March 2009
25 posts
“Your local and remote database is mysql, accessible with user root and no...”
– Dr Nic in Closing in on The Dream: “one-click-to-deploy Rails apps”
Mythbusting the MTA Fare Hike →
marco:
Great overview of the issues facing the New York City MTA. Basically, the fare hike and service cuts are completely necessary because they have a massive budget problem. And the reason they have a massive budget problem is more because New York State won’t give them anywhere near the funding that most cities’ mass-transit departments get from their respective states.
New York State has...
Another Awkward New Microsoft Ad Campaign →
The theme of the commercial seems to be “PCs: Computers for Losers”.
“Don’t take VC because Twitter did. Don’t piss off investors because 37signals...”
– Chris Wanstrath at Startup Riot 2009
josh freese : since 1972 →
Including the best tiered pricing structure ever.
(via @ronalddevera)
The Makers of Things →
In the late 1800s, the Brooklyn Bridge was built with no power tools, no heavy machinery, and only a basic, evolving understanding of how to make steel.
“Game consoles use hardware specialized for the computational needs of the...”
– MD5 considered harmful today
“Online, offline, or whatever: as far as I’m concerned, it’s only a community...”
– Merlin’s Conferences, Friends, and Stuff That Really Matters
“I think about legacy over currency every second I breathe”
– Gary V’s SXSW talk
“Why do sites still make me click a “Remember me” checkbox?...”
– @defunkt
OMGPOP is hiring!
omgpop:
SEO Guru
When we search you on google you had better come up first.
Hah.
“What’s interesting about this splash screen technically is that it isn’t a...”
– Gruber in Observations, Complaints, Quibbles, and Suggestions Regarding the Safari 4 Public Beta Released One Week Ago, Roughly in Order of Importance
“The site is dynamic. Photoshop is static—the site is not. The site is dynamic in...”
– Bill Scott as quoted in Amy Hoy’s Why we need interaction designers, not Photoshop jockeys
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