Meteor 1.0 has finally arrived

The wait is over! Yeah...
The freaking awesome Meteor open source platform for building web and mobile apps in pure JavaScript finally reached 1.0.

https://www.meteor.com/

Why The App Won The Software War

http://readwrite.com/2013/08/19/app-software-program-language#awesm=~of2LbT9VyzKayx

Is technology making us less human?

http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/is-technology-making-us-less-human--1171002

Does Smartphone make you smart?

The Misplaced Obsession with Simplicity

http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/the-misplaced-obsession-with-simplicity/240157265?cid=DDJ_nl_upd_2013-06-25_h&elq=e4f7edf42c904630870db8c381c488dc

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The world needs to come together to tackle this growing problem. We owe it to ourselves and the next generation.

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/?ar_a=1

Hybrid and cross-pollination rule

In software development, just as in nature, hybrid and cross-pollination rule.