Tech Messages | 2009-12-24

A special extended edition of Tech Messages for 2009-12-21 through 2009-12-24:

• Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity — The Endeavour
• 20 Essential Gmail Tips You Probably Don't Use (but Should!)
• RIM: E-Mail Outage Caused by BlackBerry Messenger Update
  Sounds like RIM needs to do better QA to me.
• “Nerd” and “Geek” Should Be Banned, Professor Says
  Hm…