Using brain teasers as interview criteria is one of the worst decisions you can make as a recruiter. When I interviewed for internships back in college, many companies tried to test how well you think “outside the box” by asking these brain teasers like: “You have 9 jars that are filled with marbles that are [...]

How many times have you heard or read about a patent and thought to yourself, “What were they thinking?” The patent system is one of many parts of our society that has to be reformed. Even if the dramatic number of patent submissions has been a result of increased litigation amongst companies (especially software companies), [...]

Ever wonder why you have to type in “www.” before the actual name of the website you want to go to? Well, it’s a good question, but the answer isn’t what you wanted to hear. Years ago, “www” used to be used to differentiate between the various protocols on the internet. That’s not the case [...]

Has Microsoft completely lost touch of its customer’s needs? I used to be strictly a Microsoft user. I developed in Microsoft .NET, used Windows XP, had a Pocket PC. Not quite a fanboy, but you can see that I liked them. However, over the past few years I feel like Microsoft has completely lost touch [...]