I've been using Pocket since it was ReadItLater. Two areas need improvement: 1) display of recipes in article mode and 2) display and redirection of Reddit articles. I'm intrigued with the yacy setup of user l72. I may check that out...
Totally on board with this. I'm currently looking for a 1/2 time contract gig, mostly because that's about all I want to work in conjunction with running a household and raising two kids.
I had a pretty similar experience, albeit not quite as dramatic. Coordination was difficult. The biggest surprise was them saying "We'll Skype every day", but with their slow internet connection, that really meant Skype IM. Not going to make this mistake again....
Haha, living up to your username. I'm good with the Starbucks card. I told the non-coffee drinkers that they serve a lot more than coffee, but they weren't convinced. I also found out that the employees in our UK office receive a Starbucks card for 40 Euros.
It seems that in your company's case the act of giving out these Starbucks cards is causing trouble rather than making employees happy! Exactly the opposite of the management intention I'm sure but it's an interesting insight to how well intentioned ideas can go wrong. Thanks!
I remember two firms from previous HN posts that stuck with me, Fog Creek and Balsamiq. Joel's methodology might be a little complex, but it makes sense.
The quality of a talk is probably inversely proportional to the "stand-alone-ability" of the slides. If you can get all the information from the slides they're way too dense. The best lecturers use the slides for pictures and as an outline, but deliver most of the information through speech.
