June 2010
53 posts
I wonder what our upcoming CreativeMornings speaker Rolf Hiltl thinks of this idea of using iPads in a restaurant as the menu and to put in your order.
(via @roitsch)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
Mumford And Sons (40)
Balmorhea (37)
Bishop Allen (35)
Freelance Whales (35)
Beirut (34)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“When I was a kid, there are two things I wanted badly and never got… A real dog and a Kenner..(more…)
Star Wars Kid revisited: this is a cool revisitation of the Star Wars kid(below video) which is..(more…)
Compared to SVN and CVS, I think the best thing about Git is Github. It’s awesome how you can see the history of your source code.
So here are the steps to work with local git branches.
1. Commit and push the latest code from your local environment
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[etagwerker@gesell prode]$ git commit -m “My latest stable release” [etagwerker@gesell prode]$ git push
2. Pull the latest code...
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WatchBand of Horses - Monsters
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how to work with git local branches →
Collection of the most creative and memorable FIFA World Cup advertising campaigns from all over the world.
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Cute cloud! A short film about man’s misunderstanding and mixed relationship with mother nature.
Flowcharts make me happy:
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This video is also viewable at: DailyMotion | Funny or Die
Funny or Die - Dailymotion - Humor - Recreation - Sport
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
Beirut (104)
Freelance Whales (63)
The National (38)
Band of Horses (36)
Balmorhea (34)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality?
Many of my friends have been in the same position, so here’s my best advice, below.
But first, a quick request: If you are a programmer, please leave a reply below with YOUR best advice. Feel free to include your URL and email for anyone to contact you. I know my...
An animated dark comedy about a vacationing couple’s encounter with a man they believe to be the Zod..(more…)
Policeman Arresteding, Chicago
getting started with Cucumber and Webrat on Rails →
A couple of months ago I started using Cucumber in one of my projects. I think it’s a great tool for large projects. It makes it easier for developers joining the project and it gives the development team a lot of confidence when changing the code.
If you have a running set of tests, you know that you can go in, write a failing test, modify the code, add a feature and then run the tests again. If...
“I saw a two-year old kid (in diapers, in a stroller), using an iPod Touch today. Not just looking at it, but browsing menus and interacting. This is a revolution, guys.” - Seth Godin
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It hurts to even imagine such a situation.
My Hunch cofounders and I frequently ask ourselves: “If we were to start over today, would we build our product the same way we had so far?” This exercise is meant to counter a number of common cognitive biases, such as:
1. The sunk costs trap. People tend to overvalue past investments when making forward-looking investment decisions. From the rumors I’ve heard, Joost was a company that fell into...
livetv.ru rocks
T: the game is much better this half
E: twitter is pretty cool for the WC.. if you use #PAr and #Ita it places a little flag next to that hash
E: you still on that same page?
E: it was acting a bit slow for me
T: yeah, it's fine for me
E: how did you find it?
T: through livetv.ru
T: which is an amazing
T: site
E: it's so stupid
E: whoever owns the rights
E: is getting screwed by that site
E: and losing money
E: but they deserve it
T: yeah totally
T: this is like a totally different game
T: both teams are actually trying to score
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-13) →
Freelance Whales (67)
Clint Mansell (46)
The National (42)
Beirut (32)
Belle & Sebastian (27)
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Shared by міl http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/infographic-tallest-mountain-to-deepest-ocean-trench-0249/
O fotografii, jako medium, które pozwala nam uchwycić nasze własne przemijanie pisałam niedawno przy okazji filmu Petit bateau.
W pamięci miałam jeszcze jedno zdjęcie – niezwykły rodzinny portret, nie mogłam go niestety odnaleźć. Dziś udało mi się je wyszperać. To zestawienie zdjęć członków rodziny Diego Goldberga z Argentyny, którzy portretują się razem od 30 lat - raz w roku, zawsze 17...
please stop overdesigning! →
This Lee Enfield bolt action sniper rifle is made from, and shoots, Lego. By Jack Streat, watc..(more…)
Over 10,000 photos were entered into the Nature’s Best Photography‒Ocean Views competition. The gallery features stunning shots of the ocean through the eyes of professional and emerging photographers, as well as naturalists and adventurers.
First prize went to Bryce Flynn of Woburn, Massachusetts who took this amazing shot (above) of a humpback whale feeding. “Late spring aboard...
It definitely the most beautiful continent in our little planet… the wildest of them all, Africa is getting some attention thanks to this year’s World Cup at South Africa, but we really hope that it gets more than just plain attention. We hope for major problems solving.
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We’ve seen for so long people dying in Africa from starvation, thirst, war,...
Keep it simple, stupid. Or keep it simple stupid. Or keep it simple and straightforward.
But please, do it for other programmers. Do it for yourself, for your own sanity. Stop overdesigning and ‘designing for the future.’ Stop designing for ‘what may happen in the future.’
You don’t need utterly complicated designs. You are not an oracle and you cannot tell what your application will need to do...
please stop overdesigning! →
It’s hard to argue against going through the Customer Development Process (CDP) when building your startup. It just makes sense and experienced entrepreneurs are really excited about it. If you want to learn more, I recommend starting with Steve Blank’s Four Steps to Epiphany and Eric Reis’s Lessons Learned blog.
But, despite reading the books, the blogs, going to the meetups and truly believing...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-6) →
Beirut (94)
The xx (80)
Band of Horses (71)
Freelance Whales (52)
Coldplay (50)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Steve Jobs just announced iPhone 4($200-$300) at the Worldwide Developers Conference. It is 34%..(more…)
World Cup Forecasts Tracker App →
Last weekend I built a web app to track World Cup forecasts. I am playing with friends to see who is more accurate.
Feel free to sign up and register your forecasts and play!
These bomb shaped candles light up to slowly reveal three hidden bronze stars. Three stars bomb! des..(more…)
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The surprising truth about what motivates us. Dan Pink’s Drive
I love anything motivation related. This series of illustrated videos is fantastic and covers a really cool array of topics.
rails-authorization-plugin first impressions →
I started using the rails-authorization-plugin last week. It is a really awesome and flexible plugin. I don’t have much to say about it yet.
But there is one thing that I find confusing:
In order to set a role for a user, you can do it like this:
user.is_admin_for(group)
To check if a user has a role, you can do it like this:
user.is_admin_for?(group)
See the subtle difference? Well, I...