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Ben Nadel's Extensive  JQuery Explanation

Ben Nadel is an expert. I'm usually pretty skeptical when I see/hear the word expert, but in this case it is true. His resume not only speaks for itself, but his presentations and previous work speak more volumes than his resume ever could. His extensive look at JQuery is one of the best explanations I have ever heard on it; and extremely accessible to people new to JQuery. I'm not new to JQuery and it gave me a ton of "Ah-ha!" moments where I groked things I hadn't realized I did not get.

Mark Cuban's "Open-Source" Business Stimulus Plan

Do you have a killer business idea? How about 999? I found both of these on Seth Godin's blog. Very, very cool (and open) proposal for serious businesses.

I do not know how many times I have heard the worlds "RPG Maker is too limited for my vision" or some semblance of that sentiment around game development communities. While it does indeed fuel spur-of-the-moment engine license purchases, it also houses a much larger problem: project ineptitude. I do not think that I have seen a finished (or even alpha) project from anyone who has made this claim in any engine. It could definitely be because RPG's are hard to make. Yes, this is true, but even if you have the right tools, could you make it?

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