Technology

  • November 19, 2013

    Why Healthcare.gov Sucks? Because They Hired Political Cronies, Not Internet Native Companies To Build It It appears that the federal government basically handed this project over to the same crew of giant government contractors, who have a long history of screwed up giant IT projects, and almost no sense of the “internet native” world. I honestly…

  • November 18, 2013

    Games Definitely Don’t Harm Kids, Says Huge Study The key findings that came out of the study included that exposure to video games from the age of five was shown to have no effect on behaviour, attention or emotional issues. Neither television nor video games caused attentional or emotional problems and there was no difference…

  • November 15, 2013

    Gmail is boiling the frog – and we are the frog Google has sucked millions of people into its web by delivering a feature-packed email service that comes only at the price of our privacy. And, as we continue to enjoy its benefits – and compare them, usually favourably, with the alternatives, we must face…

  • November 13, 2013

    Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture Ever It’s bad management. Poor communication. Telling them to just get shit done is like telling a fat person to “just lose weight”. It’s like telling a wide receiver to “just catch the ball”. It’s like telling a kid to “just get better grades”. It shows a disregard…

  • November 11, 2013

    Mobile is Eating the World This is one of the best overviews on the “station of mobile computing” by Benedict Evans. The data and presentation slides are brilliant. Teenagers say goodbye to Facebook and hello to messenger apps The final, big reason why young people are gravitating towards messaging apps is that many of these…