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by bwh2 13y ago
Two external 24" Acer monitors - one via Mini DisplayPort, another via USB.
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by bwh2 13y ago
Contact other web agencies and tell them you're available for freelance work.
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by bwh2 13y ago
Whiteboards and a camera phone for sketching; HTML+CSS+JS (Foundation or Bootstrap) for clickable prototypes.
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by bwh2 14y ago
Natural light, standing desk, large monitors, fast machines, clean whiteboards, and a cultural acceptance that wearing headphones is effectively a "do not disturb" sign.
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by bwh2 14y ago
You could make the download and docs public, but require licensing for commercial projects, ala HighCharts (your pricing model may differ).
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by bwh2 14y ago
I watched this guy's videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/jonmervis/videos?view=0 I also learned a few things while shopping: 1. You need to see the diamond in person. 2. Size is easily quantifiable, but sparkle/pop is more important. See
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by bwh2 14y ago
I'd try a couple pages and see how it goes. Adding in Bootstrap, Foundation, or Skeleton is typically just a matter of adding some HTML wrapper divs and CSS classes, assuming your starting point is a relatively simple DOM structure and CSS
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by bwh2 14y ago
Skeleton was updated in late June, so it's still being developed as far as I can tell. We didn't know what to expect, in part because we hadn't previously researched the history of each framework. But you're right, the results are inline wi
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by bwh2 14y ago
We're working on a follow-up blog post soon with more detail. Bootstrap has a lot of great UI components - form styles, tabs, dropdowns, etc. It looks good, it's consistent, and easy to prototype. But our client work involves highly customi
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by bwh2 14y ago
A few conclusions: * Foundation has the best responsive grid support * Bootstrap is the most expansive UI. For internal tools, that's great. For client sites, we end up fighting to override Bootstrap. * Skeleton is really light. If you're p
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by bwh2 14y ago
My team compared Bootstrap, Foundation, and Skeleton in detail: http://responsive.vermilion.com/compare.php We built the same layout (a real client project) in each framework and compared notes. That process really helped us understand th
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by bwh2 14y ago
You may also want to consider directly marketing yourself to web agencies. Many agencies use freelancers when they have an overflow of work.
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by bwh2 14y ago
Most agencies that size do very little testing. Typically any testing is manual and done by a mix of developers and account managers. Not saying that you have to operate that way, but be aware that automated testing is a relatively foreign
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by bwh2 14y ago
It's largely a question of internal standards and maintenance. If everyone else is writing PHP and you decide to build a site in Rails, you're creating a maintenance problem for everybody else.
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by bwh2 14y ago
I've been running two external displays for some time on my MBP. One mini display port, one USB. The USB has a mostly negligible lag.
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by bwh2 14y ago
I'd recommend writing some parsers (in python, ruby, perl, whatever) for large data sets ( http://www.quora.com/Data/Where-can-I-get-large-datasets-ope... ) It will probably speak to your analytical side and teach you stuff like string ma
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by bwh2 14y ago
The article is poorly worded. The point is that retina 2x graphics do require more bandwidth. As retina displays grow in popularity, bandwidth may become an issue. It's certainly something developers should consider when thinking about site
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by bwh2 14y ago
Then do something like hxa's example. Maintaining a return variable isn't always bad, it's just weird to think of it as functionally better than multiple returns. I tend to find a lot of errors and bugs in heavily nested code because it inv
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by bwh2 14y ago
I was comparing what I frequently see vs what I'd like to see. Your example code is pretty rare in my experience. So I think the comparison is pretty fair.
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by bwh2 14y ago
Sorry, should be fixed now.
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by bwh2 14y ago
I've seen a lot of heavy nesting caused by the belief that functions should only have one return statement. Ex: // Original function render() { $return = null; if($condition1) { if($condition2) { $ret
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by bwh2 14y ago
Static images are easier to share.
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by bwh2 14y ago
My degree is in accounting. But now I'm a developer. I made a career switch 5 year ago and never looked back. Here's the key - build something A to Z.
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by bwh2 14y ago
You have two ways to value yourself - time and money. I worked in NYC and had a +3 hour rountrip commute. Moving to Boulder, my roundtrip is 10 minutes. I regained 3 hours per day. That's 750 hours per year or 31 days. IMO, nobody sits on t
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by bwh2 14y ago
I'm normally active. I thought standing all day would tire me out, discouraging me from normal exercise. But it's been the opposite; I'm much more inclined to exercise after work now. Probably because my leg and back pain have disappeared.
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by bwh2 14y ago
I work at a standing desk and I've noticed several benefits: * No leg pain. Extended sitting hurts blood flow to my legs, causing leg pain. * Less back pain. Even in chairs designed to promote good posture, I somehow manage to slouch or arc
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by bwh2 15y ago
Google Reader and Google Docs spreadsheet.
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by bwh2 15y ago
True for Oahu, but certainly not Maui or Kauai.
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by bwh2 15y ago
Namespaces might be more PHP-ish, but I was primarily concerned with being Underscore-ish. I'm also not entirely opposed to the namespace approach, but syntactically I would rather call: __::foo('bar'); than use _; __\foo('ba
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by bwh2 15y ago
Good point. I can see where something like CoffeeScript for PHP would be useful.

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