November 2010
70 posts
Slingshot Café | Multifunding →
MultiFunding is committed to making the complicated world of finance feel crystal clear. The Slingshot Café is where we let loose and explain the latest and greatest loan deals, in simple layman’s terms. We’ll review SBA Loan Programs, talk about popular bank deals and will even answer questions from our readers. So sit back, grab a cup of joe, and get ready to finally “get it.”
The Slingshot...
“If it’s not working, change it, no matter how long it took to write. Don’t throw...”
– The Rails Beatitudes
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463. Don't live in a glass house.
If only someone would’ve told me this a long time ago.
Path — The Personal (Social) Network →
minimalmac:
No following, no friending…just sharing with the people who matter most.
Path is a new app for iPhone that sets of on a very different approach to social networking. It’s goal is to be a highly focused “personal network” that allows you to share and tag personal moments using photos with no more than your fifty closest friends. Why no more than fifty?:
We chose 50 based on the...
“Find the root cause. Keep asking why, even when you’re tired and under the gun....”
– The Rails Beatitudes - Be Persistent
“One downside to Heroku is that they only retain a small portion of your logs....”
– Heroku Tips for the Cheap
the ultimate archive of cross-browser css bugs,... →
Brilliant and helpful beyond measure.
-brokenlover:
Of course I get a 60/60 on my Spanish test and you don’t even say one response. You just keep talking as if I didn’t say anything. Why do I bother?
Te amo. (Silencio)
Chat with myself
I miss you.
I don't expect a reply, he lied.
I just hoped for one. I understand it's 'best' you don't.
In Praise of Older Women →
After reading this one, you realise that Vizinczey really knows and Henry Miller and the rest – even D. H. Lawrence – only thought they did
Gamify your online experience with the BigDoor... →
Free The West Memphis Three →
“Many webmasters do the same question when creating his website.”
– Usuarios (online!)
RT @avallario: What are you waiting for? I’m gonna check under your testicles. #TSA
Not even dark yet and you’ve moved on. So cold and efficient. So hot and true.
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blinkenlights project stereoscope in toronto
hoffmann:
The latest blinkenlights project is to transform the Toronto City Hall into a big interactive computer matrix. The installation is part of the nuit blache.
The project also provides an iphone simulator (app store) which displays a live stream from Toronto.
More images can be found on flickr
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“No,” I said. “I was blown up while we were eating cheese.” pg. 63 (A Farewell to...”
– 200 Books In A Year
#earliest_memory Red shag carpet. The smell of Coast soap, the blue kind. And Disneyland at night. I don’t remember my father’s grave.
3D Particle System (click to rotate) →
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up Forms, Part 2 -... →
When providing users with assistance it is necessary to make sure not that the help is simply provided, but that it can be easily found and understood by users. It is crucial to make sure that users…
Do we really need email confirmation? - Stack... →
Captcha prevents (if you use strong captcha like reCaptcha) bots from registering new users
Email activation prevents people from registering other people (by their email address)
Coming Soon to a Boardroom Near You: Say on Pay |... →
From a human capital standpoint, major overhauls to compensation strategies and programs â driven by new regulations and, more important, the strategic makeovers companies performed in response to…
RT @moudy: ok, thinking about trying to install Android on my iPhone… bad idea? http://lifehac.kr/b5SenC
“I’ll just come out and say this: sign-up forms must die.”
– A List Apart: Articles: Sign Up Forms Must Die
Captcha v. Email v. Nothing, in response.
Take a look at this article in a list apart that talks about how signup forms must die. A bit harsh, but the core idea is to engage the prospect, capture as little info as possible, then automate the signup.
The fewer the fields the better - and the later in the process, the better.
Here is another article - smashing magazine - about web form design best practices. (click to page 1 of the...
“A method shows us soul.”
– Oracle, a random sentence generator.
“I’m not here to enter into a relationship. I just want to buy something.”
– The $300 Million Button
“A “crowdsourcing” service that provides fast and cheap usability...”
– FAQs about low cost usability testing
The Fukuoka Ruby Business Hub Promotion Committee →
We started the opening of the Fukuoka Ruby Award 2011 Competition which commends innovative system
and new business model superior activities that used Ruby.
Fibonacci Word →
A Fibonacci word is a specific sequence of binary digits (or symbols from any two-letter alphabet). The Fibonacci word is formed by repeated concatenation in the same way that the Fibonacci numbers are formed by repeated addition.
RT @snarkmeat: Contest: How low can your logo go? http://howlowcanyourlogo.com/
Fishbowl on Business Scalability is up next at the Founder Factory #Factory10. Nick Araco is on the panel—recruited right next to me!