Racism And Meritocracy | TechCrunch A brilliant piece by Eric Ries on the most likely reasons minorities are really under-represented in Silicon Valley startup incubators: implicit bias. (startups investment psychology racism ) The life of a software engineer Harsh but… fair enough (software_development humour cartoon dopost ) A probability paradox? | Understanding Uncertainty Some possible [...]

Applidium — Cracking SiriWell it's not going to last, but it's clever… "Today, we managed to crack open Siri’s protocol. As a result, we are able to use Siri’s recognition engine from any device. Yes, that means anyone could now write an Android app that uses the real Siri! " (voice_recognition siri hacking dopost ) [...]

The Death Of The Spec | TechCrunch"Earlier today, my colleague Matt Burns wrote a post noting that most tablet makers may be largely failing because they’ve sold their soul to Android and are now just in the middle of a spec war, which no one can win. I’m gonna go one step further in that [...]

The Death Of The Spec | TechCrunch"Earlier today, my colleague Matt Burns wrote a post noting that most tablet makers may be largely failing because they’ve sold their soul to Android and are now just in the middle of a spec war, which no one can win. I’m gonna go one step further in that [...]

Google+ continues battle with fading user interest, data say – latimes.comSome data on Google+ usage. (data google_plus social_media dopost ) Jobs at risk as Guardian News & Media reviews printing costs | Media news | Journalism.co.uk"Guardian News & Media (GNM), the publisher of the Guardian and Observer, has launched a review of its printing operations [...]

The Lick – YouTube"The Lick reigns supreme. None can escape its influence." Amusing, but also I find this rather depressing. (music video weird humour ) The Lick – YouTube"The Lick reigns supreme. None can escape its influence." Amusing, but also I find this rather depressing. (music video weird humour ) Best Illusion of the Year [...]

The Romanian chili challenge (photograph how_to_web ) Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software"Engineers are hired to create business value, not to program things"… and other important truths (business software_development careers dopost ) Literature and Latte – ScrivenerNow available for Windows: "Scrivener is a powerful content-generation tool for writers that [...]

What eight years of writing the Bad Science column have taught me | Ben Goldacre | Comment is free | The Guardian"Pulling bad science apart is the best teaching gimmick I know for explaining how good science works" (writing science teaching dopost ) BBC News – HSBC and First Direct online and ATM services hit"HSBC [...]

Google Search Algorithm Change For Freshness To Impact 35% Of Searches; Twitter Firehose Remains Off"Google announced they are rolling out a new search algorithm change that helps make the search results “fresher.” The big news here is that besides for the results being fresher, the results will change for about 35% of all searches." (google [...]

Qwerly’s Acquisition: This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things"From data rebel for decentralization to marketing tool in under twelve months, how's that for things moving fast enough? It's not the player I mean to criticize, it's the game." (marketing social_media acquisition qwerly fliptop dopost ) Alternatives to Google Reader? Don’t Bother, You’re Not Going [...]