksploitation.asp
Well, usually globes tend not to put countries on the map until they're universally recognized. Kosovo's an interesting edge case though!
If you click on the browsers in the lefthand pane, you get a series of screenshots for each major release of each browser. It's really quite nice.

But you know what's better?

The upper corners of the screenshots are sensitive to clicks, so you can actually close the screenshot by clicking on the appropriate native widget in the screenshot.
STM is pointless if it only works on just the tiniest possible transactions. Wrap a lock around the tiny transactions and call it a day. Without the composability, STM has no appeal.

Yes, you still don't want long-running transactions and you will seek to minimize them, but the entire point is that you can write an STM action that may cross a few modules coming from different authors and put a selection of such actions together, and one must only apply normal amounts of thought to such minimization instead of insane amounts of thought and effort.

It may be worth pointing out that I've made non-trivial use of the Haskell implementation. For Haskellers and Clojure programmers, STM isn't a pie-in-the-sky tech, it's a relatively straightforward library, because if you can manage effects or build it into your language very early (respectively), STM is almost boringly easy to implement. It's only hard (to the point of apparent impossibility) if you try to bodge it onto an existing imperative language.
When was this? SagePay USED to only work with people who had existing merchant accounts, but no longer. We have just had one of ours accepted for a new ltd company with no trading history. Provoking discussion is great and most things can be improved, however I think the term "doomed" is a little bit over the top. That being said, if you want any advice, get in touch and I'll give you some pointers
How the hell did you type on that thing? I have one and I can _easily_ type on an Acer Aspire One 8.9" netbook, which many people complain about typing on.

I couuldn't come close to touch typing on my XO due to how close together the keys are. I think the feel of the keyboard would have been at least a minor stumbling block even if the key spacing were wider.

Obviously the design must work pretty well for children, so I'm not complaining about its intended use whatsoever, but I have no idea how an adult could reasonably type on it.
I love the idea of node-fibers and Common Node. What are the drawbacks you've run into so far?

The Node community seems pretty resistant to alternative concurrency models like fibers, etc, which I think is unfortunate.
You're right; the "1500 vs. 1,000,000" thing was an unfair potshot.
Major US firms seemingly have a good run of acquiring smaller innovative Canadian companies at bargain prices: http://www.techvibes.com/blog/2011-tech-acquisition-tracker-...

I think it may point to the difficulty of getting financing beyond a certain threshold.
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JavaScript, node.js, HTML, CSS

I write web apps, especially HTML5 games. I also do web design from scratch.

admin@vezquex.com

http://www.vezquex.com/cv.html
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Glad you like the Mac app. We're definitely shooting for a first class OS X app experience. Feedback on ways to improve it further are welcome, too.
Hey I know the answer already... "You influence n curious nerds who signed in to register their accounts and have never returned."
A perspective on the Iranian hack of Google accounts and a certificate authority
Listen to India's (ex)-Income Tax commissioner talking about cloud computing
One tradeoff here, though, is offline use. Ever try to use Google Maps offline on a mobile device? :-)
Akamai Technologies is looking for software, QA, network and systems engineers in the following locations:

Cambridge, MA, USA
San Mateo, CA, USA
Bangalore, India

We're also hiring for many other roles in these locations as well as many other places around the globe.

I've been working here for just over a year as a Sr. Software Engineer, and this is just a great place to work. The company is very technology driven, creativity is encouraged, and while we are very robust and careful in our practices and procedures, (especially operations and release management) I feel like developers and managers are given a lot of independence to make important technical decisions, which leads to giving us the ability to really make a difference with every thing we do. That's something special to have in a company of this size, IMO.

So, the careers page is here: http://www.akamai.com/careers

I know my group is looking for skilled SQA engineers, but company-wide we need everything from battle-hardened linux admins to C++ gurus, to Java/Perl/Python hackers and everything in between. My own group develops in Clojure. My co-worker is currently prototyping algorithms in Haskell.

Since I do get a referral bonus, don't forget to send them my name if you submit a resume!

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Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 Released
This is an amazing article. The level of dysfunction and inappropriate external control demanded in setting up payment processing was far beyond what I would have imagined was possible setting up a business outside North Korea.
Top Apps missing on my HP TouchPad
I found an easy way to try this out a couple of weeks ago: five cinder blocks. Stacked three high to hold the monitor, and two high to hold the keyboard. Their mass forms a very solid support, yet it's light enough to use on almost any desk.

