We start our day with an interesting look at software outsourcing from yegor256.com. Â Rackspace announces Carina, their container service powered by Docker Swarm. Another interesting post can be found on Java Code Geeks, where they talk about the process of choosing a data management solution. This one is interesting because it really does look like… Read More Geek Reading October 29, 2015
Seth Godin starts our day with another excellent post, this one talking about bravery. This is not the heroism type, but the bravery in our daily lives. Matthew Daniels talks about the new trend of journalist engineers, where the stories are almost all about data and visualization, and only accompanied by some text. On DZone… Read More Geek Reading October 28, 2015
Paul Graham leads the day with hist post about writing like you talk. Paul doesn’t write too frequently, but when he does, you should probably listen. Gil Zilberfeld talks about how you can’t build an MVP if you are expecting it to make money. It is an interesting perspective on a hot current trend. On… Read More Geek Reading October 27, 2015
Leading today, we have The Verge reporting on the FCC publicly shaming robocallers and telemarketers. For personal things, I am not a fan of public shaming. However, when it comes to fairly seedy business practices, I am a big fan, especially in this case. Mozilla announces their open source support program. This is just a… Read More Geek Reading October 26, 2015
Seth Godin starts our day with another excellent post about the two-review technique. Basically, what would a 5-star review look like and what would a 1-start review look like. Which side are you optimizing for? On Point Nine Land, they have an interesting article about benchmarking your churn rates. Anyone with members/users needs to focus… Read More Geek Reading October 23, 2015
Fred Wilson at AVC leads our day with a post about negative gross margins. Basically, if you are not remotely profitable month-to-month, how do you expect to build a business? Agile Bits has a post explaining why the 1Password data leak is not actually a leak. They worked with the blogger who posted about the… Read More Geek Reading October 22, 2015
Leading today we have another post about fear. In this case, the engineering blog at Teachers Pay Teachers talks about the fear of breaking things and how that affects culture. Anyone who has been in that kind of environment knows how toxic it can be. For all of you Java developers out there, DZone Java… Read More Geek Reading October 21, 2015
Today we start with some interesting startup articles. First, on Bothsides of the Table, Mark Suster talks about the VC outlook for 2016. It is interesting to see what a highly respected VC is thinking about his industry for the next year. At VentureBeat, there is an excellent post about whether you should take a… Read More Geek Reading October 20, 2015
Seth Godin starts our day with a post on the power of fear. As usual, it is an excellent post that you should read. KD Nuggets gives us some information on the best advice from Quora on “How to learn machine learning”. It is a solid summary of the Quora discussion with a bunch of… Read More Geek Reading October 19, 2015
Yes, you get a double dose of geek reading today, thanks to my terrible short term memory. In the “other stuff” category, we have two very interesting posts. First, Dilbert (yes, the comic) has an excellent way to start your day. Anyone who writes typical software will know how that feels. Next, TechCrunch reports on… Read More Geek Reading October 16, 2015
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