November 2009
32 posts
Top 100 software companies, 2009 →
LA Times Twitter Guideline
alwayscapitalize:
• Integrity is our most important commodity: Avoid writing or posting anything that would embarrass The Times or compromise your ability to do your job.
• Assume that your professional life and your personal life will merge online regardless of your care in separating them.
• Even if you use privacy tools (determining who can view your page or profile, for instance), assume...
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Metaprogramming in Ruby: it's all about the self →
by Yehuda Katz
IO Language →
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Rack::Shell →
Console for all Rack apps (nice win for Sinatra).
WatchIntroduction to MongoDB
“Who you are stands over you and thunders so I cannot hear what you say.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...”
– Mark Twain
“It’s the horses, not the chariot.”
The 700 Hobo names you require →
by John Hodgman
“Suspected Maoists derail train in India”
– CNN.
I didn’t know there was a group called the Maoists or that their activities involving derailing Indian trains.
Master of Fine Arts in Software →
This is a proposal for a Master of Fine Arts in Software program.
“Software development is like putting on a play, which requires the skills and performances of a number of people working in tandem on stage and behind the scenes.”
SoundManager 2 →
Javascript sound manager. This is what we used for Pockets, and I’m about to re-use it for my brother’s band’s site Project Blue Book.
Check out their demo page using Canvas visualizations for Waveforms, Equalizers, etc.
vertical centering with CSS only →
“It’s the tie to go along with jQuery’s tux.”
– From the README for Underscore.js, which includes such lovingly Ruby-like methods such as:
select, reject, detect
all, any
include
max, min
compact, flatten
Phish / Tweezer Reprise / Fenway Park, 2009 →
No Relation: Mixed Blessings of Non-Relational... →
Master’s thesis from Ian Thomas Varley at the University of Austin.
Harvard paper: two-sided matching market
Basis for some of Google’s auction techniques is a Harvard paper.
The Madison Ave Hangover: Goodbye Broadcast
shortbord:
The next step in advertising is starting in Boston with a little company called Shortbord.
markup & style research for new projectbluebook.fm
background pattern & transparency, Trina’s Starlight Lounge
typography & smart phone styles, What’s on Draft
javascript audio player, Muxtape
gist: 220908 - hubcut →
graysky:
Gist to migrate gems from Github to Gemcutter.
Lampin' EP