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The "Creation of Compelling Applications" isn't a strategy, it's the only reason that platforms exist.
I've been a volunteer Banshee dev (~20 KLOC) for about 4 years. With limited time to contribute I wouldn't be nearly as productive if I had used C or Python. Without Mono lowering the (time) barrier for entry I probably wouldn't be a long-term free software developer.
Personally, I'm sad to see JavaScript coming to the forefront with GNOME 3.0.
I think that you may be overreacting a bit.
I immediately called her back, explained what Linux was, how Facebook works, and a little about IP addresses.
This woman was like a mother to me, she laughed herself after I explained everything to her!
"Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again."
Any given idea in sci-fi (are they going to make us refer to it as syfy now?) may or may not be particularly useful in and of itself. Most ideas is sci-fi are completely impractical anyway, so why fret about it?
Art / literature / music / what have you are not resources that can be mined. You can't freebase Heinlein (though I like the thought) or take a bump of Ernst.
Follow your interests, experience works as a whole, and don't expect to be changed.
I would argue that the difference between sci-fi and pop business is that few people truly enjoy business books (not to mention the fact that most business books have a shelf-life of 12 minutes.)
They read them because they believe that they will put them on the path to, well, I don't know what. True there's wisdom to be had out there, but, you usually can't buy it for $19.99+S/H, regardless of genre.
You can read "Time Enough For Love" or just the "Notebooks of Lazarus Long."
You can drink wine with your friends or dash your brains out with 190-proof Everclear.
The value is in the experience, not the proof.
1) Live life.
2) Don't be a douche.
3) Stop thinking about money.
4) Be genuinely interested in what you do.
5) Profit.
I worked at a company where the President loved, Loved, LOVED pop business books. He hopped on every trend, told Seth Godin's stories as if they were his own (has a purple cow w\ the company logo, etc), and even tried to create a style of management based on Survivor.
When "seeking" knowledge he looked away from rigorous research and observation to the Amazon top lists.
I've never seen unhappier employees.
It has changed in the last few years and the change has been even more dramatic in the last 6 months or so. The long September started last year and now people are coming to 4Chan expecting nothing more than to cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war. They have no interest in the history of 4Chan or in creating new content.
They come because it's trendy.
Just like Usenet, /., Digg, Reddit, and someday HN, the people who matter will leave and find a new home.
Has anyone looked into filing an operating agreement in Nevada instead of Delaware? Among other benefits, a cursory glance at the facts seemed to indicate that the tax burden would be lower in Nevada.
Am I missing something obvious?