# Hello

No shortage of good reads to start the year off, enjoy! +Kale

# Selected Articles

• 12 resolutions for programmers
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• A Man. A Van. A Surprising Business Plan.
  (npr.org) comments
• Never create Ruby strings longer than 23 characters
  (patshaughnessy.net) comments
• Why do we pay sales commissions?
  (blog.fogcreek.com) comments
• Why Don't Smartphones Have A "Guest Mode"?
  (techcrunch.com) comments
• Visitor.js
  (visitorjs.com) comments
• I am done with the Freemium Business Model
  (tylernichols.com) comments
• There's no shame in code that is simply "good enough"
  (blog.phiz.net) comments
• How Trello is different
  (joelonsoftware.com) comments
• Apple ][ game server
  (asciiexpress.net) comments
• Stop reading this blog and learn something
  (avdi.org) comments
• PayPal forces buyer to destroy $2500 pre-WWII antique violin in dispute
  (regretsy.com) comments

# Ask HN

• Poll: As a freelancer, how much do you bill per hour?
• Ask HN: Oops, I just sold my startup to a piano company. Now what?
• Ask HN: How can I self-evaluate my programming skills?
• Ask HN: Fundamental texts for serious web engineers?
• Ask HN: What's your experience with remote working? as employees/employers?

# Classics

• Where can I fly for how much? comments
• The Diskette That Blew Trixter's Mind comments
• My new year's resolution is to email my 15 months old son daily

# Recent startups/projects/apps launched

• TileMill - an application for making beautiful maps comments
• Nokia Maps 3D (WebGL) comments
• Show HN: How I built a self-driving (RC) car. comments
• Let's update the HN circle on Google Plus comments
• Show HN: During the last week, I built a SPDY server. comments
• Play a Ruby + AI Coding Game in Your Browser via Bloc comments

# Code/Dev

• A Programming Idiom You've Never Heard Of comments
• How the first Pascal compiler was written comments
• NASA's open source projects comments
• Node.js stdlib ported to CoffeeScript comments
• Complete Google App Engine + Backbone.js + Require.js Todo list Web App Example comments
• Google Hackathon winners: Wolfram Alpha & Minesweeper right in your spreadsheet comments

# Design

• Impress.js - a Prezi like implementation using CSS3 3D transformations comments
• Show HN: Scrollorama comments
• IPhone 4 in pure CSS3 comments
• HTML5: With Great Templates Comes Great Responsivity comments
• Using AI to design board games comments
• Roboto: Android font explained By Glenn Fleishman comments
• What The Heck Is Responsive Web Design? comments
• Cross Browser HTML5 Progress Bars In Depth comments

# Books

• Python for Humans comments
• How I Wrote and Self-Published a Book: Step by Step comments

# Videos

• Top TED Talks of 2011 To Inspire Tech Startups comments
• Vi Hart and Khan Academy Join Forces comments

# Job Threads

• Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (January 2012)
• Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2012)
• Why 37signals Doesn't Hire Programmers Based on Brainteasers comments
• Stop whining and start hiring remote workers comments
• Being recruited in the USA comments
• Y Combinator Startups: Job Board
• UseTheSource Job Board

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