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Introducing RailsDeveloper

1 Sep 2010

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Empathy is just a few words away

24 Aug 2010

I recently received a welcome packet in the mail from our overpriced health insurance provider, which encouraged me to head to their web site to setup my account. They assure me that it is going to change how I manage my health!

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CAPTCHA Challenge-Response

18 Aug 2010

CAPTCHA Challenge-Response

What kind of user experience does an empty CAPTCHA field produce? If you guessed annoying and frustrating – you win!

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Fishing for a goal

28 Jul 2010

I’m thinking that our team should start doing things like this when we launch new features for our clients.

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Jacques Cousteau made it happen

21 Jul 2010

However, during the war, the German army was requisitioning almost all of the 35-millimeter film stock in Europe, for use in reconnaissance missions; not only was the film expensive, but now it was nearly impossible to find. This presented a problem for my determined father, who searched diligently in film shops all over France. Whatever the cost, he was determined to pay it. Wherever he happened to be, he found time to look for his precious film, until one day, he realized that he did not need movie film at all. He saw that any 35-millimeter film would work equally well, so he purchased rolls and rolls of film intended for still photography. Then, he and my mother would stay up half the night, under the bedcovers, gluing the film together 36-frame strip by 36-frame strip, so that it would be suitable for moving pictures.

Daniel Paisner, Jean-Michel Cousteau from My Father, the Captain: My Life With Jacques Cousteau

A great example of Jacques Cousteau finding a creative solution to bypass external constraints that could prevent his projects from happening.

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Collection system

19 Jul 2010

There are three “collection success factors”: 1. Every open loop must be in your collection system and out of your head. 2. You must have as few collection buckets as you can get by with. 3. You must empty them regularly.

David Allen from Getting Things Done

An old one... but rereading parts of this book always seems to initiate some new-found motivation to organize my cognitive space.

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