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by psweber 12y ago
I'm always so disappointed when a bar with a great beer list serves in these glasses. "It was cheap, durable, steady, and stacked easily. A server needed to worry less about splashing or spilling than with a dainty flute, or about
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by psweber 12y ago
"Against Empathetic Distress" or "Against Excessive Empathy" would have been a more accurate titles. Based on the actual title, I was hoping for something more interesting/surprising :P TLDR; Don't just mirror
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by psweber 12y ago
Pretty cool. Some kind of clustering solution for points that are near each other would be nice.
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by psweber 12y ago
OR - Hit down arrow in bottom right corner of (crappy little) compose window - Select "Default to Full-Screen"
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by psweber 12y ago
Do you think that extrinsic, material goals get in the way of the intrinsic goal of creation? (I do)
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by psweber 13y ago
Jokes are still allowed. Jeeeeeeeez.
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by psweber 13y ago
The creativity came before the reading. Coming up with a plan to allow taking 6 months off and living in another country. The 6 months of reading fuels the next set of creative ideas.
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by psweber 13y ago
I dunno. That is pretty general. The needs of each company varies widely, and, like the author said, the master of all 4 of those categories is a rare find. Defining your company's needs will help you figure out what kind of designers
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by psweber 13y ago
Fixing your boss' shitty idea is an optional, difficult and mostly thankless job. Getting a boss/client that has at least minimal respect for quality design and engineering is much better for mental health.
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by psweber 14y ago
Plenty of people prioritize work over family. It's non-trivial, but it's only a (very small) part of the answer to this question.
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by psweber 14y ago
My hope is that I'm able (though technology and/or social change) to remain truly helpful and connected to society as I become elderly. Playing games with young kids is great, but I'd also want to be able to pass along wisdom to teens and t
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by psweber 14y ago
Tools! They are cheap and insanely powerful. The possibilities are wide open. Seems like that is what the OP is hoping people realize.
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by psweber 14y ago
Remove the non-essential. Figuring out what is essential can be difficult, so prototyping, testing and iterating are crucial.
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by psweber 14y ago
"The best design is invisible" = false. "Good design is as little design as possible" = true. Pretty different concepts.
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by psweber 14y ago
The new redesign of Amazon's Audible site was pretty good. Their cancellation process made me want to murder them, so I guess it was a mixed bag.
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by psweber 14y ago
I like it. I know multiple people who would love to be able to pick up work like this on a light day. Everyone should be teaching their craft to some degree, too.
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by psweber 14y ago
This might help the OP come up with a hybrid approach. Create tutorial videos, blog posts, whatever that have lessons with exercises. Publish them for free. People pay for you to take time reviewing their work and then meeting with them ove
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by psweber 14y ago
Have you found a good alternative? I'm interested in a service like this, but I haven't been able to find anything better.
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by psweber 14y ago
You are right about all UIs changing, but the OP is talking about a new version of compose that Google is testing. It removes the full screen compose page and treats compose in a similar way to gChat conversations. http://learn.googleapps.
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by psweber 14y ago
Anathem makes Cryptonomicon look easy. I'm literally working my way through it right now. Stephenson is one of my favorites, so it's worth it.
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by psweber 14y ago
Using ink forces the ideas out, too. No erasing and fiddling with things.
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by psweber 14y ago
The idea doesn't make sense for most, but it's a nice, simple set of instructions if you wanted to do it.
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by psweber 14y ago
"All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental."
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by psweber 14y ago
Logo rip off aside, everyone do yourself a favor and check out the Snowbird site. Beautifully designed and implemented.
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by psweber 14y ago
For all the talk of focus after Larry Page took over, Google still seems to be releasing half baked products. I tried switching from Dropbox to Google Drive to get double the storage for the same price. Uploaded 100 gigs, got an error, and
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by psweber 14y ago
"Oops! An error occurred. Please click here to reload the page." I'm getting it, too.
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by psweber 14y ago
Interesting. I was hoping this would mean that tasks would be taken out of calendar. I guess when you have millions of users, every action delights some and angers others.
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by psweber 14y ago
Seems like the goal for addressing the first point is to get better at planning and estimating. Learn what you are capable of and then get better. The second point is based on that Hemingway quote right? “The best way [to write] is always
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by psweber 14y ago
I've also been able to comfortably do contracts for companies that have worked friends (who are full time employees) to the bone. If they want a 60 hour week from me, they have to pay me 50% more.
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by psweber 14y ago
It is a good definition. Something about influencing/shaping the experience should be included, too.

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