- How Facebook Ships Code — all engineers go through 4 to 6 week “Boot Camp” training where they learn the Facebook system by fixing bugs and listening to lectures given by more senior/tenured engineers. estimate 10% of each boot camp’s trainee class don’t make it and are counseled out of the organization. Reminded me of Zappos paying people to leave. (via Hacker News)
- EU Funds Scala — it’s a research project at a university, and just got a big pile of funding from the EU.
- Biotic Games — they make Pong, Pacman, Pinball, etc. from biotech. (via Andy Baio)
- Asleep and Awake (BERG London) — It’s glowing rectangles all the way down: those backlit screens that suck your attention. Matt J described it nicely a few years ago: the iPhone is a beautiful, seductive but jealous mistress that craves your attention, and enslaves you to its jaw-dropping gorgeousness at the expense of the world around you. Reminded me of Jesse Robbins’s great line, “mobile is the opposite of mindful”.
ENTRIES TAGGED "EU"
Four short links: 18 January 2011
How Facebook Ships, EU Funds, Bacteria Play, and Screens Capture
European Union starts project about economic effects of open government data
Open source advocate Marco Fioretti has just announced the start of a
study on open data for the European Union, with a focus on economic
benefits for local businesses. Related surveys are also mentioned.
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