NASA’s deep-space Kepler probe entered emergency mode last week, and no one knows why.
The poll in Friday’s Spark asked when you’d like to see the feature every day, and the consensus was that first thing in the morning was best for you. Have a thought for your poor editor as he rolls out of bed, grabs his laptop, and starts scanning the web for news headlines before he even eats breakfast.
Next poll: We have a landing page in the Community for our roundup articles . We also have pages for each type of article — for instance, there’s one for Spark and one for The Week’s Spiciest . Here’s where we need your input. If you go to those two pages, you’ll see that the format of the topic list in each looks very different from the other. Which do you prefer? Vote in the poll below, and feel free to comment. I’m really interested to see whether there will be consensus on one or the other.
UPDATE: The results of today’s poll were so overwhelmingly one-sided that I’ve closed the poll, and @sean-spiceworks has revised the format of The Week’s Spiciest page to mirror that of the Spark page. Enjoy the photos!
Friday’s spiciest topic:
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A young Steve Jobs recruited executive John Sculley away from Pepsi-Cola to Apple in 1983 for his marketing savvy. Two years later, on this date in 1985, Sculley forced Jobs to step down as head of the Macintosh division, and soon stripped Jobs of most of his responsibilities, though he retained the title of Chairman. Depressed, Jobs quit Apple in September. He was 30 years old and washed up.
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Managing geeks — Linking to a Computerworld article from 2009 that still rings true today.
Today’s headlines:
What you’re having for lunch: It’s National Cheese Fondue Day .
Image credit: hirotomo t
Happy SpiceBirthday to @stevepemberton , a UK-based SpiceHead who joined the Community three years ago today.
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Tech trivia: Apple was one of the first companies to launch a digital camera for consumers, in 1994. What was it called?
Quote of the day: The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. — Terry Pratchett
Image credit:
xkcd
If you like roundup topics like this one, as well as Snap! and The Week’s Spiciest , you should follow our Roundups group .
Which kind of topic list do you prefer? (links in the second paragraph above)
- The Spark page style, with images and blurbs
- The Week’s Spiciest page style, with headlines alone
