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I'd have to recommend the Manifold trilogy by Stephen Baxter. I know it's not a book, but as a whole entity, it deserves to be looked at.

I just finished the Manifold series by Stephen Baxter. The series is a look at the (solution to, reason for, questions surrounding the) Fermi Paradox through three potential lenses. Best and most raw sci-fi I've ever read. The books left me hopeful, suspended, disgusted and in awe of the depth of this man's observation of humanity.

If you're looking for something lighter, perhaps check out Time Ships by the same author. This was the only authorized sequel to the legendary classic The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.

This.

I'm currently working my way through Stephen Baxter's Manifold trilogy. His writing is incredibly insightful and psychedelic. I'd also suggest the Time Ships (only authorized Time Machine sequel) and anything from the Xeelee universe. Maybe start with Vacuum Diagrams?

David Brin's Uplift series is brilliantly written, and personifies non-human characters wonderfully.

Heinlein has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid, and his writing always makes me giddy.

The Time Ships, by Stephen Baxter

The depth of his exploration of the human condition through the continuation of H.G. Wells' classic just floored me. My jaw was dropped practically from page one.

Have you tried Droid Sans Mono Slashed? I find that the slashed 0 helps readability quite a bit.

Another, similar thread here on HN today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8084866

If you know any journalists, I'm sure they'll have ideas -- They are (in my limited experience) intelligent and incredibly busy people, leaving them with little time to really dive in to every topic they see that interests them. Also, news organizations have been slow to catch up to the internet age. At least in the US, there are only a handful of papers REALLY diving into the app side of things. Thankfully that number is growing.

I'd love to see what you and your friends are doing with open data. I'm finding it difficult to stay motivated in my own area, with few developers and little free time.

Glad to see that people world over are investing time in open data. :)

Is there an equivalent program in Denmark or elsewhere in Europe?

Look for information you would want to see in your available media -- find a dataset and build it into a useful app to be filtered and queried in different ways. Map data points to physical locations. Correlate those things. At some point it all starts to look like a population density heat map, but sometimes you find good stuff in there. And people want to see it. They need more tangible access to all the real world data we have been collecting. Otherwise, what's the point?

I worked for a year at a newspaper and built apps and stuff like that -- it was the most fulfilling work I've ever done and I wish the situation had been able to work out. If I ever get a chance to do real news apps again, I would jump on it. Enjoy your opportunity, Anders, and be prepared to show your work.

Sometimes, the phrase "if you build it, they will come" is applicable. If you build something that shows you CAN build something, show it to the right people and you will attract attention.

Some inspiration: http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/ http://blog.apps.npr.org/ https://source.opennews.org/en-US/ http://flowingdata.com/

If the technology were there to have a workable version of Glass as a contact lens, I'd wear it all day every day. Augmentation of the senses is the next logical step, right?

I've been finding that just simply mocking up the sites/apps I'm building or even just pieces of their functionality has helped me refine what I feel is implementation of good user experience. The marker comes down to "Would I use that?", and more often than not, as fast as I can get a page up it's no match for a mockup that comes to fruition even quicker. Check out Balsamiq (http://www.balsamiq.com/) for the app that I choose to use. I also lurk ux.stackexchange.com, as mtrn suggested it's a great resource.

I'm very excited to try Angular. Your tutorial, however, is not compatible with the suggested server experience where Apache is not installed, as Node has updated to v0.8 and not only deprecated but removed the "sys" module in favor of the "util" module. Update your repos please? https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat/pull/18 https://github.com/angular/angular-seed/pull/22

Not digging against you, but this might (though, imho it shouldn't) be a barrier to entry to newcomers. I've simply resigned myself to editing the one line it takes to complete the tutorial every step of the way... Though in retrospect I think I probably could have just forked it and updated that line myself for a permanent fix... :)

I and a friend of mine launched http://www.brandonacademy.com

We'll be releasing frequent UX and content updates over the course of the next couple months as we develop new features and add more tutorials. Please feel free to make suggestions; all are welcome! :)

Thanks for the feedback! Currently there are about 1000 songs in our database. We plan on adding more, and more instruments, soon.

Thanks for the feedback nik! I'm glad you like the idea. Personally, I can't wait to add more videos and more instruments so the appeal and potential audience of the site grows.

I plan on adding a feedback form to the search page when there are no results, so that users can suggest more music to add. That's at the top of my list for things to do today actually. Right now we've got about 1000 tutorials, but we're planning on adding more soon, of other instruments and more songs. Guitar will be the next instrument added.

As to the pages with dead videos, there should be a link under each video that says "Broken video?", that will pop up a feedback form.

I think a proper response to this question would be in the form of another... What would happen if the US doesn't default? I was raised to think that my parents tried their damndest to leave this world a better place for their children. They might have, but their generation sure failed in that respect. Continuing the charade as if a debt-based economy isn't hurting anyone is just asking for more trouble down the line. Why don't we, as a people of the world, do the responsible thing and get rid of the corruption linking politicians, multinational corporations and banks. The people of the world are suffering and it ain't getting any easier. I heard Latvia just voted to oust their parliament because it was as bad as the US government. Corrupt politicians doing favors for the ones with the "money" and leaving the little guy (the other 99%) to fend for himself.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/07/20117232155...

