March 2010
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GMail OAuth →
Mar 31st
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Mar 31st
Mar 31st
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Mar 31st
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Mar 30th
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On Lisp →
Free HTML version.
Mar 30th
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“By 2012, the next presidential election year, non-Hispanic white births will be...”
– via The New York Times
Mar 28th
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Mar 28th
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Mar 28th
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The Failed Simulation Effect
“Accomplishments that are hard to explain can be much more impressive than accomplishments that are simply hard to do.” Or, “How the hell does a 16-year old end up lobbying delegates at an international UN conference?” The surprising psychology of impressiveness
Mar 28th
Mar 28th
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Mar 27th
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Mar 27th
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“While at the Zoo, Robert John and I discussed the age old question: Tiger or...”
– Project Blue Book
Mar 27th
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Mar 27th
Mar 27th
“Tell your ears I say “you’re welcome”.”
– email with a new song from Project Blue Book
Mar 26th
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“The sage experiences without abstraction, And accomplishes without action; He...”
– Lao Tze, “Tao De Ching, 2: Abstraction”
Mar 26th
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Mar 26th
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Mar 26th
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Mar 26th
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Beautiful photo portfolio site by Mike Mattas
Mar 26th
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Mar 26th
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Keep your day job
The first stage, finding Problem/Solution fit, can really be done part-time with very little burn. It typically has a lot of waiting time built-in e.g. contacting customers, scheduling interviews, collecting metrics, etc. Until you find a problem worth solving, it really doesn’t make sense to quit your day job. Bootstrapping a Lean Startup
Mar 24th
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Mar 23rd
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365psd →
Download a free PSD every day for a year.
Mar 23rd
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With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world.”
Mar 23rd
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Mar 23rd
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Health care reform 101 →
Mar 22nd
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Gorillaz - Stylo
Mar 22nd
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Mar 22nd
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“The “boss button” on the CBS March Madness player, which mutes game...”
– CBS
Mar 22nd
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Mar 22nd
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via jayrobinson
Mar 22nd
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Mar 22nd
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Mar 22nd
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German population data visualization using SVG Web. Sad moment when he points out a WWII population drop.
Mar 21st
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Mar 21st
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favicon.cc →
Create a favicon by uploading an image or coloring pixels.
Mar 21st
Mar 21st
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Living Magazine Cover & Spread - Outside Magazine
Mar 21st
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Mar 21st
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“Whatever you say, boss.”
Mar 20th
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Mar 20th
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HTTP spec →
Mar 19th
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Mar 18th
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Five Second Test →
Put your site in front of people for 5 seconds. Have them click things or just look at it and then type what they remember.
Mar 18th
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Animal Collective, “My Girls”
Mar 17th
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Accept incoming emails into a Heroku app using... →
Mar 15th
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Visual guide to NoSQL systems →
Listing NoSQL projects according to the CAP theorem.
Mar 15th