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andrewducker

Interesting Links for 08-05-2012

May 08, 2012 12:00

The truth about space pens
(tags: space pen writing NASA )
Move fast and break things - why Facebook (the company) works the way it does.
(tags: MarkZuckerberg facebook business development software social )
A brilliant post about how similar software development and having your bathroom refitted are.
(tags: projectmanagement software ( Read more... )

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Comments 2

momentsmusicaux May 8 2012, 12:13:43 UTC

"only rolling out Facebook to new schools when he was certain that the company’s servers and software could handle the traffic load"

Wasn't it also that in making access to FB limited, he made it more desirable and gave it social cachet?

octopoid_horror May 8 2012, 17:06:59 UTC

"The fixed price contract purchased 34 units at a total cost of $4,382.50, or $128.89 per unit. That created something of a controversy at the time, as many people believed it was a frivolous expense. NASA backtracked immediately and equipped the astronauts with less costly items. "

So they spent $4,382.50 on pencils that they never used?