I think this link says it all http://blogcouncil.org/pressrelease1.php. While we’re at it, let’s keep those nasty small businesses away…
Where there’s muck, there’s brass
Where there’s muck, there’s brass: The one thing that so many of today’s cute startups have in common is that all they have is a simple little Ruby-on-Rails Ajax site that has no barriers to entry and doesn’t solve any gnarly problems. So many of these companies feel insubstantial and fluffy, because, out of necessity (the whole company is three kids and an iguana), they haven’t solved anything difficult yet. Until they do, they won’t be solving problems for people. People pay for solutions to their problems. [Nice article.]
Source: Joel on Software
Source: Joel on Software
New York Times Employees Say Renzo Forgot the Bike Parking
New York Times Employees Say Renzo Forgot the Bike Parking: There was just one problem. While the Times and developer Forest City Ratner were promoting their new Renzo Piano-designed skyscraper as a “technologically advanced and environmentally sensitive” exemplar of green construction, a lack of bike parking and policies hostile towards cyclists were discouraging employees from commuting to work by the city’s most environmentally-friendly mode of urban transport.
[I have a similar problem in my current location… there’s no way to bring a bike into the building, leaving a bike outside all the time is a poor idea. Sad. So little thought to the simple things that improve everyone’s life.]
Source: StreetsBlog
[I have a similar problem in my current location… there’s no way to bring a bike into the building, leaving a bike outside all the time is a poor idea. Sad. So little thought to the simple things that improve everyone’s life.]
Source: StreetsBlog
iPhone on Rails – Creating an iPhone optimised version of your Rails site using iUI and Rails 2
iPhone on Rails – Creating an iPhone optimised version of your Rails site using iUI and Rails 2: After upgrading trawlr.com to Rails 2 I thought I’d make use of some of the new features and attempt to create an iPhone version of the site. With Rails 2 you can create a mime type specifically for the iPhone and then use that format in a respond_to block (along with views such as index.iphone.erb). [IPhone therefore I am. Actually not yet… but I’ll get there.]
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BookCode
BookCode: A good example of this is that when I write examples using Ruby, I’ve often shied away from using CollectionClosureMethods, even though I use them heavily in my own Ruby code.[And what a clear explanation of those methods in the above.]
Source: Martin Fowler
Source: Martin Fowler
Grey’s Law
“Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.” [Anyone care to testify? Can I get an Amen?]
Cooper | Insights | Journal of Design | Articles | Intuition, pleasure, and gestures
Cooper | Insights | Journal of Design | Articles | Intuition, pleasure, and gestures: This has its limits. You can’t make that rocket scientist’s satellite orbit plotting system “easy.” But you can make it “intuitive.” With that comes a surprise benefit.[Nice.]
adaptive path » blog » Todd Wilkens » Why usability is a path to failure
adaptive path » blog » Todd Wilkens » Why usability is a path to failure: Recently, I’m even coming to believe that focusing on usability is actually a path to failure. Usability is too low level, too focused on minutia. It can’t compel people to be interested in interacting with your product or service. It can’t make you compelling or really differentiate you from other organizations. Or put another way, there’s only so far you can get by streamlining the shopping cart on your website. [Interesting but overly simplistic. Lots of interesting comments.]
Ethical Action is not Moral Certainty
Ethical Action is not Moral Certainty: Human judgment is fallible but we must act to create the most benefit and least harm in accordance with the principle that others have as much right to joy, fulfillment and dignity as we do ourselves. [Any wonder I’ve enjoyed working for this guy?]
Source: Ken H. Judy
Source: Ken H. Judy
E-junkie Shopping Cart for selling downloads & tangible goods
E-junkie Shopping Cart for selling downloads & tangible goods: E-junkie provides shopping cart and buy now buttons to let you sell downloads and tangible goods on your website, eBay, MySpace, Google Base, CraigsList and other websites using PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize.Net, TrialPay, 2CheckOut and ClickBank.
For merchants selling downloads, we automate and secure the digital delivery of files and codes. If you are selling tangible goods, we automate the shipping calculation and inventory management. Our shopping cart has a built in sales tax, VAT, packaging and shipping cost calculato [Looks nice.]
turnings :: daniel berlinger 