Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go Ever feel like you’re on the threshold of making a decision that will irrevocably change the course of your life, forever? That life has presented you with choices that, whatever you choose, will irreversibly change your life forever, for better or for worse? That’s [...]
Archive for March, 2008
links for 2008-03-29
March 29th, 2008
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Using the YouTube API with extJS Ultra sweet… and so smooth looking too. (tags: youtube javascript extjs api) Ruby On Javascript A ruby interpreter written in javascript… now all you ruby zealots can quit bashing my favorite language of choice. (tags: Ruby javascript hotruby interesting) Scala Presentation A good presentation describing Scala, it’s history, philosophy, [...]
Why Do We Continue To Implement Bad Features?
March 28th, 2008
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While I was reading through my RSS feeds today I came across a post by David Walsh describing how to make a link to set the current page as the users home page (bad feature) with the remark: The unfortunate part about creating websites for customers is that no matter what recommendation I make, if [...]
links for 2008-03-25
March 25th, 2008
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To Bet Or Not To Bet: How The Brain Learns To Estimate Risk Interesting article on how the brain estimates risk. (tags: neuroscience brain) Jabber client with extJS Once again, extJS pushes the boundries of very sexy “Web 2.0″ applications. (tags: ext javascript web2.0) Findability, Orphan of the Web Design Industry (tags: architecture webdesign) How [...]
Jelly is Coming Soon to STL
March 25th, 2008
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Through a random contact I made on twitter I discovered that something called “Jelly” is coming soon to St.Louis … apparently it’s a day of “co-working” with other software developers (mostly consultants and self-employed). It sounds pretty interesting and I’ll probably definitely check it out to see what it’s like… perhaps soon we’ll be able [...]
Meetings: Every Software Developer’s Worst Nightmare
March 25th, 2008
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Recently I’ve been pondering my biggest pet peeve, the biggest burden on my productivity… the dreaded meeting. Or as my favorite QA Jacque calls them, the “M word.” Meetings (pardon my language) are the biggest mind number sometimes. I hate them. Everytime I’m getting productive or about to have a major breakthrough, a meeting takes [...]
March 20th, 2008
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I’ve recently become slightly addicted to twitter. You can follow me at http://twitter.com/jamescarr although you’ll find my updates completely random (I update it from my cell whenever I find myself slightly bored).
links for 2008-03-16
March 16th, 2008
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9 of the best Rich Text editors reviewed (tags: editor javascript wysiwyg webdesign)
links for 2008-03-12
March 12th, 2008
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John Resig – Secrets of JavaScript Libraries (SXSW) (tags: javascript presentation library)
