January 2010
22 posts
“We can sit here in our geeky little dorkosphere arguing about it all day, but as...”
– Why the iPad Will Crush Netbooks and Ebook Readers - Gizmodo
In praise of git’s index →
A great rundown of how to use git’s index in day-to-day development.
“In order for a landing page to be successful, a clear value proposition must be...”
– The Science of Landing Page Optimization
Stock and Flow →
You must read this if you care at all about building long-lasting, continual value.
app.itize.us →
“app.itize.us is a painstakingly curated presentation of the best produced and designed iPhone applications that are available for download via the App Store.”
David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min
Absolutely incredible!
5 Myths That Can Kill a Startup →
“Emotional and social intelligence, sometimes referred to collectively as EQ, are...”
– 5 Myths That Can Kill a Startup – GigaOM
Trying to prevent information overload
I love information and learning new things. Keeping up with the incessant stream that the internet provides can be quite a challenge. For most people, RSS is probably still the way to keep tabs on what’s going on, but it’s definitely not the only way. Here are a few things that I’m trying in an attempt to better consume information.
Find people on Twitter that talk about things...
Charts & Graphics: 10 excellent books →
“Make headings meaningful, not cute, suggestive, punny, or metaphorical. Just...”
– 2b. Insert meaningful headlines and subheads. — Web Writing that Works
How to measure product/market fit with survey.io →
A great overview of the reasoning behind the survey.io questions.
I Like Dashboard Widgets
I find OS X’s dashboard widgets quite useful for quickly seeing information that I don’t always need in front of me. Here’s a list of the widgets I use and a description of why.
Apple Widgets:
Calculator, Weather - Both of these are fairly self explanatory, I think.
Third Party:
Delivery Status - I end up ordering a lot of stuff online, especially Amazon. This widget helps...
Lean Analytics For Startups →
“Our technical goals are to never lose data, be very fast, and favor boring and...”
– Pinboard Blog: Technical Underpinnings
“In 1992, Robin Dunbar used this correlation to compute an estimate for the...”
– Chimp Grooming and Dunbar’s Number
“The idea of software development as an assembly line manned by semi-skilled...”
– What Should We Teach New Software Developers? Why?
“Problem: the problem with problem is it is overused, so much so that it is...”
– The Economist Style Guide: Some dos and don’ts
Startup Therapy: Ten questions to ask yourself... →
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.”
– Henry Ford