I needed to find a separate small stand for the optical mouse too, and I do sometimes wish I had a little more surface area at keyboard height. Still, it's cheaper and easier to install than a dedicated standing desk... and very easy to "uninstall" if you change your mind.

If you try this, be sure to put a piece of cloth or paper underneath the blocks, so that they don't scratch the desk surface. You also will probably want to get something decorative to cover the blocks; molded concrete isn't the most attractive office decor :)
Look, if I'm going to work somewhere, it needs to have a expected ROI that's equal to or greater than my current job. That can be done via equity, bennies, cost of living, salary, and a few other knobs.

I'm a pretty cynical guy, so if you were hiring me as an early employee, you'll have to work on a better presentation than expecting your company to be warm, fuzzy, and grow faster than Facebook. That probably means you load me down with cash or equity. If you don't have the cash, then I expect equity or bennies.

I don't expect more than market rate, mind you... just... fair treatment.
I have a standing desk, and my biggest problem is sore foot soles, of all things. Fixed with lots of foam padding underfoot.
The Rust language (by Mozilla) is putting statically verifiable state machines in the type system:

http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4009

It's based on Typestate, a really good 1986 paper:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aldrich/papers/classic/tse12-typestat...

I hope this idea catches on in other programming languages.
While that is a problem, my concern is what happens when the object eventually "wanders out" of earth orbit?
But if this new pen is not accurate to less than 1mm, then it will not work for sketches like the example drawing (in the link). 1mm is a lot when dealing with drawings of that scale.
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Pinterest (www.pinterest.com) is hiring engineers, interns and product designers in Palo Alto.

We are a small team founded by folks from Google & Facebook. We are building a product that is growing quickly and is beloved by millions: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pinterest.com#

You can read more here: http://www.pinterest.com/about, or get in touch with me directly. ben@pinterest.com.
What rss feeds do you subscribe to?
Preview the Open311 Dashboard
This is so awesome I may have to adopt it.
So they suck in a bad implementation choice because it looks pretty to them

An implementation choice that looks pretty is often a good implementation choice.
First of all, thanks for taking the time to write up the detailed answer to my question. While reading it, I realized that the OP was talking about fear of not fitting in DURING the process of achieving success, not after. That makes more sense and your position made me aware of that.

Regarding your fear of the unknown, I would say (as would anybody) that this is only natural. The best thing we can do is constantly remind ourselves of something that encourages us. I look to Frost's beautiful poem "The Road Not Taken", especially the ending stanza:

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
The article presents "25 Mind Boggling 404 Error Pages" and states that error pages were not given much attention in the early days of the internet. But just giving error pages a fancy design doesn't make them useful for visitors. A better idea is displaying a site map.

At first the 404 page of swift.fm mentioned in the article looked interesting: "Oh no, you hit an unknown page - but don't worry, we'll try to get you back in the game." But the picture graphic below the text is not actually clickable, I have expected that the picture tries to pick up the visitor approximately at the point where he might have been lost and guide him to the next step in some logical sequence of pages. Some navigation links are below the fold on the page and need scrolling to be visible.
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Blurb lets people tell their stories - currently through print-on-demand books, but increasingly through other venues.

We are both established and growing like mad (we were #47 on last year's Inc 500). We have a great group of people and a lot of fun challenges in the year ahead. We just launched a bevy of new products (our iPhone app is getting great reviews).

We play with fun tech: Ruby, Rails, SproutCore, git, RSpec, Cucumber, Haml, SASS, RabbitMQ, Puppet, Obj-C, and more.

We have great benefits, a great work/life balance, and we're in a great location close to the BART, CalTrain, and lots of food options.

We are currently hiring for many positions - front end, back end, API, Rails, iPhone, and more.

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Hi Eben.

Sorry, I don't mean to detract from what you're doing. I think it's great. I'm very very excited for the Raspberry Pi, both personally and to see what it does globally.

