500 Internal Server Error500 Internal Server Error (none) Jeremy, Call Your Mother — She’s Worried Sick | TechCrunchVery funny story from TechCrunch: "When we switched to Facebook comments several months ago, we spun it as a way to combat the trolls. But you know, there was actually a secret agenda. We wanted to bring families [...]

Two primary principles" A colleague of mine that presents to companies often on the topic of change and transformation often begins his presentation by showing a slide with our company’s values and principles on the left hand side. He then asks the audience if they can share what their company values and principles are. Each [...]

Bay Area Officials Cut Cell Coverage to Thwart Protestors – NYTimes.com"To nip protest in the bud, authorities cut off a public communications system. When the Mubarak government did that to Egypt’s Internet service last winter, it was met with outrage and underscored that the regime’s days were numbered. When the San Francisco rapid transit system [...]

Don’t Launch" Here's a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? My answer is almost always the same: don't." (lean_startups launch startups advice ) Monads are elephants – part 1An excellent series explaining that notoriously frightening Scala concept – monads. (scala monads programming tutorial ) Thinking In [...]

Kelner steps aside as Indy editor-in-chief | Media | guardian.co.uk"Simon Kelner is stepping down as editor-in-chief of the Independent titles. [....] The move is understandable. [...] But the unduly terse announcement to staff of his resignation was accompanied by a quote from the publisher, Evgeny Lebedev, that was – to be frank – less than [...]

If the rioting was a surprise, people weren’t looking | Stafford Scott | Comment is free | The GuardianGood insight into the events that started the riots in Tottenham: "I am appalled, dismayed and horrified by the level of destruction that took place. I wouldn't defend the indefensible; however I would like to provide an [...]

The Trivialities and Transcendence of Kickstarter – NYTimes.comAn insight into Kickstarter, and how it works. (fundraising startups ) The player IS the story: why the big publishers don’t get transmedia | Technology | guardian.co.uk"The Pottermore concept, which provides a creative community for fans of the Harry Potter universe, could well evolve into the most advanced [...]

Down Goes The Internet… Again. Amazon EC2 Outage Takes Down Foursquare, Instagram, Quora, Reddit, Etc | TechCrunch"As indicated by about 20 tips in the last few minutes and pretty much all of Twitter, Amazon’s EC2 service appears to be down. That means services like Reddit, Heroku, Foursquare, Instagram, Fab, Quora, Turntable.fm, Netflix and many, many [...]