Also, Ron Paul has some words of wisdom on this topic. He has been saying the same thing his entire career and people keep calling him crazy. I think it's about time we listen.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-22/default-now-or-suff...

Though the rest of the features are relatively mild, I'm definitely a fan of the "hangout". I was just on a chat earlier with 4 friends - I'm in the pacific northwest, three of them were in the midwest in several cities and one was all the way on the other side of the world, in Calcutta. Quality was fantastic and smooth, especially considering our pal in India was on a tethered 1Mbps cellular connection. Needless to say, I'm sold. Google+ makes Skype look like some teenager's high school science project gone wrong.

Hope I can be helpful with this. I believe in active meditation, for lack of a better term. All of my activities I take in stride, paying attention to what I'm doing instead of just walking blindly through life. At least, that's the goal!

I got started on this when I decided to start working for myself actually. Now that I have a say in my schedule, the pressure of "getting there" practically doesn't exist! With that out of the way I only do what I enjoy doing and it allows me to take the time I need. I get to spend time each day on ME because I don't have to answer to THEM.

Good luck mate! Freeing myself from the cyclical struggle was the best thing I've ever done. It wasn't nor is easy but it's worth it for all the benefit I've seen!

This is great! One of the reasons 2010 has been so wonderful for me is because of the lack of fear I've had! It took awhile for me to get over all of this... half of 2008, all of 2009, and the beginning of 2010 were all wasted because I was too scared to do anything!

Two years of my life could (and would) have been better spent working in a field I love on projects I enjoy with people that constantly push me to excel but because of the rejection I experienced (mostly in my own head, mind you) in the first half of 2008, I froze and was unable to get past it. Well, thank [insert higher power of choice here] for that because this year I'm back on the horse and 2011 brings nothing but amazing potential and a blank slate every day for me to fill.

To anyone stuck where I was: Keep pushing forward. When you realize that the rejection is your own head working against you, you'll finally feel free. It gets different!

A big part of me got over my past failures and just moved on. For me this is big and has allowed me to successfully take on new clients and explore the larger world of a freelance web dev. I learned that it's not about the perceived failure or success in anyone's perspective but my own. We're human beings; very flawed (at best) creatures and our communication breakdowns happen, but it's not about those breakdowns. Rather, what we do with them afterward.

Oh yeah, and I climbed a mountain this year. Next year I'm going to climb two.

My condolences. My father plays a huge role in my life. He's got Parkinson's Disease and has had it for well over a decade now... it will eventually kill him. So I've had time to think about this. The truth is, when it comes time, I have no idea how I will deal with it. But my father, being the person he is, would want me to live my life to the best of my ability and live it without getting hung up on the little things. The reality is that we all die eventually, like it or not. To honor the memory of our loved ones we should do what they would want and I doubt they would want us to be so stricken with grief as to shut down our lives. I like what michael_dorfman had to say; you are very fortunate that you got to spend as much time as you did with your father. Cherish his memory, always.

Hit up @abraham. Good friend of mine. He's moving to the bay area and actively looking for a place now. Good luck!

Javascript

Read Javascript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford. After reading this, I can't help but agree that JS has always gotten a bad rep and been undervalued. It really can be an elegant language, and Crockford found the perfect way to demonstrate that.

Worked fine for me!

18 - Learn proper use of a version control system.

"I find it a much better strategy to talk about what problems a manager is facing and how my joining the team will help resolve those problems."

This. I have a short list of 3-4 references and 3-4 gigs that I've done that I use with all my potential new clients. This covers pretty much any scenario I have the capability to handle on my own. Aside from that, I don't much advertise my other work unless it applies. I'd rather talk about the potential new client's issues and how I've dealt with them in the past, in specifics, than talk of a job gone wrong that has nothing to do with their need.

Take a look at Drupal. Historically it's needed the most help in the front-end department. There are tons of opportunities within the Drupal sphere. Also, Top Notch Themes (developed Skinr and Fusion, some up and coming theme related Drupal contribs) is hiring. Maybe try to get your feet wet there? Link below.

http://www.topnotchthemes.com/team/jobs

Thanks for providing (a) detailed response(s). I really appreciate the time you took. I know that one of the reasons I value the communities I'm a part of is for what you just demonstrated. As Mike would say, "I am but an egg" and I need the others in the community to point out where I have an opportunity for growth and explain why. I definitely appreciate the gnu.org link.

I guess where I disagree with all of this is in my implementation. I choose to provide services (as a consultant) rather than goods (in the form of modules or themes). I can't disagree with the result though, as the end is often the same.

Sorry for my attack on the thread; I suppose what I really wanted to do was ask a question and I didn't know how. Thank you ktsmith for being patient enough to help me along. :)