Doesn’t take extreme wealth for that. I make enough that I can buy whatever I want. The best Christmas gifts are things I wouldn’t think of needing or wanting.

For birthday, it’s usually just a dinner without gifts.

I hadn’t heard of Pebble the Twitter competitor. It just makes me miss the Pebble watches.

https://github.com/MayaPosch/NymphCast

Technology transfers have also been a large part of China’s strategy, which results in large firms voluntarily transferring IP in exchange for large contracts. It’s unfortunate that in many other places, we’re still doing lowest bidder private contracting plagued by cost overruns.