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1. The Universal Design Pattern (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
127 points by mqt on Oct 20, 2008 | 44 comments
2. How Steve Jobs pitches a startup (venturehacks.com)
81 points by paulsb on Oct 20, 2008 | 16 comments
3. Apple responds to "I'm a PC" (movies.apple.com)
72 points by andygeers on Oct 20, 2008 | 162 comments
4. Techies Vs. The Business (plpatterns.com)
67 points by jonnytran on Oct 20, 2008 | 17 comments
5. 20 tips for MySQL db architects (scribd.com)
58 points by nocivus on Oct 20, 2008 | 26 comments
6. Get Rid of the Performance Review (wsj.com)
53 points by prakash on Oct 20, 2008 | 25 comments
7. Balsamiq's thoughts on software piracy (balsamiq.com)
46 points by pchristensen on Oct 20, 2008 | 18 comments
8. DIY: Blender Defender keeps cats off counters. (plasma2002.com)
33 points by humanlever on Oct 20, 2008 | 11 comments
9. The Facebook Platform is dead (allfacebook.com)
32 points by senthil_rajasek on Oct 20, 2008 | 15 comments
10. Startup tip to save $15,000 a year: Just stop paying your mortgage (signonsandiego.com)
31 points by vlad on Oct 20, 2008 | 25 comments
11. Twitter and Yammer Test Dot-com Business Models (nytimes.com)
29 points by razorburn on Oct 20, 2008 | 3 comments
12. Steve Jobs Explains NeXT's Strategy (1991) [vid] (youtube.com)
28 points by nickb on Oct 20, 2008 | 9 comments
13. Be Kind to the Color Blind (particletree.com)
27 points by bdotdub on Oct 20, 2008 | 21 comments
14. Kramnik just blew a superior position in the World Chess Championship (susanpolgar.blogspot.com)
25 points by mnemonicsloth on Oct 20, 2008 | 13 comments
15. Rotating 3D Cube in JavaScript (maettig.com)
24 points by denglish on Oct 20, 2008 | 11 comments
16. Clay Shirky: It's Not Information Overload. It's Filter Failure. (scienceblogs.com)
24 points by namin on Oct 20, 2008 | 2 comments
17. Rails Rumble 2008 Apps (48hrlaunch.wordpress.com)
23 points by melvinram on Oct 20, 2008 | 10 comments
18. Acer Aspire One netbook for $309.99 (crunchgear.com)
19 points by ashishk on Oct 20, 2008 | 20 comments
19. Researchers log keystrokes from afar with an antenna (infoworld.com)
19 points by snydeq on Oct 20, 2008 | 11 comments
20. Some even straighter talk from Pierre Francois of 74s (74signals.com)
17 points by kn0thing on Oct 20, 2008 | 11 comments
21. Developing Cocoa Applications Using MacRuby (developer.apple.com)
16 points by sant0sk1 on Oct 20, 2008 | 6 comments
22. Let's Be Serious: Online Display Ads Will Fall Sharply In 2009 (alleyinsider.com)
14 points by nickb on Oct 20, 2008 | 5 comments
23. Capitalism at bay (economist.com)
14 points by donna on Oct 20, 2008 | 9 comments
24. Your CV in LaTeX - part four (italians.nl)
13 points by denglish on Oct 20, 2008 | 6 comments
25. Bloom Filter Based RESTful Resources (bitworking.org)
12 points by BFalkner on Oct 20, 2008
26. The cost of First Click Free (roughtype.com)
12 points by bdfh42 on Oct 20, 2008 | 7 comments
27. Record Label ‘Infringes’ Own Copyright, Site Pulled (torrentfreak.com)
11 points by epi0Bauqu on Oct 20, 2008 | 4 comments
28. Government 2.0: Ask What You Can Hack for Your Country (mashable.com)
11 points by timae on Oct 20, 2008 | 2 comments
29. The Osborne Myth (wikipedia.org)
11 points by raganwald on Oct 20, 2008 | 3 comments
30. For job seekers, end of the Google gravy train (ft.com)
11 points by razorburn on Oct 20, 2008 | 5 comments

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