https://disqus.com/by/robdiana/enWed, 07 Apr 2021 07:37:34 -0000https://feld.com/archives/2021/04/partial-q1-vacation-books-and-running.html#comment-5333400546<p>I will definitely be taking a look at the Lawson/Twilio book. As a software engineer, I am always looking to improve the communication pathways.</p><p>Definitely read anything by Jemisin. She is doing fantastic work and really is a great new voice. I would recommend Mark Lawrence as well, even though he is another white male. His writing is very fast paced and all of his characters tend to be very flawed, as opposed to the near-perfect hero in most fantasy books.</p>robdianaWed, 07 Apr 2021 07:37:34 -0000https://avc.com/2019/12/getting-tech-into-the-boroughs/#comment-4718004553<p>I think a large part of the moves to Manhattan is about safety. It is a safe decision to go to the central hub because you know talent is there. Like you said, going to a borough is a harder decision. Cities outside of silicon valley and NYC have the same problems. Why not have an office in Baltimore or Philadelphia? There is definitely young talent there if you look at the number of excellent schools in both locations. There is also plenty of "experienced" talent in those areas (and the surrounding suburbs) for these companies. The most often cited reason I see companies not choosing these locations is "the talent tends to move away", but that is really because the companies continue to fight in battlegrounds like SV and NYC.</p>robdianaMon, 09 Dec 2019 09:28:32 -0000https://marshallk.com/finding-new-value-in-old-notes#comment-3923563438<p>I have not tried PMWiki, but will take a look.</p>robdianaWed, 30 May 2018 10:23:30 -0000https://marshallk.com/finding-new-value-in-old-notes#comment-3923538048<p>I have toyed with a personal wiki several times, but the software always seems to get in the way. What tool do you use?</p>robdianaWed, 30 May 2018 10:05:11 -0000https://blog.superfeedr.com/medium-acquires-superfeedr/#comment-2708594265<p>Wow! Congratulations to all of you. I hope Medium is a good home for you.</p>robdianaThu, 02 Jun 2016 12:43:57 -0000http://avc.com/2014/12/the-perfect-board/#comment-1741414268<p>In the cases above, if the CEO is a founder, why not have just one more founder on the board? I am curious as to why only one founder gets chosen.</p>robdianaSun, 14 Dec 2014 08:21:50 -0000http://tacanderson.com/post/105117474361#comment-1740786226<p>Tac - I love this! You even gave my daughters some ideas for neat things to do.</p>robdianaSat, 13 Dec 2014 17:54:35 -0000http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2014/07/29/4-types-of-user/#comment-1510761737<p>The silent majority will typically stay that way as far as I can tell. However, it really depends on how active the user community is. If you have user/developer forums, the silent majority is probably looking at those posts and learning from them. The real key is getting those people in the top right, "user evangelists", in front of the rest of the user community. They can sell your product to customers, and support it, in a way that the company can't, using real empathy.</p>robdianaTue, 29 Jul 2014 16:12:21 -0000http://lifestreamblog.com/some-thoughts-on-my-switch-to-a-fitbit-flex/#comment-1021694893<p>Don't forget about the amiigo when it comes out. Definitely looks like an interesting alternative.</p>robdianaThu, 29 Aug 2013 05:14:59 -0000http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2013/08/24/ranking-systems-what-ive-learnt-so-far/#comment-1016512302<p>Yes, that is what I was talking about.</p>robdianaSat, 24 Aug 2013 21:06:57 -0000http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2013/08/24/ranking-systems-what-ive-learnt-so-far/#comment-1015845500<p>You could also look at the FIFA national rankings which is a similar method to the UEFA rankings if I remember correctly. They also post the "methodology" which could be easily translated into some algorithm.</p>robdianaSat, 24 Aug 2013 07:13:28 -0000http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/02/godaddy-nerd-hatred/#comment-786839254<p>They make it really difficult to defend my hosting choices. Besides the fact that it is a terrible commercial, it continues to play with outdated stereotypes that are really getting annoying. I guess it is finally time to move everything I have there.</p>robdianaSat, 02 Feb 2013 13:48:28 -0000http://www.winextra.com/culture-2/the-kneeling-dragon-coffee-table-drool/#comment-772892430<p>WANT!!! That is awesome!</p>robdianaSat, 19 Jan 2013 20:50:25 -0000http://feld.com/archives/2012/12/book-enders-game.html#comment-747257469<p>If you want an interesting list, Locus just published their list of the best sci-fi and fantasy books of the 20th and 21st centuries, <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/2012/AllCenturyPollsResults.