I'm mostly just curious why the chip isn't publicly available. That's all. I personally hope to be able to use this chip in other designs.
You should really do something about #2. You're missing a huge movement simply because you haven't mentioned the word 'Coffeescript' anywhere I could find. I just went back and looked to make sure I didn't miss it. So if it's there, it's really not in the right places.
The steps should be:

1. Find a helpful, competent accountant who deals with small businesses (because that's what you'll have at first - a small business)
2. Tell the accountant the nature of your business
3. Follow the accountant's advice.

I'm almost certain the accountant would have given you advice on a simpler path to getting a business bank account.
Endgame Systems
Is this the hypothetical situation of someone doing an interactive rebase on public/published branches and making changes midway through? My current understanding is that, although it is possible, the community avoids doing that (policy: published code history set in stone). That style requires strong communication between developers. It makes people do extra investigation and work, and we all hate doing extra work, right? :)

I cannot speak for what they really do over at kernel.org, but if they do rebase their public repositories often (which will break people doing pushes and fetch/merges without some regular communication), yes, it is possible to sneak something in because the public rebase will not be as exceptional.

This is where you tell me that's what they do there and make me scared again. ;)
MIUI is currently running Android 2.3.5. These guys push out a new build of MIUI every Friday and I highly recommend it over any other ROM. Been running it on my EVO since late last year and never want to go back to stock. There's ports for a bunch of different devices here: http://miui.us/
A lot of good points here but he might not have seen the flip-side, and that's something that can sour someone on startups real fast.

Here are a few that I've run into:

A lack of funding and the headaches that come with it like downsizing, cost-cutting, and just the general absence of job-security.

Having a visionary CEO who is also crazy or incompetent or both.

Having a really nice product and it going nowhere because it's either ahead of it's time or behind.
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What would you call if you are not "burned-out", but rather you hate the drudgery of work day-in day-out, know that you are not giving 100% and don't have the energy to put in that level of effort..what would you call that ?

Would "unmotivated" do ? I don't think that is the right word, since I know the feeling and it's not just a matter of all-you-got-to-do is get motivated....
This post is missing the most valuable part of working at a startup: the experience.

Sure, you can go work at ________ (big company paying fresh developers $120k+), but you're going to be pigeonholed into working on a small aspect of the product/company.

If you join a promising small startup, you're going to learn about all aspects of business, startups, selling, marketing, fundraising, etc. These skills will be extremely helpful to you throughout the rest of your career, especially if you plan to start your own company someday.
It blew my mind when I wondered how many femtoseconds it had been since the start of the Roman Empire, and it obligingly told me: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=now+-+founding+of+the+r....

It also told me how many ergs are in a jellybean and what time the sun would set on April 2nd (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sunset+april+2nd%2C+201...).

Of the many technologies I use, Wolfram Alpha is the one that feels the most like the future sometimes.
Those are fun, but as an artist I could never deal with the mental dissonance of my eyes watching the result on the screen while drawing somewhere else.

The Wacom Cintiq (http://www.wacom.com/en/Products/Cintiq.aspx) fixes that by providing a pressure-sensitive display, so you see what you draw. Apparently Pixar is using a ton of these. But it's also hideously expensive.
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(full-timers and interns welcome year-round)

Our mission is to provide a world-class education to anyone, anywhere. We already have millions of students learning every month, and we're growing quickly.

Our students answer over a million math exercise problems per day, all generated by our open source exercise generation framework (http://github.com/khan/khan-exercises, http://ejohn.org/blog/khan-exercise-rewrite/), and Sal's videos have been viewed over 74MM times.

Working for Khan Academy is one of the highest educational impact positions you can imagine.

We're hiring all types of devs -- mobile, frontend, backend, whatever you want to call yourself. Big plans ahead.

http://www.khanacademy.org/jobs
Downvoted because the article explicitly states the price is with "no contract or whatever other nonsense."
It would be fun (and probably exists) a fake word generator that created words that were easy to spell and pronounce, but were basically meaningless.
Ouch, that may be a serious problem. Are all of the projects intended "for production"? That is, are there some projects that Pulse won't pay for even if they're completed successfully (internal stuff)?

Now you're excluding all candidates who aren't willing to spend some time (a week?) working for what might be free. And some of these candidates will be the highly-skilled programmers you'd love to have, but who won't be willing to jump through hoops when they can easily get a job elsewhere with fewer hoops.
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