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I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partying way more than you.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:19:50 +1100

I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partying way more than you.

Traditional Tokyo in the snow

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:26:35 +1100

Traditional Tokyo in the snow

A users guide to the Trajectory redesign

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:24:40 +1100

A users guide to the Trajectory redesign:

Another one from the robots at Thoughtbot today. We’ve been using Trajectory to manage some of our projects over the last 6 months or so, and it has been a great experience. This new design makes it even better. I recommend it.

Inject that Rails Configuration Dependency!

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:03:06 +1100

Inject that Rails Configuration Dependency!:

Some valuable lessons about code dependencies and testing in Ruby. Reading this reminded me just how much I have to learn. Time to hit that RSpec book for real.

Schlep Blindness

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:16:48 +1100

Schlep Blindness:

If you build products, then you should read this.

"I came across a great quote from Napoleon: “Mass at the point of attack”. Principally, Napoleon won..."

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:12:33 +1100

“I came across a great quote from Napoleon: “Mass at the point of attack”. Principally, Napoleon won numerous battles by throwing all his forces at what he considered the decisive points of battle. What is significant to note, is that he did this by stealing resources from other parts of the battle, and in doing so came close to losing a lot of the battles he won.”

- Take risks and play to your strengths. I like this strategy. Huy describes it well in the context of sport.

Bridging the Gap Between Development and Design

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:44:18 +1100

Bridging the Gap Between Development and Design:

Some thoughtful, practical advice on the Engine Yard blog. Certainly a gap that I’d like to do some more work to bridge.

"The point of releasing code is to let people use it. Most people want to use it commercially,..."

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:20:00 +1100

“The point of releasing code is to let people use it. Most people want to use it commercially, because that’s how the world works. Your code isn’t so special and wonderful that it couldn’t have been written by someone else. So, using the GPL is enforcing assholery on everyone because you think that someday, some other asshole might not make their code available in a time of dire social need. That’s crazy. It’s dealing on pure idealism and ignoring statistics and commercial reality.”

- Matt Gemmell - Open Source Code

"Yes, you can tell a lot about me by the things I own. But they are just that — things. They can be..."

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:53:25 +1100

“Yes, you can tell a lot about me by the things I own. But they are just that — things. They can be stolen, broken, taken, and lost. They should never become distractions to the things that matter most, nor should I ever allow them to define my character, my relationships, and my beliefs.”

- Worth remembering: It’s Just Stuff — Shawn Blanc

nabokovsnotebook: See outer space in 1960’s Kodachrome glory in...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:30:17 +1100

Col. Stafford from Gemini IX Mission

View of the Bahamas

Mercury Mission

Hasselblad camera

nabokovsnotebook:

See outer space in 1960’s Kodachrome glory in the newly launched archives of Gemini and Mercury mission photos. The stop-motion video compilations are worth checking out, too.

Read more (here).

Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon: tear down a highway, replace with...

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:24:25 +1100

Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon: tear down a highway, replace with a park. That’s what I like to see.

The Great Discontent: Noah Stokes

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:05:07 +1100

The Great Discontent: Noah Stokes:

Read this interview with Noah, a web designer with balance.

"Would an engineer design a small, single lane bridge for a rural Northumberland village so that it..."

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:07:49 +1100

“Would an engineer design a small, single lane bridge for a rural Northumberland village so that it could support the weight of a thousand double decker buses? No. So why do we, as software engineers try to do exactly this? That day will never come.”

- Alex Reid writes that there’s no shame in code that is simply “good enough”. This is a pragmatic perspective that is worth keeping around. Found via my equally pragmatic friend, Matt Allen.

"It’s easy to forget that, as a writer, you don’t have to have your fingers on the keyboard to be..."

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:13:05 +1100

“It’s easy to forget that, as a writer, you don’t have to have your fingers on the keyboard to be doing your job. Sometimes your best work is only realized when you are away from the very place where that work will later be put onto the page.”

- Shawn Blanc shares a good point in Thinking Time. This is a practice I would like to take up.

"Steve may no longer be here, but that train is. And each night it passes I’ll remember how much he..."

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:36:10 +1100

“Steve may no longer be here, but that train is. And each night it passes I’ll remember how much he accomplished in so little time, carrying so much weight.”

- The momentum of Steve Jobs — Craig Mod

I started playing with Hipstamatic Disposable, and decided to...

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:35:00 +1100

I started playing with Hipstamatic Disposable, and decided to take shots throughout a typical work day for me in the Philippines. Here are some of the highlights.

Check out the same day in Misch’s life, too.

Daring Fireball: Merry

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:29:14 +1100

Daring Fireball: Merry:

A poignant Christmas thought from Gruber.

Via youmightfindyourself, the narrow Nishizawa building in...

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:34:00 +1100

Via youmightfindyourself, the narrow Nishizawa building in Tokyo.

“The home is personalised with very few furnishings.”

My kind of place.

FLY THE AIRPLANE - Dustin Curtis

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:15:42 +1100

FLY THE AIRPLANE - Dustin Curtis:

This is the first I’ve heard of the Checklist Manifesto, which seems like it could be useful.

Abandoned amusement park in China. Read about it.

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:20:00 +1100

Abandoned amusement park in China. Read about it.