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   by briandoll 17y ago

   +1 for 1Password. It also can generate difficult passwords for you, so you're not even aware of what they are. Add private sharing via Dropbox and your secure passwords are with you on every machine.
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   by briandoll 17y ago

   This is a really great tech presentation and it reads very well too. It's interesting that it seems Twitter (and to some degree Facebook) are tackling really interesting problems that span every layer of technology in a way we haven't reall
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   by briandoll 17y ago

   I was 30 years old, 6' 1" and weighed 250#. 6 months later I weighed 180#. After working out more I'm up to 185# with 9.9% body fat, which is a weight I've sustained now for 2 years.
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   by briandoll 17y ago

   Huge +1 for 'Good Calories, Bad Calories'. Read this and you'll change your bad eating habits immediately. Exercise is very important, but body composition changes come from nutrition. (After changing how I ate, I lost 70# in 6 months and
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   by briandoll 17y ago

   I have one of the last-generation MacBook Pro 13", and it is easily the best laptop I've ever owned. A year later and I can still get 5+ hours of weekend hacking done on it before I need to plug it in. The updates here may not be consider
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   by briandoll 17y ago

   This reads more like a novel than a manifesto, but the gist is good. I think the name is misleading too, which doesn't help when you're trumpeting a manifesto. When I read 'Code for Flexibility' I hear the antithesis of 'YAGNI', and think
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   by briandoll 17y ago

   see[Mike]code was written for exactly this problem. I haven't used it for remote interviews yet, but we tested it out at the office and it seems perfect for what your describing. http://i.seemikecode.com/
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   by briandoll 17y ago

   I've seen the documentary and agree that it's a great way to spend an hour or so. What was disturbing though is exposed in the first minute of this video clip. I'm forgetting his name, but the speaker is basically suggesting that the only
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   by briandoll 17y ago

   Evernote. I heard the hype and ignored it for a while. I tried it a few months ago on a whim and have been hooked ever since. We come across a lot of data. Lots of it is interesting, but we don't need it right now. I save dozens of arti
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    by briandoll 17y ago

    I think one of the most critical skills for a web designer to know is version control. 'Web designers', by which I assume you mean front-end development; JavaScript, CSS, and integrating UI elements into presentation layer views. Working w
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    by briandoll 17y ago

    +1 for New Relic I wouldn't consider building a production Rails app without it.
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    People, not process, is the soul of "agile"(emphaticsolutions.com)

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