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541.
by rantfoil 18y ago
I think the scribd auto-link is awesome. I hate load times and absurd browser pauses (thanks, Adobe), and scribd cuts that down significantly.
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Matching Impedance: When to use HBase / BigTable vs SQL(blog.rapleaf.com)
3 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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Understanding HBase and BigTable(jimbojw.com)
2 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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by rantfoil 18y ago
I think he's overstating how serious his "transgression" really was. If anything, knowing that one of your rising stars is so into coding that they'd rather be still coding for fun rather than anything else would make them _more_ valuable.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
You're right, more people should check out the 'new' items -- there are a lot of gems in there.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Wow, I don't know what it was like when jwz wrote this (12 years ago?) but these days Palo Alto is the epicenter of mediocre expensive food. Mountain View, however, has some really great ethnic food for cheap, especially on Castro Street. T
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by rantfoil 18y ago
On a Mac, you've got to use Omnigraffle. On a PC, consider Powerpoint or Visio. Photoshop is great in the right hands, but a huge waste of time unless you're a graphic designer.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Highly recommend Omnigraffle for functional specs / wireframes. You can just move UI around so much faster in a wireframing / diagramming paradigm. Gimp / Photoshop is good for the visual design phase of things. This is really the way to ge
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Shortcodes can be quite costly. Some people use http://www.textmarks.com/ instead, which is a tradeoff on usability for being free.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
If you like Rails, Mephisto is a pretty flexible way to get a lot of functionality for less work.
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Patterns in Interaction Design(welie.com)
12 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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by rantfoil 18y ago
You're right, that's probably it. Sadness.
553.
by rantfoil 18y ago
To this day I will not understand why Microsoft product managers like to use non-microsoft.com domains for their promotions. It's just not a good idea -- so much trust is involved in a good trusted URL -- why throw it away?
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by rantfoil 18y ago
I've built custom search engines using Lucene before -- http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/index.html -- problem is that you have to build a lot of extra stuff to make it work for your scenarios. Wikipedia lists a ton of sites that rely
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A faster instant domain search(domize.com)
30 points by rantfoil 18y ago|17 comments
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Create a Sleek, High-End Web Design from Scratch(psdtuts.com)
4 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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35 Useful Source Code Editors Reviewed(smashingmagazine.com)
6 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Hm, not exactly sure how a question about Twitter became an indictment against California / Californians. Lets stay on topic.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
It's not really obvious to a non-technical user that there are multiple pages going on there. Not sure how you would make that more clear, but the links at the top don't quite do it.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
The highest impact way to affect the politics or lack thereof of an organization is through hiring. Interview wisely. If there are any questions about character or personality, axe them immediately. Even if they are amazing engineers or fil
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The 960px grid system(960.gs)
2 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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by rantfoil 18y ago
The last page regarding the jumbledness of UI I think is symptomatic of a) a lack of a single strong design leader and b) too many fiefdoms all wanting to be unique within Microsoft. Windows Media Player wants to be different -- but there n
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Talking about stopbadware.org, he mentions this is what he's trying to do: "It's stuff you download to your machine that reports back its vital signs and running code to the rest of the herd. Then I can ask the herd, before I run new softwa
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by rantfoil 18y ago
To be honest, Safari is bloody fast. I was using it to fix some Safari JS bugs the other day, and then was just blown away by how much snappier it feels -- even at a perceptual level that makes a big difference. I feel bad cheating on Firef
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Aesop’s Top 7 Tips for Living a Happier Life(positivityblog.com)
4 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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by rantfoil 18y ago
I did a CE degree (Computer Systems Engineering) at Stanford. To be honest, I should have listened to my CS advisor, who said CE really doesn't give you enough depth in either CS or EE. Four years pass fast, and invariably a CE degree is th
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Market Research: Detailed stats about international and US blogging, social media in 2008 (scribd)(scribd.com)
1 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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Social Media still on rise: Comparative global study(trendsspotting.com)
1 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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Art of Testing Web Applications (PDF Slides)(scribd.com)
6 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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by rantfoil 18y ago
If you enjoyed this, I can also recommend a book called "A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember" -- really quite a riot and makes you thankful for loving and enjoying bein

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