Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Take a Look at This Job Resume on a Beer Carton
Canadian graphic designer Brennan Gleason wanted to attract more work, so he came up with a novel concept: custom-printing his resume on boxes of the beer he brews as a sideline. “I brewed up a n… -
Yes, You Can Build VR Goggles Out of Cardboard
Maybe you’ve heard of virtual reality. Maybe the concept intrigues you to such a degree, you checked out how much it would cost to buy one of those nifty Oculus Rift headsets. Maybe you saw the n… -
Uber Protests Highlight 'Disruption' Concerns
This week, Washington, D.C., became the latest city to experience taxi drivers striking over Uber, Lyft, and other next-generation car services. As with similar protests in London and other citie… -
Java/JavaScript, PHP, Python Top RedMonk List of Language Rankings
RedMonk, a tech-industry analyst firm, has issued its latest programming-language rankings, and the list should come with no surprises to seasoned programmers and developers: Java/JavaScript, PHP… -
Which Cloud-Storage Option Is Cheapest?
Over at Technologizer, Harry McCracken has assembled a chart comparing the major cloud-storage services by price, mobile support and other metrics. For anyone debating whether to put massive amou… -
New Programming Language Uses Schwarzenegger’s One-Liners
There are lots of programming languages out there. But how many of them let you code using Arnold Schwarzenegger’s iconic one-liners? The answer is one: ArnoldC, available on GitHub. If you ever… -
Why Amazon’s Fire Phone Is Dead on Arrival
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ascended a Seattle stage yesterday to unveil the Fire Phone, his company’s first smartphone. The 4.7-inch device includes a variety of next-generation features, from streaml… -
Yahoo’s Diversity Report Shows Lack of Women in Tech, Leader Roles
Women are a significant minority at Yahoo, according to its newly released diversity report. Women make up 37 percent of Yahoo’s global workforce, while men compose 62 percent (roughly 1 percent… -
Tesla Open-Sources Its Patents
Most tech companies devote considerable time, money, and effort to enforcing their patents. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has decided to buck that longtime tradition by opening up his company’s electric-ca… -
The Epic Silliness of 'Minecraft' Creator's New Game
Imagine, for a moment, that you’re Markus “Notch” Persson, creator of Minecraft, one of the most popular video games of the decade. Within three years of entering Beta in late 2010, Minecraft had…