ianphughes

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by ianphughes 7y ago
This is very true. Fighting Excel is like waging the Drug War. You can make what appear to be gains while still losing. As someone who started in Windows 97 and .NET at the 1.1 Framework release: VBA is a gateway drug to a career in MS lang
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by ianphughes 10y ago
Agreed. I noticed that as well since I also follow Mika McKinnon. However, now I just noticed something strange. I'm blocked by Emily Lakdawalla? Since I never speak to people on Twitter, I must follow somebody which qualifies me for a
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by ianphughes 10y ago
The LCARS display has a special place in my family. A few years back, my wife had a follow-up interview that landed on Halloween at Ubisoft. She was informed, "Don't be surprised if people are in costume and you should consider it
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by ianphughes 10y ago
Well, I could be for sure. The new Pixar has a story has a central character that is an escape artists octopus. Certainly could be coincidental.
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by ianphughes 10y ago
Not to sound too negative, but I kind of feel like the timing of this story is suspect. It seems to be on the heels of numerous articles [1][2][3] from Pixar talking about their new character, which is an octopus, escaping and rescuing Dory
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by ianphughes 11y ago
What was that axiom that Red Auerbach was attributed with? "You can't teach height." Ricky demonstrated he was hungry to learn and succeed at a very early age, a quality that will always bring some level of success through li
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by ianphughes 11y ago
I was annoyed when this launched because it was no longer easy to get to the English language version of Al Jazeera even if you wanted to, unless you took steps to change your location.
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by ianphughes 11y ago
Yeah, I'm in agreement with previous posters. "Library" + "Github" equals more attention. This is somewhat of a lesson in crafting a headline here.
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by ianphughes 11y ago
Funny but also a great non-violent form of protest. However, the article could have also been titled 'Unnoticed by Vast Majority of Viewers'.
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by ianphughes 11y ago
That font makes reading difficult.
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by ianphughes 11y ago
Perhaps, but if I increase my bounce rate by 80%, that still represents a large new pool of users that I could have monetized but never could now, no?
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by ianphughes 11y ago
I am not sure I agree with your first point. It seems the most frequent case is that a user wants to access content right away. Regardless of how much "better" the native experience might be, its a lot of hoops to jump through to
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by ianphughes 11y ago
I still do not understand the popularity of this approach. It seems to crazy increase bounce rates. You would think that negative user behavior would already make these undesirable without Google being explicit?
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by ianphughes 11y ago
I have programmed on all kinds of stacks, and while I understand a lot of the .NET disdain, I’m perplexed by perceptions that years of .NET experience is somehow worthless or less than noteworthy? Beyond the stigma of being a Microsoft prod
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by ianphughes 11y ago
That's a great idea. He certainly would get my money.
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by ianphughes 11y ago
Am I the only one who could listen to him narrate just about anything for hours at length?
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by ianphughes 11y ago
That jumped out at me too. It colored the remainder of my reading experience.
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by ianphughes 11y ago
I have to admit that I started reading this post feeling a little snarky about the concept. However, I think Chris makes an excellent case for the concept.
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by ianphughes 12y ago
I was discussing the email problem with a friend a few months back. Without researching further, I just assumed they pivoted the business to become a spam farm.
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by ianphughes 12y ago
The synchronous vs asynchronous communication argument is on par with a “best programming language” debate. The style of communication is just a tool that should fit the need and the tasks at hand. If you are working on a largely engineerin
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by ianphughes 12y ago
This really resonates deeply for me as well. When I was completely buried with difficult projects, I would occasionally complain about being "too busy". However, when things normalized to 40-50 hours a week, I would feel lazy. I r
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by ianphughes 12y ago
It took several years around silicon valley for things to get interesting again. I think I became a better developer during that time because it forced me to do/learn things I might never have. Nevertheless, yes, it TOTALLY changed the
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by ianphughes 12y ago
You're correct that neither approach is wrong, especially since it might largely depend upon what type of business you're building. However, I think if you have no fear in your ability to raise funding, a business may relax in the
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by ianphughes 12y ago
As a property owner, the idea is appealing. Especially if you could configure watches and alerts. This example is poorly executed however.
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by ianphughes 12y ago
Also promoted and received medals for making visual confirmation of a civilian flight and still shot it down: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007
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by ianphughes 12y ago
Ha. Great reference.
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by ianphughes 12y ago
I must be missing something? This doesnt seem new.
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by ianphughes 12y ago
I tend not to think that this was a case of something intrinsically American. Public shaming on the internet might quickly be becoming the national pastime, but its hardly exclusive to the US.
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by ianphughes 12y ago
It looks pretty great. How does it compare to Atlassian products (if you have used any)?
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by ianphughes 12y ago
Not like they dont have the money for it, but that would be a very expensive for them and sort of anti-Open Source, no?

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