darushimo

This isn't a "new way" for artists to make money. This is how one-hit wonders bank off their popular songs. Hasn't changed.

I just don't care any more. this site is not for old startup people to wax anything. I want to start something. I know or know about these stories already. I'm not excited for this culture to get all pseudo-nostalgic.

Agreed, although I periodically "give" a kudo just to see if the platform has improved to allow one to revoke a kudo. It hasn't. It's a shame actual "kudos" get conflated with "what's this thing do" over and over. Was the design aspect overlooked or intentional? Either way It's a disrespectful UX error.

"That is not a viable option to tar them with accusations of not taking."

Right, but this does suggest a good way for them to give a good faith effort. What if they put the effort into contacting all X content providers/publishers who 'earned' $Y or more? Even if it were somewhat costly, my appreciation would kick in if I knew they spent time to contact everyone who had earned $20 or more.

Even if the rest of the money went to charity, I'd still have a higher opinion of the way they've ended this operation.

Update: Their terms of services (7b, "Payments") states they won't pay out for amounts under $50. Sounds high given the expectable long tail, but they could put in work to contact those publishers.

I'd suggest never automatically playing music. I always imagine the user just watched a youtube video with really low volume.

Live press conference video stream: http://www.edxonline.org/

thanks james and commenters saltcod and tmh88j for saying that the first few weeks are the hardest. I'm banging away at the google python exercises and nearly crying. knowing that other people are going through this headache too gives me a bit of confidence to truck through.

Thanks, Eddy. I hadn't seen Django by example before, and that's exactly what I was looking for.

When does the five-month program start?

Great to hear. I'll be chipping away at this shortly. Thanks, Cieplak.

It looks like this link works:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/actually-ta...

" It already has a small, five-person development office in Portland's Pearl District, led by Payne, who moved here last year. " - http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2011/08/p...

My first 2 thoughts were: "Why is so much of the description on this page?" - I like that I see more than just the job title, but the description seems rather long...

and then i thought "no it's great that the descriptions are long, it's just a bummer that more than 10 job listings don't 'fit' on a page all at once now. I have to click 'next page' a bunch to see many job listings."

There are a rather small total number of jobs available, and the descriptions on findedjobs.com are all in plain text--why not just list all of the jobs in each category (or combination of categories) on one page?

just 2 thoughts.

Unpaid internships can work out quite well for everyone involved, but not everyone can afford to work for no pay.

Ah, i meant that as a good-humored poke at Zed's "slightly" over-the-top site... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op40ndRaaOY#t=05m31s :)

that's a quote from Johnny Mnemonic, right? ;)

go marco!

Right. Sorry for the conflation of editorial and description in that sentence.

This looks great, Antonio. What I'd really like is a feature to subscribe to small ("indy") publishers. This is similar to the "by author" feature mentioned in these comments. I'd guess that this wouldn't be a high demand feature, but by golly, that's exactly what I'd want, so I thought I'd throw in my two cents.

yea i was, both title and storyline. :)

Serenity?

There seem to be two questions here. First: 'what are some eye-opening reads'? Second: 'what are some good philosophy books?'

The fact is, "eye-opening reads" really depends on the eye, and without much context, it's very difficult to give recommendations.

So I'll name two books that were 'eye-opening' for me AND are good philosophy and another that is just 'good philosophy.'

J. S. Mill's On Liberty. Read it. It's short. It's poignant. Don't not read this book.

Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche is required reading. if you like it, check out the viking collection of works by him and read his wikipedia page. You'll get a sense of what else you'd like to read from these two sources.

The groundwork for a metaphysics of morals by Kant is a great introduction to his way of thinking/reasoning and deals with an important matter--the possibility of a moral system. This book is a good introduction to a way of philosophizing very different from the others--Kant aims to be deeply systematic and specific. While not eye-opening, 'sexy philosophy' or quite 'enjoyable,' GMM is a relatively short read and a worthwhile thought-journey.

not to sound like an ass, but if you want to seriously deal with philosophy, don't waste your time with sophies world. or 'zen and the art of...' for that matter.

it may be serious, but it is not 'philosophy' as the topic is generally understood. (not to discount it as a worthwhile read.)

i think a lot of the advice the 37signals guys give would be good to hear. their basecamp wasn't the first or "best" of its kinda but the founding team makes great arguments as to why it was the best that could be offered. check out http://37signals.com/ and the samples from their book REWORK or maybe check out DHH's site http://www.loudthinking.com/. while i wouldn't agree with all of his thoughts (at all), he does speak to/about the importance of persistence and various manifestations of ingenuity that are possible to make a product/business succeed.

at the same time, let's be realistic here--if you think that they will be able to offer a better product across the board or that the product that you're developing is quite niche and that they will own the products community, you might even now start thinking of ways that the work you've put into this tool can be redirected without being significantly diluted/compromised.

just a couple thoughts. good luck.