Easy ways to fail – some common mistakes in a software project

This one is about the 5 common mistakes in software project setup. Amazing writeup by Joel Spolsky, as usual.

 

blackle – the black google

Came across this ‘energy-saving’ site today. Its called Blackle aka Black Google. It basically shows the google home page with a black background.

The purpose of this site: It has been shown through research that a screen with white background consumes more power that black background. So a website such as google with its massive search-related queries will consume a big amount of energy. Blackle is a result of converting google’s white background to black one so that it can save tons of energy!!

more here http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/01/black-google-would-save-3000-megawatts.html

Interesting one, huh! But questions remain: What will happen to the readability? How am I supposed to see my site24×7 google ads on a black screen?

 

Hugh’s views on Enterpreneurship

Hugh Macleod(of gaping void fame), one of my heroes, has an excellent article on enterpreneurship. Its titled random thoughts on being an entrepreneur.

Some of the points made me think instantly.

#24 made me chuckle.

 

Organizing your RSS feeds

Marshall Kirkpatrick used to work at Techcrunch. Now, after becoming the Director of Content at Splashcast, he has revealed the secrets of his news gathering ability at Techcrunch through this blog post.

Very useful read.  Gives lots of hints into effectively organizing your RSS feeds and prioritizing them to make sure that no important information goes unnoticed.

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