14 February 2008
One thing I love about being a Rails hobbyist is that I can continually think about the best way to do things. With no paycheck hinging on a deliverable, I can refactor continuously until I’m convinced I have the best code I can muster. Sure, I never get anything done, but the exercise makes me [...]
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6 February 2008
As I mentioned before, I’ve be having a lot of fun with EVE Online. The attraction, however, hasn’t been just to the ability to fly around in a ship and blast pirates (as if that weren’t enough!). EVE has a pretty excellent API, an browser that provides in-game information, and even dumps of art and [...]
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1 February 2008
Everybody’s got football fever with Super Bowl XLII coming up. If it’s caught you and you’ve got some decent Web chops, we’re hiring. There’s a few more at our employment site (warning: cruddy third-party app—search in the Digital Media division). Of course, if you really want to get in, you’ll go through me.
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11 February 2007
For the most part, working for a design firm is a joy. New projects are varied, and new problems emerge with each. You meet and worth with myriad people. One client brought each person in our office a dozen eggs from her farm. Another took us for beers when we deployed his site.
The worst part [...]
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11 January 2007
Today PPK rounded up several recent posts debating Javascript Libraries. I defended JS libraries a few weeks ago, but I feel the need to expound. They get a bad rap, and I think its undeserved–especially as the expectations of Web users increase.
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