March 2010
66 posts
February 2010
72 posts
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Speed of iterations beats quality of iteration.
– Boyd’s Law
Refresh Boston: Paul Irish, Typography on the Web
We think that humans build relationships precisely for this reason, to...
– James A. Coan, a a psychologist at the University of Virginia
In a startup no facts exist inside the building, only opinions.
– Steve Blank, Four Steps to the Epiphany.
Been reading a chapter here and there. Definitely buy into the core concepts but the book is pretty dry, especially compared to something like Getting Real.
You promised me dog or higher.
– Mayor Quimby
Edge Rails scopes →
Fly.
"Javascript" O'Reilly book source code →
No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
– Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
robgo.org: What Lean Startups are NOT →
Common sense and independent thought should prevail over workflows and formulas.
The Napoleon Dynamite Problem →
Knowing how a person rated “Napoleon Dynamite” predicts nothing about what else they might like.
Machine Learning: who's the boss? →
Supervised vs. unsupervised learning.
A collection of Redis use cases →
Twitter clone, click tracking, user location tracking, split testing, URL shortening.
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The Way I Work: Dogfish Head's Sam Calagione →
This guy’s got a lot figured out about how to run a business. Lot of respect for him.
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Protovis →
Some very impressive examples of data visualizations using the Protovis library.
Google Visualization API →
hgimenez:
Unlike the Google Charts API, allows you to interact with charts with JS
I’m a big fan of the Time Series Chart. Used it previously with good success.
Beer Wars
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generate SVG version of font →
In the quest for making @font-face work on iPhones, I’ve been recommended this generator. Will be trying it soon.
Unsubscribe page on Groupon.
The big idea is "messaging" →
Alan Kay apologizes for inventing the term “objects” in programming, 1998.
ma — for “that which is in between”
HTML5 demos →
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Primo Spot →
Find parking in Boston.
JSConf →
Riding Rails: Rails 3.0: Beta release →
Congratulations to everyone who made it happen.
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skittles.com →
“Taste the rainbow” This is like a Photoshop acid trip.
"wantrepreneurs" →
You ask me ‘why another road song?’ Funny, but I bet you never left...
– The Black Crowes