“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.”–Aldous Huxley
Monthly Archives: July 2008
"At times one remains faithful…"
“At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.”–Friedrich Nietzsche
links for 2008-07-05
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Want.
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Matt Mullenweg throws out some stats for wordpress.com; it’s clear they still have to support IE6. In regards to questions about the wisdom of 37signals, I wonder if their audience isn’t less IE-heavy in the first place.
"Tact is the ability to describe others…"
“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”–Abraham Lincoln
links for 2008-07-04
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Yay! It’s about time companies began eliminating the weak link in the browser chain.
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Testify.
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First-hand experience tells me that this is extremely accurate. NEVER be willing to add something to an application if you think you might one day want to remove it.
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You need about ten minutes, but this is totally awesome. (Language warning, btw. Like, a lot.)
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When you read something like this, it’s hard not to place your head in your hands and say a prayer for Windows users. It’s not become much better since, unfortunately.
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Traditional publishing takes another blow.
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Mainly because most people don’t know.
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Seth Godin instructs us by presenting a checklist that every sane human being should run through before sending any e-mail.
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The beginnings of a revolution—a revolution that only happened over the dead bodies of the traditional telecommunications industry.
"Efficiency is intelligent laziness."
“Efficiency is intelligent laziness.”–Anonymous
links for 2008-07-03
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A better set of mod-rewrite rules for WordPress MU.
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“Watching nonprogrammers trying to run software companies is like watching someone who doesn’t know how to surf trying to surf… He still falls off the board again and again.”
The same can be said for Internet initiatives.
"Art is a collaboration…"
“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.”–Andre Gide
links for 2008-07-02
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Everlong? Ace of Spades? Give It Away? Sign me up. Rock Band 2 looks like it’s going to be what I want it to be… more of the same. I can’t wait until the E3 announcement gets out of the way so I know what’s in store.