jasoncrawford

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by jasoncrawford 16y ago
I'll be upfront with my bias: I strongly agree with Ayn Rand's politics, philosophy, and worldview. Atlas Shrugged is my favorite book. I think Ayn Rand had integrity as a person, and she's one of my heroes. That said, I agree that the movi
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Feedback on my startup's careers page?(barcodehero.com)
3 points by jasoncrawford 16y ago|1 comments
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by jasoncrawford 16y ago
Like it--the content was already out there but this is a cleaner presentation.
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Words you’re probably using wrong(jasoncrawford.org)
3 points by jasoncrawford 16y ago|0 comments
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by jasoncrawford 17y ago
Great question, and something I'm still learning. I touched on some points I know in the article. E.g., if you have data or lessons-learned that they don't, share that information. Probably a whole separate post in helping others see your p
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by jasoncrawford 17y ago
Cool. Interesting to contrast this attitude with the approach behind (the failure of) Xanadu: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.06/xanadu.html
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Software undergoes mitosis: Why Twitter’s API strategy was brilliant(jasoncrawford.org)
4 points by jasoncrawford 17y ago|0 comments
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The Value of a Trained Intuition(dianahsieh.com)
2 points by jasoncrawford 17y ago|0 comments
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Respect the competition(jasoncrawford.org)
14 points by jasoncrawford 17y ago|3 comments
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by jasoncrawford 17y ago
We don't really know how well he does in interviews. Maybe he bombs them--maybe he didn't learn anything very well, or maybe he has horrible communication skills, or maybe he shows up hours late, or maybe he just isn't good at interviews. M
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by jasoncrawford 17y ago
(Submitting my own post.) I'm taking on Paul Graham and Dharmesh Shah in this one, so I'd love to hear people's comments/responses.
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Does user experience or developer experience drive platforms?(jasoncrawford.org)
2 points by jasoncrawford 17y ago|1 comments
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by jasoncrawford 17y ago
For philosophy, I recommend A History of Western Philosophy by W. T. Jones. It's a good overview, providing both extensive quotes from primary sources and good summary/analysis of the material. A little less sure for physics, but The Fey
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by jasoncrawford 17y ago
(Once again submitting my own post.) Anyone know enough about the history of computing to add some perspective on smart vs. dumb terminals (or thick vs. thin clients, or whatever?)
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Smart Terminal, Dumb Terminal(jasoncrawford.org)
1 points by jasoncrawford 17y ago|1 comments
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by jasoncrawford 17y ago
The screen was clear enough. It had a field for username and a field for password, then the word "OR", then a field for the code. I did the right thing the first time, except for mistyping the code. I agree that error-correcting the code
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by jasoncrawford 17y ago
makecheck, I agree. I almost had a paragraph talking about that, but cut it for length. There's a general UI principle here: Only present the user with choices they need and want to make. Software, like an efficient employee, can and shoul
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by jasoncrawford 17y ago
Thanks!
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by jasoncrawford 17y ago
Disclosure: I'm posting this to promote my blog and get feedback on it. I read the guidelines and that seems to be within them. Someone let me know if if not. I'd love HN folks' feedback on this and my previous posts; I'm just getting st
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Error messages are part of your UI(jasoncrawford.org)
17 points by jasoncrawford 17y ago|8 comments
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Want good health in your golden years? Keep working(news.cnet.com)
3 points by jasoncrawford 17y ago|1 comments