June 2008
11 posts
Why I Still Use Windows Despite the Peer Pressure →
“You know what? Macs are too hip. Oh, look at me! I do graphic design! I wear women’s jeans and hang out in coffee shops! I’m a DJ! Well good for you. My computer is not a fashion statement. It’s a computer.”
WatchA visualization of how Firefox 3 renders Mozilla.org (via Google Video)
Nixon's Resignation Letter →
Shorter, but not as funny as Stewart’s.
Intelligent people 'less likely to believe in God'... →
Innovation by firing people →
Scott: “If your team is flailing or struggling to resolve a creative decision, create more autocracy. Either get the dead weight out of the room, or pick the person in the you as the leader believe has the best perspective and grant them your authority - let them make the call.”
Superdelegates On the Fence and in the Spotlight →
“When [the campaign] asked me to call you,” she recalled Etheridge saying, “I said, ‘I can’t call a superdelegate. What am I going to say to a superdelegate?’ They gave me some talking points and your bio, and after I read through your biography, I said, ‘Aha! They want the gay one to call the gay one.’ “
Slumber Parties Go Digital - NYTimes.com →
“It is a rule of Web development that if you want a vital community, it has to start with women. It is just a higher level of discourse and behavior. If a site starts male, it stays male.”