Ron Garret, a venture capitalist, lists 11 myths on how smartest and brightest people make mistakes when they try to convert their ideas into money. This post reminds me of couple of important point when creating a venture. The myth that he mentions are: A brilliant idea will make you rich. If you build it they will…

Did you have a Commodore 64? Do you remember fondly waiting for tapes to run and software to be read into memory? Well now you can execute some of your old C64 code in a new flash emulator. Open Source Flash brings you: fc64. Now, can someone send me Space Taxi? Flash Commodore 64 — [via…

Alexander Kjerulf in this article identifies 10 mistakes that managers make when leading geeks. Things like recognitions, training, communication, decision-making are considered in his list of mistakes: Downplay training Give no recognition Plan too much overtime Use management-speak Try to be smarter than the geeks Act inconsistent Ignore the geeks Make decisions without consulting them Don’t give them tools Forget that geeks are creative workers However…

I can’t resist posting about this. Unboxing is a website dedicated to a ritual of geek life: taking your new gadget out of the box and looking at everything that came with it. I admit this isn’t particularly hackish, but you’re geeky, right? At least a little? Check out Unboxing. Unboxing – [via del.icio.us]