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Excellent, and funny too
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Did you know Swampcast has interviews with Jonathan Schwartz, former CEO of Sun Microsystems, Brion Vibber, former CTO of Wikipedia, Pandora's CEO and CTO and more? Here's the story of Swampcast:…
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Engine Yard created an infographic that will help you learn about node.js:
"Node.js is a server-side framework for JavaScript that has…
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Many of you probably know Dave - he wants some feedback on Magnolia and so do I. http://www.magnolia-cms.com/product/features/overview.html It's open and full featured and I like it. WHat do you know about it?…
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Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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