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by bmac 28d ago
Steve Jobs in Exile by Geoffrey Cain had a very good section on this. Ross Perot (one time third party presidential candidate) was a big investor in NeXT. Since he had founded 2 IT services companies that had extensive government contracts
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by bmac 6mo ago
One time charges are pretty typical when layoffs are announced. They are usually the cost of severance pay for the weeks or months of salary paid to employees who are no longer working. Office space leases are typically long term (multiple
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The Last StaffPlus NYC: When the Role Outgrew Its Room(laconicwit.com)
2 points by bmac 11mo ago|0 comments
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The Staff+ Canon: Tools for Leading Without Authority(laconicwit.com)
1 points by bmac 1y ago|0 comments
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Vi.mock Is a Footgun: Why Vi.spyOn Should Be Your Default(laconicwit.com)
1 points by bmac 1y ago|0 comments
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Don't Mock Your Framework: Writing Tests You Won't Regret(laconicwit.com)
2 points by bmac 1y ago|0 comments
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LLM Native Product Capabilities(laconicwit.com)
2 points by bmac 2y ago|0 comments
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Maintainable Remix Apps: Hexagonal Architecture(laconicwit.com)
2 points by bmac 2y ago|0 comments
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by bmac 3y ago
https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts are classics and the content and presentation have aged quite well over the years. The topics demonstrate intermediate/advanced web development/tdd concepts in Ruby b
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Spooky tales to scare your JavaScript developers(laconicwit.com)
3 points by bmac 3y ago|0 comments
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The Web Can't Survive a Monoculture(mikepennisi.com)
2 points by bmac 7y ago|0 comments
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by bmac 14y ago
Paul Irish created a google reader feed of front-end blogs located here: http://paulirish.com/2011/web-browser-frontend-and-standards...
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We're not paying enough for apps(news.cnet.com)
119 points by bmac 15y ago|113 comments
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by bmac 15y ago
> There are no `Models` in the framework by default although there's a plugin which does fine job. Can I ask which plugin you are referring to? I've been looking for something like this.
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by bmac 15y ago
In some ways 'ship spinning' in eve was the iphone equivalent of dragging a screen past its boundary and watching it snap back in place. Dragging the camera (with a mouse down, move and release) would cause it to rotate around the player's
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History Sniffing for Fun and Profit(laconicwit.com)
5 points by bmac 15y ago|0 comments
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Background Information on Egypt 2011(blogs.colgate.edu)
1 points by bmac 16y ago|0 comments
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by bmac 16y ago
I second watching the WePay talk. One of the best pieces of advice I heard at Startup bootcamp came from Bill Clerico (WePay CEO) when he described building software as a community process. It seemed like an elegant way to say users are wha
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by bmac 16y ago
The overthinking it podcast is one of my favorites. A panel generally overthinks movies and other artifacts from pop culture and arrives at some interesting concepts by following Hollywood's 'movie logic'. http://www.overthinkingit.com/ca
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by bmac 16y ago
The intelligence of crows has always been my favorite. Joshua Klein talks about a cleaver way to create a mutually beneficial relationship with a species usually considered to be a pest. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/joshua_klein_on_t
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by bmac 16y ago
I only recently spent enough time with regexs to learn them to the point where I no longer need to consult a reference every time I wanted to write one. Now I wish I had learned regexs sooner. Regexs are fantastical useful and I've noticed
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by bmac 17y ago
CS Junior at Worcester Polytechnic Institute looking for a web development internship in the Boston area. Skilled in Python, Django, Java, Linux and more. Email bmcloughlin@wpi.edu for a resume.
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by bmac 17y ago
my emacs.d still needs a few tweaks but I'm convinced it always will. most useful parts: replacing fundamental mode with text-mode as the default mode when a new buffer is open. (setq default-major-mode 'text-mode) turn auto fill (automatic
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by bmac 17y ago
Hide Menubar (alt to show menu bar) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4762 Hide Navigation Bar (F2 to toggle nav bar) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8769 Both are awesome for netbooks. I find hide menubar ni
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by bmac 18y ago
Worcester Polytechnic Institute