Year: 2009

At Fog Creek Software, every worker at the same level is paid the same salary. And when one gets a raise, they all do

* Attention – Attract the attention of the customer
* Interest – Raise customer interest by focusing on and demonstrating advantages and benefits
* Desire – Convince customers that they want and desire the product or service and that it will satisfy their needs
* Action – Lead customers towards taking action and/or purchasing

GalleryView aims to provide jQuery users with a flexible, attractive content gallery that is both easy to implement and a snap to customize.

Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%. Can good design save the newspaper? It just might.

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"My point is, newfangled businesses need to be priced fairly if they hope to supplant existing ones. Apple knew this instinctively with the 99 cent song. The first ebook publisher to be successful will not be the one that charges ten bucks for a digital copy."

"They actually work to keep reality from us, whether it's the truth of money in politics, the social costs of 'free trade,' growing inequality, the resegregation of our public schools, or the devastating onward march of environmental deregulation."
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"What Jefferson was applauding was the newspapers' capacity as a forum for debate (and sometimes slander), not exposé."
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"Even an excellent newspaper carries only a few articles each day that could honestly be said to nurture the democratic way."

Achron is the world's first meta-time strategy game, a real-time strategy game where players and units can jump to and play at different times simultaneously and independently.

Times change, and taboos change with them. What sort of taboos exist nowadays in the world of publishing?
Q: Once upon a time, sf/f was full of taboos: no swearing, no sex, etc. We're thankfully past those days, but are there any taboos still remaining or new ones that have sprung up? Have you ever had trouble with publishing something, or caught yourself self-censoring?

In search of the ultimate sushi experience, the author plunges into the frenzy of the world's biggest seafood market—Tokyo's Tsukiji, where a bluefin tuna can fetch more than $170,000 at auction—and discovers the artistry between ocean and plate, as well as some fishy surprises.