I realize this article is about the Android version, but I just wanted to chime in that I’m pumped it was finally released (and allowed to live on) for iOS. Not having to use Handbrake to convert every video to Apple’s format and then sync via iTunes is amazing. I hope the development continues.

I’m not sure what you’re referring to with Google Music, but I don’t think this is what that’s for. It’s not about playing unnecessary music videos when you just want to listen to music. But, for example, if you were watching a TV show in VLC and got a message you wanted to reply to, you could switch apps without…

There has been several update these past weeks :/
(All of them named after Terry Pratchett’s characters... which hits me every time)

I read this entire article in Patrick’s voice.

This is cool! I’ve been a fan of Patrick since the old ZDTV and TechTV days!

I use two Nowhere Man channels that are in that screenshot: Nowhere Music and Nowhere Songz, to play music from Google Play and Songza, respectively. Sure, they have a few bugs, but until official apps are available they work really well.

I think the worst thing you can do for your kids is let your kids observe that you and your partner’s lives rise and set on the children. I would argue that the most important person in your life should always be your partner, not your children. After all, once the children are out of the house and living their own…

This is all good and dandy with no kids. Kids change EVERYTHING. My wife and I have had a REAL hard time with the romance over the past few years, and while I can’t throw it completely on kids, I find that the timeframe when most seem to have kids, when the romance is MOST needed really, is also when there are so many…

on the one hand, this makes a lot of sense. On the other hand it’s horrifyingly expensive if you don’t have local babysitting help from grandparents so some caution is really in order before you just sign up for this 100%

Well, it does give you an insight as to how they will be treating you. No one will abuse or take advantage of you faster, more often, or more thoroughly than “family” ... IF you allow it.

It may or may not be illegal, but on one interview I went on recently with a medium-large multinational, multicultural company, one of the individuals in the department I was interviewing for almost started asking what I think SOUNDED like an “are you married” .... which the HR rep promptly shoo-shoo’ing him, and as…

Whenever I hear the word “family” used in conjunction with a job, the first thing I think of is “Manson had a family too.”

Family businesses are only good if you're actually a member of the family. One who gets to inherit.

In college a professor gave us two awesome pieces of advice on the last day of class:

Why would anyone WANT a job to be like a family?! They are two different things! Who wants to say, “My dad is like a world-class employer to me. Excellent benefits and possibility to grow.”

Yup! “Like family” essentially means “poor boundaries.” Do stuff for us you’d only do for loved ones! Put up with treatment you’d only tolerate from close relatives! We promise we’ll feel just as compelled to keep you happy as a parent would for their child. Swearsies!

Preface: I’m an IT tech.

Yes, it means you’ll be expected to “take one for the family” over and over because, “hey, we’re like a family.”

I also heard that if the CEO or manager proclaims “We’re like a family!” that’s a bad sign. There might be a lot of baggage and dysfunction there, just as many families have.