I just setup my Tonidoplug yesterday (based on the same basic technology from what I understand). Primarily as a backup server, but the sharing between pc, laptop and mobiles is definitely cool: http://www.tonidoplug.com/tonido_plug.html
Personally, I think it's a myth. I did a lot of y2k work in cobol in '98-'99. It has been on my resume ever since then, but I've not had one recruiter call me up asking about my cobol skills, just my more recent java and db skills.
I wonder if there could be a model where an author releases a "beta" version of their book at a cheaper price and then "fixes" suggested by readers are then released for free to those who bought the original. A kind of group editing. A later version 1 could be released at a higher price for those who don't want to deal with errors.
Having worked at a startup that had the most loyal employees I've ever seen, I can offer these points that I noticed (aimed at the rockstar employees):
1. Pay them above market rate.
2. Involve them in your idea process.
3. Give overall guidance, but let them brainstorm how to implement an idea and who will work on it.
I do wish that there had been an easier forum to speak to startup founders who were looking for developers etc. to join their startups (even a simple sheet/board of paper stating who's looking, and what they're looking for would have been good).
I found the whole stage event engaging (every speaker held my attention). Took me a little while to decode the color stripes on everyone's name-tags (my own olive stripe seemed to represent something to do with databases), but at least it gave a starting point for networking conversations. I found it amusing that the startup speakers wanted to encourage people to start their own startups, but almost apologetically also wanted people to join their startups instead.
I do wish that there had been an easier forum to speak to people who were looking for developers etc. to join their startups (even a simple sheet/board of paper stating who's looking, and what they're looking for would have been good).
It is amusing how we hackers, who are supposed to embrace change, become as Luddite as anyone else when our sacred tools are questioned. Personally I see room for this and a whole lot more. I'd like to see an amalgam of this and the traditional terminal (easy way to pull up a traditional terminal if you need it). There is no need to "replace"; I think this makes a fine addition to a hackers workspace.
When I stayed in a zen monastery a while back, I averaged 6 hours of sleep a night, and always felt refreshed, but out in the regular world, even with daily meditation, I need about 8 hours of sleep. So I think that the environment and meditation techniques must play a part.
I've been there. Just know that this too will end. Take some quiet time out and use your analytical brain to think outside the box. I did that and found a way to manage my debt so that I didn't feel crushed by it (closed all credit cards, and took a loan on my 401k - paid it all off in 3 years). Started working remotely part-time and took the occasional day off. Little things help.
You're certainly correct there, but they only value "firefighting" for a brief moment too. Unless you've been firefighting directly for upper management - they'll forget, or not even know of your effort shortly after it happens. You're only likely to get rewarded for efficiency in smaller companies where the management has enough technical knowledge to appreciate your efficiency.
To feel well and fully alive sometimes requires one to step out of the boundaries of comfort (and some would say sanity). I honestly believe that you don't appreciate your life as much as when you've been close to losing it.
You know what? - We need something that's an amalgam of a dating site and a resume site; take a look at okcupid sometime - they have a mass of questions that users can add and answer that then provide a percentage match. Something like this between employers/recruiters and prospective employees could trim the dross, and help tailor the results for the specific job and individual. Sounds like a startup idea to me.
I do 2: Tai-Chi for breathing and balance, and kickboxing for cardio (I just do the training, no sparring). My advise is to do something local (close to home), that involves other people; there's more chance that you'll stick with it (IMHO).
I've always found that it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission in a large bureaucratic technically simplified corporation, otherwise I'd get nothing done. Ask, and they say "no".
I think this clarifies things:
"There is going to be some questions about this decision in relation to GNOME. I want to make something crystal clear: Ubuntu is a GNOME distribution, we ship the GNOME stack, we will continue to ship GNOME apps, and we optimize Ubuntu for GNOME. The only difference is that Unity is a different shell for GNOME, but we continue to support the latest GNOME Shell development work in the Ubuntu archives"
From: http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/10/25/ubuntu-11-04-to-ship-uni...
You can still install it yourself... both Windows and Linux don't come with it already installed. I think that that is Jobs's point - if they bundled it, it was out of date by ship-time.
Try a true english tea like PG Tips - there's just no way you'll fall asleep after drinking a cup of that; the teabag is about 60% bigger than the average american teabag (one of those strange things is that teabags in america are smaller than the english version (same brand)).
Tried it. Didn't work for my children. As the article says though, it's not for everyone. My kids are super-smart, but lazy, and unfortunately need structure. I homeschooled them for several years, but both of them asked to go to "real" school eventually, one by the age of 6 and the other by 8 (they were about 2 years ahead of the other kids when they enrolled). I think that it's worth the experiment though, but be prepared for the unexpected as you're dealing with an individual, not an ideal.
I fully agree with this one. By simply switching my blackberry to not buzz me when emails came in felt like a vacation. I realized at that point that I was close to burn-out.
Not if the idea sits in someone's head. The execution is extremely important. I've had ideas that pre-dated devices like the ipad and iphone by 15 years, but because I didn't do anything with those ideas, they were essentially useless.
But don't forget that America was having a hard time funding the war at that point. They had to end it quickly or they would have run out of money and given Japan time to rebuild their war machine.