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Quora, a hot Q&A startup has been gaining traction at an astounding rate for a while now. Though not a frequent user, I was impressed by the many candid answers from some of the biggest names in our industry (IT). A lot of inside information and perspective can be found there, and it's a credit to their team for getting those players on board. (more...)
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My take on Quora vs. Stackoverflow, or substance vs. social
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011If you like t-shirts, check this out
Thursday, December 11th, 2008My good friend and Octabox co-founder, Tal Zubalsky, is a graphic designer by trade. He is also an avid t-shirts fan and therefor a threadless fan (who isn't? 
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He has recently decided to have a go at a t-shirt design himself, and came up with this brilliant concept which I think is pretty awesome. If you like t-shirts and have a threadless account, please take the time to have a look and vote for it (I'd really like to see it printed 
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A web 2.0 business model can work, and work well
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008The term web 2.0 has been frequently misused and misunderstood, however it is more than a buzz word - it defines a very real phenomenon in which user generated content can be the driving force behind an online site / service.
Some very well known and successful online entities can be considered as such - Wikipedia in which users contribute knowledge, Digg in which users help others find interesting articles by voting and facebook which is the current golden standard for social networking (in which user generated content - UGC - is a given).
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The life expectancy of IE6
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Internet Explorer 6 (abbr. IE6) is the biggest thorne in a web developer's behind at current times. This legacy browser, released almost 7 years ago, is known for its multitude of offenses on security and standards compliance and still has a sizeable user base to this day. Its market share makes it impossible for us developers to ignore it still, despite how much we would want to do just that.
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