Bookmarks for 22 Feb 2010
- Try Coding Dear Boy – Laughing Meme
"Several times a week I get an emails like, “Can you explain how Flickr does XYZ? I’m hoping there is a nice packaged solution for this.” [but] We generally try do the dumbest thing that will work first. And that’s usually as far as we get." (flickr development software_in_practice software_development ) - user research friday (tecznotes)
"Nate Bolt of Bolt|Peters invited me to speak at User Research Friday last week. My obvious first reaction was "user research? We don't do any [at Stamen]." Nate was interested in the perspective of a design firm that has no formal process for user testing or research, so I did my best to coalesce a bit of our most recent thoughts on astonishment and novelty for the packed house at their SOMA offices." Actually they do do user research, but just not a lab beforehand. They launch, listen and iterate. (stamen community innovation user_experience presentation prototyping ) - Ten rules for writing fiction | Books | guardian.co.uk
Established authors provide writing tips. Elmore Leonard: 'Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said".' Margaret Atwood: "Take something to write on. Paper is good. In a pinch, pieces of wood or your arm will do." Roddy Doyle: "Do not place a photograph of your favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones who committed suicide." There are many more serious tips, too. (writing tips rules ) - 500 Internal Server Error
500 Internal Server Error (none) - Home – living-stories – Guide to the documentation – Project Hosting on Google Code
Google's documentation for its Living Stories product. (wiki news google_news aggregation documentation )
