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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
The "deferred life plan" is one of the items I enjoyed thinking about in the book as well. Also, I think people get really hung up on the title of "The Four Hour Work Week." Tim has explained before that he chose that title after running A
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HN Suggestion: "add comment and upvote" button?
3 points by bkbleikamp 17y ago|1 comments
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
If you've never read the book Predictably Irrational there is an interesting chapter regarding a professor who performed an experiment with deadlines for his 3 papers due in the semester. [simplified] Class 1: Set your own deadlines Class 2
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58 IE8 bugs and explanations(gtalbot.org)
1 points by bkbleikamp 17y ago|0 comments
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
http://raphaeljs.com/ - these charts look very nice
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
I mentioned him :) His personal site in subtraction.com
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
A couple that come to mind: http://subtraction.com http://cubancouncil.com http://madebyelephant.com http://jasonsantamaria.com http://markboulton.co.uk http://hicksdesign.co.uk
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Why Android Could Fail(itmanagement.earthweb.com)
1 points by bkbleikamp 17y ago|0 comments
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
The iPhone app is continuing, if it sucks he can always walk over to the desk of whoever is working on it and tell them why it sucks :)
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
As a designer, I've never found arrogance a good strategy to get people to agree with the reasons for my design. Design, contrary to popular belief, is not that subjective - there are reasons and explanations for design decisions. Presenti
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
Agreed, Grooveshark is the best music web app I've seen. Kicks Pandora's ass.
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
I agree with this. I think Facebook's design is great because it is: * Consistent across the whole site (for the most part) * Clean, there are no gradients or extra flashes * Fast, they focus on things loading quickly and make the site fee
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
I work on a giant Rails site that has over well over 5,000 lines of CSS – when you are working on custom promotions, dozens of dynamic pages, and accounting for user generated content the CSS files get long.
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
A lot of Nobel Peace prizes have been awarded for ideas more than results, so it is not unprecedented.
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
It's possible he has needed to stay for his stock to vest, right?
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Net Neutrality facing mounting GOP opposition(tech.yahoo.com)
2 points by bkbleikamp 17y ago|1 comments
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
When I got access to Wave a few months ago, it was not possible to associate Gmail accounts with Wave at the time. I am guessing that with the new rollout, they have made it possible.
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
I'd love an invite - ben.bleikamp@googles free email*service.com
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
Bill Gates had a trust fund because he had rich parents and grandparents. I don't know if he used any of it to fund the company, but he didn't need VC to buy groceries.
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Republicans Move to Block Network Neutrality(eweek.com)
3 points by bkbleikamp 17y ago|0 comments
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
This post caused an absurd amount of controversy when it was originally posted. Is it really necessary to rehash all of it?
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
the backend is indeed java
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
Remember: the resumé only gets you an interview, the interview will get you the job. Previous experience is usually most important. If you don't have it, volunteer to be a community leader somewhere (a forum?) Short of experience, list thi
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
He also wrote an article at A List Apart on the same subject: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/indefenseofeyecandy/
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
We use Git, Lighthouse, and a self hosted wiki. We also all work in the same office.
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
I understand why IE6 is around – I have plenty of friends stuck on IE6 who can't easily use my personal site.
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
Note: Noah is awesome. Go work for him :) (he's almost single-handedly made me successful)
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
Twitter is allowed to protect their copyright. It's a C&D. Not particularly interesting.
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
As a designer and front-end developer I view it as a service to people to force them to realize their browser is out-dated.
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by bkbleikamp 17y ago
Interesting post on this topic: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/27/office-chair... I also use a terrible chair and am looking at investing in a more ergonomic one.

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