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Facebook: New York Branch Adds Engineering, and More Hires Coming

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The article says it all.  To break it down:

  • The NY Branch, which is mostly marketing, is getting an Engineering Branch.  This maks sense on many levels – it adds more location diversity, gives them a technical footprint, increases recruiting opportunities, and lets then interface with bigwigs.
  • There will be hiring in Palo Alto and Seattle as well.

So frankly if you want to work for Facebook, send your resume, though I'd suspect if you're an NY Engineer you'll want to do research because I suspect this will be a team they have specific plans for.

Two questions come up here:

  • Will Facebook move any jobs?  I'm not sure.  I wouldn't expect anything significant until after the NY Branch is "stocked up."
  • Will this change the character of the company.  I can certainly see claims of it if the NY Branch gets bit.

– Steven Savage

Yahoo Shuts Down Four Entertainment Sites

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I completely missed this news.  Not that it surprises me as, well, it's Yahoo and they've been having their problems lately.  I'm not sure it means anything except likely more unemployed people, and makes me wonder how their talks about acquisitons are going – and Microsoft is a possible suitor.

With so many sites on the web I'm not sure Yahoo's offerings will be missed, though people writing in similar entertainment venues might want to be a bit concerned about A) a bit more competition, and B) they may be seen as unnecessary as well.

Also, if a buyout is coming, yahoo may be streamlining themselves . . .

– Steven Savage

Steve’s Kill Your Cable Adventure #1: The Device Experience and The Discussion

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Well, there's a lot of re-orging going on at my apartment.  One roommate is moving away for work for a year.  Another may move.  Plus we've thought of a relocation anyway for a bit more walkability.

Somewhere among all of this we came up with trying to Kill Your Cable.

It fits.  It saves a good amount of money a month, lets you not pay for stuff you don't want, and it's seemingly the wave of the future.  So my remaining roommate and I looked into this – and I'm going to share my findings.

Kill Your Cable both seems to be a trend – and be inevitable.  So I'm going to explore it from the user end and see what lessons we can learn from it – programmers and media people, pay special attention!

So here's what we found.

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