August 2007
12 posts
“1426, ‘spiritual calling,’ from L. vocationem, lit. ‘a...”
– Vocation - Online Etymology Dictionary
Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac... →
Super, super useful for collaborating online. Jing makes it trivial to create and share screenshots and screencasts.
Nick: that'd be okay with me
Nick: redirect if not admin
Jordan: isn't it great, that's a line of ruby code and a correct english sentence :)
Nick: haha i was just thinking the exact same thing
Bad News for iTunes →
NBC Bails on iTunes, taking Battlestar Galactica, The Office and Heroes with them. Ah well, season pass wasn’t such a great deal anyway. I guess I’ll just have to start ripping the DVDs.
Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal →
On every side, our paternalistic culture is tightening the noose around those of us who just want to opt out of the system — and it is the freedom to opt out that differentiates tyrannical and free societies.
A great piece on big-government hyper-regulation in “the land of the free.”
Website development workflow
Brainstorm features and goals for your site. Everything goes, just make sure it gets captured. Preferably on a big whiteboard, which is where synergy really comes in to play.
Focus and refine your scope for the current iteration. Ruthlessly eliminate everything that is not absolutely essential. If the business will survive without it, you probably don’t need it yet.
Tell stories...
Rough Thoughts on Embracing Online Media in the... →
The 10 Biggest Mistakes Freelancers Make, and How... →
“Lord, you will grant us peace; all we have accomplished is really from you.”
– Isaiah 26
Easy titles in Rails
application_helper.rb
def site_title; "Acme Widgets Corp"; end def t(str); textilize_without_paragraph(@title = str); end def title; @title.blank? ? site_title : "#{@title} - #{site_title}"; end
some_action.html.erb
<h1><%= t "Omnivorous Widgets" %></h1>
application.html.erb
<title><%= title %></title>
Oh, the protestations
I can hear it now,...