January 2011
16 posts
“The WHAT WG gave itself the job of steering and updating HTML, while the W3C...”
– Jeffrey Zeldman, HTML vs. HTML5
“Frameworks don’t solve scalability problems, design solves scalability problems.”
– Rails and Scaling with Multiple Databases by Ryan Tomayko, 2007
“Blake Griffin and Chris Paul on the same All-Star team is like setting up...”
– Bill Simmons, 2011 NBA All-Star Game Preview
“Economists suffer from physics envy over their inability to neatly model human...”
– The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data (pdf) by some smart guys at Google
“We’ve had the luxury of writing our own job description… and that...”
– Eddie Vedder, on Pearl Jam’s approach after finding success.
“Adopting technology is a necessity, Conti said, “like heat, electricity,...”
– Eric Conti, Burlington MA school superintendent, in The Boston Globe.
Since that interview, Burlington has announced that this fall, every Burlington HS student will have an iPad. No (out-of-date) books. No snow days. Lower costs.
“If it’s not read/write then it’s not an API.”
– Fred Wilson, 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps
“The Lord’s Prayer contains 56 words; the Gettysburg Address, 266; the Ten...”
– Al Ries in “Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind”, reminding folks to keep it concise.
“They decided to make life a game, and make a “leaderboard for Saturday.” The...”
– Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley speaking at NYU
