If you want a quick reality check as to whether you can Get Things Done, I recommend the practice rooms at topcoder.com. If you can complete one of their tasks in C++ or Java within an hour, and your solution actually passes all the system tests, you can definitely program your way out of paper bag!

Our son was born March 12th, 2009 . He's a little over two and a half years old. Now, I am the wussiest wuss to ever wuss up the joint, so take everything I'm about to say with a grain of salt – but c

Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 Entrepreneurs Who Go It Alone — By Choice In the fall of 2007, Marco Arment was working as lead developer at Tumblr, the social network and blogging platform, when he noticed that he kept losing the links to interesting stories that he didn't immediately have time to read. So…

I last saw Steve Jobs a year and half ago. I spent an hour alone in his company while he showed me the latest piece of magical hardware to have come from the company he had founded in 1976, the yet to be released Apple iPad. Naturally I was flattered to have been approved by him to be the one to…

My takedown of the poor iPad experiences offered by major magazine publishers resonated with the audience. It is obvious that many people are not happy with the current experience offered in the tablet space. What is also apparent is that they want to be. I am not the only want who looks forward to…

After the WWDC keynote four months ago, I saw Steve, up close. He looked old. Not old in a way that could be measured in years or even decades, but impossibly old. Not tired, but weary; not ill or unw

I first came across the phrase social graph in 2007, in an essay by Brad Fitzpatrick , though I'd be curious to know if it goes back further. The idea of representing relationships between people as n

Essay writing is a technical academic assignment that students should write before accomplishing their course. The essay requirements usually vary depending on the institute’s preferences and the cour

THEN: THINK DIFFERENT (Part One) February 1984: It’s a classic winter day in Aspen. Snow is falling like heavy cotton as photographer Jeffrey Aaronson sits hunched over his light table, editing film.

The recently released Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” (read my review of it at The Guardian ) includes a new version of Mail, Apple’s desktop email client. There are several new features in Mail that I’m enjoyin

This post is extremely geeky. If you’re not into computer minutia, feel free to skip it. My current Mac Pro era, started in February 2008 , is over. My flings with MacBook Airs are also over for the f

Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance 1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful bec