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1.
Usability Tip: Use Verbs as Labels on Buttons (usabilitypost.com)
53 points by puns on Aug 31, 2008 | 23 comments
2.
Stanford's guidelines for web credibility (stanford.edu)
51 points by marketer on Aug 31, 2008 | 12 comments
3.
Stack Overflow: the Blind Leading the Blind (blogging-harmful.blogspot.com)
47 points by nickb on Aug 31, 2008 | 32 comments
4.
Tour De Babel -- Rant about programming languages (googlepages.com)
36 points by edw519 on Aug 31, 2008 | 38 comments
5.
Stanford's "autonomous" helicopters teach themselves to fly (stanford.edu)
36 points by chaostheory on Aug 31, 2008 | 9 comments
6.
Update On The TechCrunch Tablet: Prototype A (techcrunch.com)
33 points by blackswan on Aug 31, 2008 | 41 comments
7.
Why's poignant guide to metaprogramming in Ruby (poignantguide.net)
29 points by maryrosecook on Aug 31, 2008 | 7 comments
8.
Startup Lessons Learned -- Take it with a grain of salt (warholandy.tumblr.com)
23 points by demandred on Aug 31, 2008 | 9 comments
9.
F# to get units types (msdn.com)
21 points by mark_h on Aug 31, 2008 | 9 comments
10.
Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My (nytimes.com)
18 points by ojbyrne on Aug 31, 2008
11.
 Facebook Live Feed Kills Twitter & FriendFeed (allfacebook.com)
17 points by nickb on Aug 31, 2008 | 12 comments
12.
2008 Git User's Survey (survs.com)
16 points by defunkt on Aug 31, 2008 | 8 comments
13.
When will local truly be on the web? (russellbeattie.com)
13 points by astrec on Aug 31, 2008 | 9 comments
14.
Looking at Chess Futures? Bet on This Norwegian Chess Prodigy (nytimes.com)
12 points by robg on Aug 31, 2008 | 1 comment
15.
1/3 spy on text messages (reuters.com)
11 points by gasull on Aug 31, 2008 | 23 comments
16.
How preparations for tomorrow’s satellite wars could ruin life as we know it today (theatlantic.com)
11 points by robg on Aug 31, 2008 | 7 comments
17.
Automatically determining the underlying form and structure of data (ddj.com)
9 points by mark_h on Aug 31, 2008
18.
To Make a Stock Pop, Innovate (nytimes.com)
9 points by robg on Aug 31, 2008 | 1 comment
19.
Dangerous Gems (tbray.org)
9 points by nickb on Aug 31, 2008 | 5 comments
20.
Does a failed startup count against you on your resume? (msdn.com)
9 points by thorax on Aug 31, 2008 | 21 comments
21.
How to Get Noticed (web-strategist.com)
8 points by markbao on Aug 31, 2008 | 1 comment
22.
Kindergarten class in San Francisco adopts new learning method (abclocal.go.com)
8 points by gibsonf1 on Aug 31, 2008 | 4 comments
23.
3 Awesome Sites for Stumbling Across the Best of the Web (readwriteweb.com)
8 points by fallentimes on Aug 31, 2008 | 1 comment
24.
Story about an Android contest winner (billingsgazette.net)
7 points by evanlong on Aug 31, 2008 | 1 comment
25.
Another Y Combinator clone, in Lexington, KY (awesomeinc.org)
7 points by ksvs on Aug 31, 2008 | 8 comments
26.
Any startup tackling healthcare?
7 points by rokhayakebe on Aug 31, 2008 | 10 comments
27.
 Learning from Alan Kay, 11 years later (alwaysongames.com)
7 points by nickb on Aug 31, 2008
28.
Gates predicts software revolution (mis-asia.com)
7 points by bootload on Aug 31, 2008 | 14 comments
29.
Ask YC: Can a single person develop a website?
6 points by yearsinrock on Aug 31, 2008 | 11 comments
30.
The Net Neutrality Debate All On One Page (techcrunch.com)
6 points by brasmusen on Aug 31, 2008 | 5 comments

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