These can be the 3 scariest words in the english language. They’re even scarier if you’re an engineer. You’re supposed to be an ubergenius! How dare you not know everything! However, the stark reality is — none of us know anything, and until one is comfortable knowing and accepting that, you’re going to be spending a lot of time praying no one asks you what you’re doing as you’re fumbling through search pages and trial and error.

To be clear, too, there’s a distinct...

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So this week is truly cut in two. This sucks. Two 2 day work weeks makes for some funky work patterns. It also makes customers really tough to get ahold of, because a great deal of the true decision makers are taking 5 day weekends. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of long weekends, but it’s a crappy way to start off a new quarter. As well, it’s really difficult to get the nerds into a pattern when they’re going to be here, then not, then here. That being said, it’s great for me...

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The holidays are wrapping up, the gloves are about to come back off, and we’re going to see the political invective and high-energy campaigning kick up a notch here in the next few days, especially in the early primary states. The first state to be picking the presidential nominees this year is the state of Iowa.

I’ve had several folks send information that their blog or podcast is going to be closely covering the primary voting and exit polling as it happens, and I know from...

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This is what I read on TechCrunch today:

Plaxo, the Sequoia-backed start that transformed itself from a hated spam monster into a mild mannered and interesting business social network, has started a sale process according to a source. They’ve hired an investment bank, Revolution Partners, who are spearheading the sale effort.

We do not know what price Plaxo is looking for. The company has raised $28.3 million to date over four rounds, including $9 million last February....

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The new and improved blogs are finally working here at SK!

Nancy