The problem is that a new developer simply has no conceptual model for the problem at all. In most cases, the “noob” can stare at “the f***ing manual” all day and simply fail to find something staring him in the face. Importantly, this does not reflect a failing on the part of the new developer. Virtually everyone I know who worked their way from noob to senior Rails developer starting feeling around the elephant. —The Blind Men and the Elephant: A Story of Noobs
About
Hi, I'm Kevin Smith, a passionate software developer that believes software is more about people than computers. Here you will find tidbits - links, quotes, pictures and short posts - of things that I find interesting. Enjoy!
Stuff I Like
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This extension removes the need to use flash on YouTube by converting all videos to their HTML5 video tag equivalents. It also has the added benefits of decreased CPU...
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A helpful tip for would-be extension developers:
“Compiled” Safari extensions are just renamed .zip files containing the HTML, CSS, Javascript, and other files that may make up an extension. If...
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This extension saves a screenshot of the visible part of the page to an image in your download folder. Right now, it’s still rough (images have filenames that make no...
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Another very cool World Cup 2010 interactive infographic. This one tracks teams and predicts outcomes!
(Thanks Mau for the heads up. Follow him on Tumblr, he does cool things.)
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Veer Wallpaper — HATERS they are GONNA HATE
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A list of Webkit-specific CSS properties with explanations of what they do and their possible values.
(via jacob)
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MiniApps is the personal project of Alex Gibson. It has a handful of HTML5-based applications for the iPhone, Android, and other modern mobile browsers and is fully MIT licensed.
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Fire in the Sky by Terje Sørgjerd
“Taken last night as the volcano in Iceland went berserk. Taken with 70mm.”
See also “Armageddon.”
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She was away for a week and we were reunited today. I walked into the apartment and she was about as far away as you could get. She looked at me and squealed. Then, as I walked through the place,...
