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Instant Usability... How Freshbooks.Com Turns Learners into Users on Every Page. Good look at how to do in-line help for a web app to enable user exploration.

36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More!

Obama Stump Speech Strategy Of Conciliation Considered Harmful. A short history of the last 40 years of American politics and how Obama's "change" message fits into it.

I'm finding the argument against Obama convincing. I'm getting pretty annoyed by Obama's knocks on progressive politics lately. I'm also not convinced that Obama can "change" Washington. Re-inventing politics seems impossible to me. On the other hand, Mark Schmitt argues that Obama's message is actually a tactic aimed at undermining conservatives. Maybe so.

Registration for Code Freeze '08 is now open.

Code Freeze is the U of M's annual software engineering conference. The topic this year is innovation. It looks like there's some good speakers lined up.

The event is 8 am - 5pm on January 17. The cost is $90 ($75 for UMN alumni).