February 2012
12 posts
“The students who were initially praised for their effort worked hard at figuring...”
– Why Do Some People Learn Faster?
“So the consultants, now having lost their primary customer, were at a bar one...”
– Stevey’s Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile
Boris Smus compares and breaks down Backbone and... →
In practice, it’s very difficult to remain productive if you’re writing both an app and a framework at the same time. Unfortunately this was my tendency when using Backbone. I hate reinventing the wheel. Especially if it’s kind of lopsided.
I spent the majority of 2010 working with SproutCore. On reflection of the experience, the problem Boris describes was evident. The project...
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“At Square, we devote two weeks a year to fix annoying problems that are outside...”
– Mike Lewis of Square
Paul Irish Recommends box-sizing: border-box on... →
A pretty bold statement I am glad to see coming from an authoritative voice in the frontend development community.
January 2012
2 posts
Bird flu 'censorship' decision →
“Two scientific research teams have modified influenza strains to create mutant avian influenza viruses that can be transmitted efficiently between mammals. In one case, the virus remained highly pathogenic.”
Filing this one under, “Let’s see if we can fund things that will destroy humanity and make us money.”
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December 2011
1 post
November 2011
5 posts
Instagram Engineering Challenge: The Unshredder →
October 2011
7 posts
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It astounds me that we humans can sit less than a meter away from a total stranger in a coffee shop or restaurant and never even make eye contact—let alone stir up a conversation. How introverted and individualistic our culture is.
September 2011
2 posts
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August 2011
1 post
“We should put our energy into designing things to make people’s lives...”
– Why Do You Like Bad News?
July 2011
1 post
“PIXAR
May 17, 2011
To Whom it May Inspire,
I, like many of you artists out...”
– Open Letter from a PIXAR artist to fellow artists
June 2011
3 posts
“Framed by a Western worldview, we’re prone to understand spirituality as a...”
– You Must Be Heavenly Minded to Be Any Earthly Good
May 2011
5 posts
The death march: the problem of crunch time in... →
“Although loving your job and being stimulated with a particularly creative one might make it possible to work a few hours more than someone who isn’t as enthusiastic,” said Dr. Bennett “every person has his limit and will eventually burn out and lose effectiveness.”
You can increase your intelligence →
Interesting break down of studies arguing the importance of developing fluid intelligence — one’s capacity to learn, retain, and use new information. Learning is fun, especially when it helps solve valuable problems.
“Sharing an experience with someone is inherently distracting, because it compels...”
– Why Leaders and Innovators Need Solitude to Do Good Work
April 2011
3 posts
Interactive Museum Exhibit Built with Sproutcore →
I must say, I am impressed. It’s only the imagination that limits what can be created with modern browser technologies. I am so glad that I don’t have to waste time presenting Flash interactive interfaces anymore.
Why Some of Us Get More Done at Coffee Shops →
I found a great little 24 hour coffee shop the other day and surprisingly found myself designing well into the early hours of the morning. Coffee shops do something special for me. Unlike an office, there’s no one interrupting you every hour, yet there is still an array of creative people working on creative projects. Perhaps this is why co-working is so powerful.
March 2011
16 posts
