@Dr.Code - it seems that this book could be a tool for people to learn how to program, not necessarily targeting people who already know how to program and just want to learn Lisp. Am I correct?

I tried to make it readable for beginners, but I'm hesitant to say that it would be an easy book for someone who truly has _zero_ past programming experience.

Re your idea: I believe Evernote.com has that capability.

Yep, and you can get a case (Clarifi by Griffin) that noticeably improves the inbuilt camera to make this really easy.

+1 All you need to learn about money is in this book.

Amazing how people take the externality of what Joel is trying to say and yap uselessly about that whilst completely disregarding the main point.

"If you can't figure out what that is..."

That != to the product idea. The following posters got it right. Clever.

Nope.

It would be pretty hard to empower regular consumers with the ability to design their own cars.

Hint- size<car by a lot. Price=>car. Depending on the specs of the item and the car.

It would be cool if you guys could get it :)

I have plenty of ideas as well. @arongrinshtein

Currently working on a startup part time

With all due respect that is quite delusional. (I couldn't figure out a more respectful way to say that, sorry)

President of Iran is my case in point. Need I say more?

Sorry, what's delusional? The abuse of the Holocaust to negotiate preferential treatment for Jews is real. My case in point is this:

http://www.claimscon.org/index.asp?url=hardship/leningrad_si...

"In an historic breakthrough, the Claims Conference has negotiated one-time payments from Germany for certain Jewish victims of the Nazi siege of Leningrad."

Ask yourself this question. When someone starts spreading slanderous lies about you, whoever you are, which threaten your family and your business are you going to resort to the statement that "free speech is free speech."

Anyone with a basic knowledge of how the Holocaust started would be surprised how easy it was to rile up the mobs of people against a segment of people in their society.

Speech is powerful. Things start in the mind, move towards speech, and come to final expression in action. It is no surprise that Ahmadinjehad is one of those who actively denies the Holocaust happening and openly intends to wipe the Jewish state of Israel off of the face of the map. Speech >> Action.