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by liquidcool 17y ago
Well, you can already pay extra to expedite your passport application. I've paid the DMV a couple extra dollars to renew online instead of in person or via mail. It's equal service to those who pay for it. By the same token, why not have an
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by liquidcool 18y ago
I'd really love it if Netflix allowed us to own and export our ratings. Even better, provide a web service so we could integrate it on other social sites. I see sites like Flixster who want me to rate movies and I think, "I have to rate the
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by liquidcool 18y ago
I highly recommend reading the book Peopleware by DeMarco and Lister. It devotes a chapter to the programmer's environment and speaks passionately about how important it is to get it right. They get into details about offices. They also say
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by liquidcool 19y ago
I'm an RPI grad and I think this is very cool. After hearing about great experiences from other students who studied abroad, I really wish I had minored in French and taken a year in France. English wasn't a required subject, much less fore
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by liquidcool 19y ago
I second FogBugz. I especially like the one-click time tracking for working on cases, and how it integrates with evidence-based scheduling: http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/LearnMore.html?section=Predi... I've no experience with RT, but a
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by liquidcool 19y ago
I was speaking with an Amazon WS evangelist last year and he was recommending a 5 server system: load balancer, two web/app servers and two DB servers. The issue I brought up was that you couldn't guarantee colocation, so you might be makin
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by liquidcool 19y ago
If you're going to mention John Brunner, you can't forget The Shockwave Rider. I found it very prescient when I read it in the '90s. If William Gibson is the father of cyberpunk, I think that makes Brunner the grandfather.
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by liquidcool 19y ago
I found this article on web application form design to be a good primer: http://www.lukew.com/resources/articles/web_forms.html It's on the Functioning Form blog for interaction designers: http://www.lukew.com/ff/