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Breaking through the Wall
Some great motivational advice from Bill Walsh in Stop Hitting your Invisible Wall:
Try this thought experiment the next time you’re about to sit down to write code, a blog post for your business, or do whatever you do that builds your startup. Forget about the money. Forget about the bills. Forget about whether you deserve or are capable or are too slow or whatever carrots and sticks you’ve been using on yourself.
Instead, think about the challenge of making the code work, writing the post a post that connects. Think about how every line you write brings you closer to deciding your own fate and not taking “suggestions” from managers. Think about the difference you’re going to make in the lives of the people who use your software.
That’s the motivation you need – it’s like rocket fuel.
I could sure use some of that right about now.
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Like I said in my previous post, it’s time to start making things again.
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A huge part of my job these days seems to be impedence-matching between big opaque chunks of library software that sort of do most of what my program is meant to achieve, but don’t quite work right together so I have to, I don’t know, translate USMARC records into Dublin Core or something.
Is that programming? Really?
Yes, it takes taste and discernment and experience to do well; but it doesn’t require brilliance and it doesn’t excite. It’s not what we dreamed of as fourteen-year-olds and trained for as eighteen-year-olds. It doesn’t get the juices flowing. It’s not making.
"Whatever happened to programming? « The Reinvigorated Programmer
Amen, brother. It’s time to start making things again!
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The Sandpit on Vimeo (via Shawn Blanc)
If you enjoy tilt-shift photography, you must watch this 5 minute short. I especially enjoyed the harbor scenes at the beginning and the evening traffic shots near the end.
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notes“Ironing techniques by professional craftsmen (shirt)” - プロの職人によるアイロンがけテクニック(ワイシャツ)
This short instructional film showcases unmatchably masterful ironing technique that we’d all do well to learn from, but it’s also one of the most absorbing, delicious demo videos I’ve ever seen.
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First Look: New Fleet of Star Wars Toys | Underwire | Wired.com
You had me at “Hoth Wompa Set”.
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Minimalist Star Wars Tourism Posters
Already in line to buy a set. No, you cannot skip ahead of me.
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NorCal Internet Services
This site is so full of win. Ponytail? Check. Rainbow gradient fonts? Check. Animated rubber ducks? Check.
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"MobileMe has been updated to offer at least some functionality when accessing the me.com page from Mobile Safari. It doesn’t yet offer full access to MobileMe’s features via the browser, but it does allow access to the “Find My iPhone” feature from an iPhone or iPod touch."
MobileMe gets slightly more compatible with Mobile Safari
Another one for the “it’s about time” category. Frankly, I’m surprised Apple hasn’t released released an app specifically for this feature yet.
