“Calling a developer a coder is like a tourist calling San Francisco Frisco”

Dave Winer’s quipped on his Scripting News blog (one of the longest running websites on the internet today full of knowledge nuggets) a wonderful aside worth reviewing: I’m annoyed by the use of [the term coders] because it seems to go over our head. It seems there’s nothing we’re involved in. Not the leadership of […]

Because getting a job isn’t already difficult

The Wall Street Journal reports a new way to employ the unemployed: Zappos (a subsidiary of Amazon) is creating a social network to have candidates mingle with current employees and show if they have what it takes. Zappos, based in Las Vegas, plans to hire at least 450 people this year, but candidates won’t find […]