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Google had previously confirmed its plans to launch a YouTube-powered music subscription service, but thanks to a series of leaked images via the blog Android Police, we now have the first taste as to what that service may look like, and what sort of features it will offer. Because the world needed another music service
But I guess everyone is playing music off YouTube anyway, might as well make some money off of it.
Have they been taking naming lessons from Microsoft?
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has just announced his resignation from the Board of Directors at Microsoft, after rumors had suggested this move would come sooner than later. He's taking his ball (team) and going home
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I LOVE THIS ______ (Substitute TEAM for COMPANY.)
DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS=HARDCORE, HARDCORE, HARDCORE.
Classic Ballmer.
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Did this announcement occur at about 10:20am?[^]
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Funny that. Yeah, I think that is about the correct timing on that (or at least time for the market to react).
TTFN - Kent
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I suspect that he will begin to unload a large majority of his shares in MSFT especially since those sales will no longer be monitored, controlled or reported on like they would when he was employee or board member.
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When it comes to the most popular database management systems, the top three are no surprise; but relatively unheralded PostgreSQL is gaining. And, despite what you may have heard, relational databases still rule. SELECT * FROM sys_databases WHERE price < 100K
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Meh. The source for that data has a Tiobesque stink to it.
OTOH, FWIW if you go to it, they have a chart showing the last ~2 2 years of their index. It shows no meaningful shifting in the 3way tie between MsSQL, MySQL, and whOracle. And while it has PostgreSQL inching up and still (barely) in 4th, MongoDB is gaining much faster and seems likely to eclipse it in the near future. And lastly, in news that I'm certain will make everyone who's had the misfortune to use it ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif) for joy, Access is slumping from the tier 2 group to tier 3.
http://db-engines.com/en/ranking_trend[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Here we take a look at a selection of programming languages and compare their mean salary and demand. The data comes from an analysis of 1.5 million tech job advertisements collected between January and June 2014 from the USA, Great Britain, and Australia. VB didn't make the list?
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inb4 "VB is a programming language?"
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It's good to see C# as a leading language..
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Yeah, I was amused that it's actually higher than Java in the UK. Good taste 
TTFN - Kent
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Neither did C or C++, which makes me inclined to dismiss it as worthless.
How they can omit the programming language that steadfastly remains top of the TIOBE index, while include outliers like Haskell is beyond me.
(edit - correction)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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They explained why they didn't do C/C++ - basically "too hard to Google for":
Quote: One of the challenges we have is finding "C" as a technical skill vs just a letter in a sentence like "C level role" or "Objective C" without the "-". We're better at it now, but at the time I did this analysis, the data for those skills weren't good enough for me to feel confident about them.
So ... C and C++ both sit in that blue leaders group. C is very close to C# in demand/salary. C++ is at the same demand but slightly higher salary than C# but not as high as Java.
TTFN - Kent
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Appropriately named HTTP Shaming IDs apps and Web services operating without encryption. "You're going to need a bigger boat"
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I’m often surprised how many software developers neglect to do any salary negotiations at all or make a single attempt at negotiating their salary and then give up and take whatever is offered. "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
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So did it work for you? 
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Me? Oh, heck no. I have the negotiating skills of a stick of gum.
But I think I make enough, and I don't have to do full time nor sit in a cube, so I'm happy. (I just have to keep reminding myself of that)
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Speak softly and carry a big stick
Unless you are one of these old Texans that prefer firearms...
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The advice in the article is sound.
I was taught the exact same tactics at the beginning of my career by a recruiter.
One other piece of advice that I can offer, is when you start probing back trying to get them to name their number, you my ask "I assume you have a range that you have set for what you're willing to pay for this position?"
Like the author said, "Most likely they will say yes."
Then you ask what the range is...
Then you ask how well they believe you are suited for the position. When they say you seem like a very good fit, that gives you the leverage to ask for the top of their range.
I can't reiterate enough how well this works, "I will consider any reasonable offer" and "compensation is so much more than the salary, let me hear more about the job, benefits, perks..."
Good luck in your negotiations!
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Paul M Watt wrote: Good luck in your negotiations!
There's only a negotiation if there's leverage.
Don't attempt to negotiate without it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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"Why yes, I have locked you out of your email system..."
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"Before we negotiate we need to establish a common base - shall we use Hexadecimal as is customary in the IT industry?"
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Microsoft’s Windows Store is a mess. It’s full of apps that exist only to scam people and take their money. Why doesn’t Microsoft care that their flagship app store is such a cesspool? "The Windows Phone Store features more than 300,000 apps and games. Hundreds more are added every day."
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I have to agree, things like "G0ogle Chrome" on Windows Phone, which has bug all to do with Google.
I didn't download it to see what it actually did, for some reason.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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