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.locusmag.com/2012/AllCenturyPollsResults.html">http://www.locusmag.com/201...</a></p>robdianaTue, 25 Dec 2012 08:37:17 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2012/11/the-best-mistake-i-ever-made-ht-kfury.html#comment-723694988<p>It is funny how things work. I had a similar situation, thinking I was going to Penn State until I got rejected. It forced me to choose what was likely better for me anyway.</p>robdianaFri, 30 Nov 2012 08:27:06 -0000http://threads2.scripting.com/2012/october/weNeedByte#comment-691359313<p>For the developer set, the closest thing I have seen is the aggregation (not the link submission) at <a href="http://dzone.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="dzone.com">dzone.com</a>. They aggregate the content from a bunch of bloggers on different topics, like various languages, web development and architecture. Not saying it is perfect, but it is one of the closest things that I have found.</p>robdianaWed, 24 Oct 2012 16:09:41 -0000http://threads2.scripting.com/2012/september/twittersEpitaph#comment-666550101<p>Just look at the difference in messaging between Google, Facebook and Twitter. Twitter is where it is due to the developer community. Google continues to create APIs and cater to developers. Facebook continues to try to make development for their platform easier and easier. Twitter has followed the trend of closing their environment or adding restrictions to their environment, all in the name of advertising. Google and Facebook make their money from advertising as well, but know that they can throw an ad on every page view. Android and Apple woo developers with all sorts of ways to make revenue for their apps. Twitter can't seem to reconcile the idea that they can make money while other people make money.</p>robdianaSat, 29 Sep 2012 18:45:25 -0000http://www.conversationagent.com/2012/09/conversation-agent-turns-six.html#comment-637051557<p>Congratulations! I hope you write for another 6 years!</p>robdianaSat, 01 Sep 2012 11:23:12 -0000http://www.newcommbiz.com/1000-blog-posts-later-blog-success-is-not-about-numbers/#comment-308533508<p>Congrats Tac! I am anxiously awaiting the next 1000.</p>robdianaTue, 13 Sep 2011 07:09:14 -0000http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tech-books-makeuseof-poll/#comment-255574387<p>You are missing the 50-99 choice for some reason.</p>robdianaSun, 17 Jul 2011 18:55:10 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2011/06/scorched-earth-data-policy-is-bad-for.html#comment-218289633<p>I have been disappointed by Steve's moves the past two years. Jumping to Posterous and now Tumbler just looks like shiny-object-syndrome. You can have short posts on WordPress and Blogger as well, they just have more power than that.</p><p>By the way, I like the upgraded design. Still looks like your blog, but looks updated.</p>robdianaSat, 04 Jun 2011 16:19:02 -0000http://www.staynalive.com/2011/05/twitter-and-facebook-both-quietly-kill.html#comment-199665856<p> I think this really comes down to different usage patterns. RSS is great for things like blogs. Typically, blogs do not have a full featured API to pull from, or at least not an easy way to pull the newest entries. Twitter and Facebook have fairly complete APIs that allow you to do various things, and the RSS feature is covered by the API. You could consider this just some code simplification because RSS feeds for users may not be heavily used. I am not saying I like it, but it does make sense.</p>robdianaSun, 08 May 2011 07:17:28 -0000http://blog.onetruefan.com/post/4561738161#comment-183465587<p>Woohoo! <a href="http://RegularGeek.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="RegularGeek.com">RegularGeek.com</a>! Thanks OneTrueFan!</p>robdianaTue, 12 Apr 2011 19:45:09 -0000http://www.hallicious.com/2011/03/20/the-little-dialers-story/#comment-168651220<p>This is definitely a cool idea. I will be loading it later to see what the kids think.</p>robdianaSun, 20 Mar 2011 14:01:12 -0000http://www.newcommbiz.com/a-total-reset-and-rediscovery/#comment-166046944<p>Generally, I am against the "big reset". My reasoning is that there are a core number of RSS feeds and social network contacts that you will likely keep at almost all times. For my RSS feeds, I tend to review my stats to see what I am reading and sharing. In some cases, I have removed popular feeds because of the signal/noise ratio in order to keep my RSS reading somewhat sane. Reviewing and pruning seems to be a good process, but it has to be continuous not once per year. Otherwise, entropy rules and you just have a lot of unread feeds with little signal.</p>robdianaTue, 15 Mar 2011 07:36:32 -0000