There has to be about a bazillion blog themes out there, ranging from free to several hundred dollars. So how do you choose the one that will work best for your blog? You could hire a designer to create a custom theme just for you, which can be pretty pricy, but a better solution for MORE >>

As someone obsessed with human computer interaction, the Kinect is an important piece of hardware. Of all the various things Microsoft is working on these days, I find it the most interesting. Microsoft’s Kinect Accelerator is powered by TechStars  and applications for the Kinect Accelerator are now being accepted  through January 25, 2012. If MORE >>

Self-promotion is a necessary evil for anyone starting a business. Here's how to do it so you don't seem like you've sold out. The biggest obstacle I had to overcome as a first-time start-up founder was the discomfort I felt about brazenly promoting my own business. And I’m not the only one. Nobody likes a braggart. It seems unauthentic. MORE >>

Paul Graham knows how to make new things: I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly. 6 Principles for Making New Things by @paulg. What happens when you don’t? Two weeks. MORE >>

Employees who are mediocre and insecure about their own abilities tend to hire others who are not as good as they are so they can feel superior to them. players will hire C players, C players will hire D players, and so on down the line until your organization is filled with bozos. Hire Only People Who Are Better Than Yourself. Tweet. MORE >>