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ABC: Always Be Coding

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:28 +0300

ABC: Always Be Coding:

An excellent practical writeup for developers who strive to be the best at what they do. Recommended!

The Three Kinds of Laziness

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:06:06 +0300

The Three Kinds of Laziness

If you’re not failing, you’re probably not really...

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:41:40 +0300

If you’re not failing, you’re probably not really moving forward #dream #achievement #failure #success #motivation

The “thin edge of the wedge” strategy - Chris Dixon

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:19:16 +0300

The “thin edge of the wedge” strategy - Chris Dixon:

A good write up on establishing a good and long lasting relationship with your potential users. Find something you can solve for them, get them in and take good care of them and they’ll stick around.

How I Learned to Become a Failure — Let’s Make Things — Medium

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:20:48 +0300

How I Learned to Become a Failure — Let’s Make Things — Medium:

Fail Harder, all the f*$King time

Swaggadocio: Why the hell does your API still use HTTP Basic Auth?

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:12:47 +0300

Swaggadocio: Why the hell does your API still use HTTP Basic Auth?:

stevegraham:

HTTP Basic Auth remains a popular method for API authentication for various reasons, but mainly because it’s dead simple; placing the username and password in the url, e.g. http://user:password@example.com is widely supported, allowing new users to familiarise themselves with APIs by pasting URLs…

What happens to user experience in a minimum viable product? - (Ryan Singer)

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:24:14 +0300

What happens to user experience in a minimum viable product? - (Ryan Singer)

Jules Massenet / Thais / Meditation (by TheClassicalmusicfan)

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:12:35 +0300

Jules Massenet / Thais / Meditation (by TheClassicalmusicfan)

Stop working (so hard) — I.M.H.O. — Medium

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:12:24 +0300

Stop working (so hard) — I.M.H.O. — Medium

Organics and Mechanics: Rands In Repose

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:18:51 +0300

Organics and Mechanics: Rands In Repose:

In short, there are two types of managers you might encounter:

* Mechanic
* Organic

Know how to deal with each and you’re a happier employee.

littlebigdetails: Twitter - Characters exceeding the 140 limit...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:20:34 +0300

littlebigdetails:

Twitter - Characters exceeding the 140 limit are highlighted in red.

/via Simon van Woerden

"What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind."

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:34:30 +0200

“What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.”

- Walter Bagehot

There are Ladies Present | 8th Light

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:48:50 +0200

There are Ladies Present | 8th Light:

I think the following conclusion by Uncle Bob Martin is very well put:
‘Our industry needs to grow up too. Perhaps the reason we’ve had so much trouble maturing is that we don’t have enough women to help us make the transition from child to adult.’

"[Design] is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:36:33 +0200

“[Design] is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

- Steve Jobs

When are we going to deploy on Fridays? — Operations Engineering — Medium

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:39:09 +0200

When are we going to deploy on Fridays? — Operations Engineering — Medium:

Previously, in one of the teams I was managing, I had several discussions with the CEO and the engineers on the team regarding deploying on Fridays.
I’m glad this policy has affected the stability of the application on the long run as the number of bugs dropped on Monday morning.

One photographer's journey inside Iran - The Big Picture

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:46:07 +0200

One photographer's journey inside Iran - The Big Picture

Empathy (by ClevelandClinic)

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:53:19 +0200

Empathy (by ClevelandClinic)

Slate: a Mac OS X window manager for power users

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:20:00 +0200

Slate: a Mac OS X window manager for power users:

mauriciogardini:

Linux: always triggering my curiosity

Well, as I already stated, even though I’m quite a newbie when it comes to Linux, it doesn’t means that I’m not curious about some products developed for it. And one that I’ve been curious since the moment that I first read about was XMONAD.

XMONAD is a…

Introducing Boxen

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:42:34 +0200

Introducing Boxen

Lebanon’s January 2013 Storm In Pictures « A Separate State of Mind | A Lebanese Blog

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:35:30 +0200

Lebanon’s January 2013 Storm In Pictures « A Separate State of Mind | A Lebanese Blog:

Beautiful pictures of snow across Lebanon