ulisesroche

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I want to work with smart people on a great team making awesome software!
1 points by ulisesroche 15y ago|0 comments
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
For copy, I'm getting a lot out of "Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft" http://goo.gl/9eH5q , which breaks down the craft quite well.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
You can use a color wheel to come up with color schemes, and I'd try using ems instead of pxs to handle whitespace. Whitespace is negative space, used for contrast to draw attention to positive space, which could be your copy, let's say. Us
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
You don't need to tap all the fiber running through the US to track down someone. That would take too long. Much easier to put "Wanted" posters up with "$$$" on the bottom and wait for the head to come back.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
If you're a Rubyist, "gem install cheat" ( http://cheat.errtheblog.com/ )
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
What's wrong with different ways of explaining the same lessons? What if you don't know what text-objects are in the first place?
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
You probably just need to aim a lot higher than what you're shooting for right now, is my opinion. Does this quote not get you pumped up? "The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of vir
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
I was actually going to be an animator before I picked up "Transcending CSS" by Andy Clarke at the uni library.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
KJ feels pretty awesome, thanks!
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
I work in sprints, I have a protein shake every morning as soon as I wake up and at night right before I go to sleep, ever since I started journaling I ditched to-do lists. Also, the most productive times of my life, when it comes to work i
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
You'll probably be pleasantly surprised at how quickly he catches up once he's on the job, if he really wants it as bad as you say. I say give it a try for a few months, and then make a more permanent decision based on that.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
Try putting this in your .vimrc if you don't want to reach all the way to hit the escape key imap jj <Esc> Come back to vim :(
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
zed's http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ is one of those, I think.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
You got good at Vim because you used it for over 6 months, not because it had any plugins turned off. A distro like https://github.com/carlhuda/janus provides sensible training wheels.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
CoffeeScript all day, errday. I actually started making fun of myself for being all giddy when writing some JSON day before yesterday.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
You're all almost making me switch. Almost... Quick! Help me, vimsters.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
Thanks, I tried that too, though it was a few years ago. What made you think it was too simple to work though?
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
I think perhaps comment points should count for more than the ones you get for story submissions, have they tried that in the past before?
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
Let alone the switch to Emacs, but I've been trying to implement GTD since college, using all sorts of tools, and I've read the book I don't know how many times, and I still feel like it's over my head. Are there any alternatives?
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
The best resource on why and how to use grids is: http://www.amazon.com/Systems-Graphic-Systeme-Visuele-Gestal... It's primarily used as an aid for visual layouts, but it took on the other useful qualities everyone else has listed as the
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
You can barely taste Vodka when mixed with Red Bull, and to begin with, just practice smiling at strangers; within two weeks you won't be shy anymore. From then on, just remember to be kind to everyone, and you'll be fine.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
But, I don't think it's the same thing. Changing your behavior is very possible, and being short is not a fault.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
Ok, but in practical terms, the thing is I really don't want to work with immature jerks, because then I'm going to be uncomfortable all day, or they're going to end up pissing someone off and there's going to be a big hoopla about it, or a
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
What's so hard about kindness that engineers can't figure out? I really don't buy that excuse.
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
I actually recommend Judo/BJJ as a form of exercise that lets you apply and sharpen your problem-solving skills, aside from getting you very much in shape. I tried keeping track of stats and stuff, but often give up because it's too much wo
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
I agree with the idea that the list is too focused, and probably doesn't help as much as it says it will. After reading "Where Good Ideas come From" by Steve Johnson, I think a better approach is to be good at code, and decent at everything
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
They took the exit, so as to not miss it, they sped up to catch it and cut me off. I remember it took a second or two for me to figure out what was going on, while my mom was telling me to hit the brakes slowly and start leaning to the far-
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
None of it is over the top, and none of it recommends to stay awake (only says to take caffeine if needed), you're just not seeing the picture because you want to believe that truck drivers are better drivers than anyone else because they d
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
Actually, you're the one that's being irrational. Driver's ED manuals recommends taking a break of 15 minutes every two hours, precisely because driving skills deteriorate quickly with fatigue. No amount of experience will make up for it. e
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by ulisesroche 15y ago
I was on the right-hand side of the road, a little in front of them, near an exit. They took that exit. Perhaps I was on the wrong side of the road, but I don't know, that sounds terrible.

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