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ASUS RT-N66U is nice, didn't have a need for AC. I have that and an older Netgear WNR3500l (v1) running upstairs and down same SSID different channels. Tomato is my firmware of choice although ASUS with Merlin is pretty solid.

There were some pretty good router deal on Black Friday, be on the lookout for the ASUS on Cyber Monday I'd say.


Best Buy (Minneapolis, MN) - Full time, strong in HQ presence required to start. Team growing quickly working on more flexible officing as we grow.

Best Buy is looking for an entrepreneurial minded Product Managers to be key part of our fast growing Digital Experience and Mobile team focused on producing a diverse array of Mobile and digital products on the go, online or in-store. This role will bring to life new digital products that empower consumers to learn, explore, and engage with consumer electronics across Best Buy's digital and physical touch points. Official job post: http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/job/Richfield-Senior-Product-Lin...

I am the hiring manager, willing to talk over email, phone, etc. No need to go through the machine to simply learn more. ben dot hedrington at bestbuy.com, ben at hedrington dot com or http://linkedin.com/in/benhedrington



For what it is worth looks like they just released an iOS app as a companion for the book. $15 is the price. It appears to capture the methods of the book plus contains videos teaching the method. No reviews yet.


Best Buy (Minneapolis, MN) - Full time, strong in HQ presence required to start. Team growing quickly working on more flexible officing (possibly west coast, remote) as we grow.

Best Buy is looking for an entrepreneurial minded Product Managers to be key part of our fast growing Digital Experience and Mobile team focused on producing a diverse array of Mobile and digital products on the go, online or in-store. This role will bring to life new digital products that empower consumers to learn, explore, and engage with consumer electronics across Best Buy's digital and physical touch points.

Official job post: http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/job/Richfield-Senior-Product-Lin... http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/job/Richfield-Product-Line-Manag...

I am the hiring manager, willing to talk over email, phone, etc. No need to go through the machine to simply learn more. ben dot hedrington at bestbuy.com, ben at hedrington dot com or http://linkedin.com/in/benhedrington


Best Buy (Minneapolis, MN) - Full time, strong in HQ presence required to start. Team growing quickly working on more flexible officing (west coast, remote) as we grow.

Best Buy is looking for an entrepreneurial minded Product Manager to be key part of our fast growing "Digital Experience Team" business; focused on producing a diverse array of Mobile and wider digital products; to help envision new digital tools to deliver Best Buy's strategic goal of 'making technology work for you'. This role will bring to life new digital products that empower consumers to learn, explore, and engage with consumer electronics across Best Buy's digital and physical touch points.

Official job post: http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/job/Richfield-Product-Line-Manag...

I am the hiring manager, willing to talk over email, phone, etc. No need to go through the machine to simply learn more. ben dot hedrington at bestbuy.com or http://linkedin.com/in/benhedrington


Link to the job if you want to skip the "sign up to sign up to sign up" process: https://bestbuy.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=...


Thanks man... hate these application sites and the people they must turn away. Feel free to contact me directly if interested and I can make sure you don't get lost in those machines.


Best Buy (Minneapolis, MN) - Full time, strong in HQ presence required, team growing quickly working on more flexible officing as they grow.

Best Buy is looking for an entrepreneurial minded Product Manager to be key part of our fast growing "Digital Experience Team" business; focused on producing a diverse array of Mobile and wider digital products; to help envision new digital tools to deliver Best Buy's strategic goal of 'making technology work for you'. This role will bring to life new digital products that empower consumers to learn, explore, and engage with consumer electronics across Best Buy's digital and physical touch points.

Official job post: http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/job/Richfield-Product-Line-Manag...

I am the hiring manager, willing to talk over email, phone, etc. No need to go through the machine to simply learn more. ben dot hedrington at bestbuy.com or http://linkedin.com/in/benhedrington


Yep, not saying it was a secret... Tim O'Reilly had it nailed back then... but the story I have to remind myself of is that too many times we go off face value rather than digging in and listening to people like Tim... This happens all over the place and it was worth capturing the story that replays in my head each time I see a new revision of it.


well, Marissa Mayer of Google explicitly stated in a public announcement in October 2007 that it was going to be used for speech recognition algorithms. And many, many news blogs published that.

http://www.infoworld.com/t/data-management/google-wants-your...

Your article makes it seem like the fact that Google was using 411 for voice analysis was somewhat 'unknown' until 2009, whereas I would say that the knowledge was actually quite mainstream and, frankly, hard to ignore.

I would argue that assuming that the Bing team completely failed to see all the news articles and press releases (from Google, no less) about this for 2 years, is perhaps a little presumptuous? Maybe, as another poster mentioned, they are still getting value out of the 411 service?

I do agree with your point, and there are many many times I've seen companies do this, but Bing 411 vs Google 411 might not be the right example since Google's intentions were very clear, right from the start.

Disclaimer: I work on MS Office (completely unrelated to Bing & the 411 service, but still not what you would call an unbiased source)


What did Tim say back then?

In any case, it was really well known what Google's goals were. In fact it was a pretty standard feedback technique used by all automated phone voice reoognition systems.

For Bing though this is also a branding opportunity. Google has relatively little to gain in branding with their 411 service, but for Bing it still has great upside potential.


If anyone from Dropbox is listening/interested I may be able to setup a conversation with the IT guys if you are working on a solution... email me.


can you open a support ticket with dropbox? Seems like the best way to start the conversation. Just say you are looking to get in contact with Graham, i'll see if we can take care of the rest.


I hear the control part but what control is there really... Don't you think the physical files on the laptop of the average corporate worker are more likely to be compromised than dropbox itself?

Not sure companies will survive and be competent if it all goes this way...

Do we need FDIC (from the banking world) for data?


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