January 2012
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“Lastly, regarding SEO: We put about 1600 keywords into the keywords meta tag for...”
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“Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me … they live in their heads....”
– Steve Wozniak, quoted in an article about the creative benefits of solitude. cf. Pablo Picasso: “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” (The author of the article, Susan Cain, has a new book coming out: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking)
Jan 15th
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“We would like to get notifications for unplanned outages 3-4 days in advance.”
– A client who doesn’t understand the definition of “unplanned.” (via clientsfromhell)
Jan 14th
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clientsfromhell: Me: A two-page web design will cost X. Four-page would be X, Six - Client: How much if it was double-sided? Me: The website? Client: Yes.
Jan 8th
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December 2011
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“Please make the video between 60 seconds and 1 minute.”
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Dec 10th
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April 2011
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Listenanother-melody-completely: Blood Bank -...
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August 2010
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Aug 8th
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Anecdote of the Day: Negative Double Positive
thedailywhat: Based on a true story: An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. “In English,” he said, “a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative.” A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah,...
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July 2010
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How to Build a Successful Blog Business →
The Complete Handbook on Building a Blog Business Written by Collis of Envato Here at Envato we’re pretty famous for building a lot of successful blogs, like this one! We’ve done quite a few now, so last year I decided other people might find our techniques and systems useful. Today I’m really happy to announce my new book How to Build a Successful Blog Business which is a step by step guide to...
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June 2010
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May 2010
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April 2010
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Apr 28th
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“My other computer is your Windows box”
– Bryan’s t-shirt on the latest Linux Action Show
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“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.”
– ~ Albert Einstein (via rafimama)
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March 2010
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Checkvist story: Fixes, improvements, and Firefox... →
Recently we made several rather noteworthy fixes: Chrome extension: scroll bar for long pages is now visible (thanks a lot to Luka Kladaric, the extension author. Please, update your current Checkvist extension to the version 1.0.2 (you can do it under the Extensions menu of your Chrome… Thanks Checkvist. Now I love you more!
Mar 31st
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