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A lot of schools (such as MIT) have a "January Term." A frequent activity for students during this period is to take part in an "externship"--a short, month-long internship. Are there any startups taking January interns?

http://www.webituniversity.com/a-lottery-problem/

http://www.webituniversity.com/nerds-arent-cool-why-google-will-fail/

In an age of constantly updating Twitter feeds and email threads, how do you stay productive and on-task?Recommend any literature on the topic?

I'm a college freshman CS major at a pretty difficult university. The norm here is that every summer, one does an internship, then after 4 years, everyone gets a job or goes to grad school. I think CS is awesome--but I also think there's a lot to be lost by following a singular, career-driven path. Although I was incredibly eager to go to college, I'm now a little jealous of friends who decided...

There are lots of really awesome projects I can think of that involve knowing who is physically close to you. Color apparently can do this (though I haven't used it, so I can't speak to how well it's done)--are there any open source projects that can do it (or are working on it)?

I'm a freshman at MIT majoring in computer science. I have a startup idea that I'm really excited about, but don't think I have the technical expertise to build it.I have about 1.5 years of programming experience, and enough web development under my belt that I could build a sloppy but working prototype.My question: this summer, should I jump right into building my idea? Or should I do other...