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Jason McDonald - software engineering, form meeting function, philosophy, language, art, computers, music, science, learning, et al. Atlanta, GA.
every. single. time. pair programming saves lives. #pairingftw http://t.co/z2xEH6tcxl
Reading Gibson. Forgot how my automatic grammar acquisition makes me unintelligible to most during this. Need countermeasures.
I swear reading Gibson's Bigend Cycle requires an art and design allusion dictionary on hand.
#readinglist Started Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
#readinglist Finished Nudge by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler
RT @designtaxi: 10 scientifically proven facts about creativity http://designtaxi.com/news... http://t.co/YDNEbB1mO5
RT @andrewklavan: Surprise! http://thefederalist.com/2015...
RT @urban_scorp: I don't care if Jeb Bush is the second coming of Christ, I don't want him as president. Not a fan of political families of any stripe.
RT @satyanadella: Thank you to our customers, partners & employees who made 40 yrs of @Microsoft possible! Look forward to the next 40 & #empowering everyone
RT @davidebbo: HTTP 401: I don't know who you are. Go away! HTTP 403: oh, I know who you are. Go away!
RT @alanstevens: I do! Restraint is a virtue. "@jbogard: i'm guessing @alanstevens would love this post http://mcfunley.com/choose-..."
RT @9gag: that handwriting though 😍 http://t.co/XfLPzKWOF6
RT @samwe11er: Always look to improve the User Experience, in this case Grandma's remote controls #UX http://t.co/rbBx9icuU2
RT @ardalis: Which CSS pre-processor do you recommend (for Visual Studio / http://www.asp.net/ devs)? http://fb.me/3S4Y0iMev
RT @sarahmei: The problem with telling people to write intention-revealing code is that to do it, they have to have intentions.
RT @sarahmei: Beginners are constantly in the "get this to work" phase. So telling them to write intention-revealing code instead of comments won't work.
RT @springbot: We're still looking for a summer #marketing intern @hypepotamus. Know anyone that has some rock star photoshop skills?
RT @jamesshore: It's interesting how long it took me to build same application in various frameworks: #reactjs 28¾ hrs; #angularjs 39½; #emberjs 44¼.
RT @arielvalentin: When did "whole team" become "throw the entire company into one huge room"?
Agile projects are more likely to be on time and scope because both are constantly being redefined. Cheating or genius?
I know a surprising number of ppl that don't get the diff b/w "not required" and "required to not"
The agile "welcome changing requirements" principle is to flow with changes, not to add processes to stop the reqs from changing.
"Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage."
"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." —Neale Donald Walsch via @momentumdash
#readinglist Started Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
When I grump at i++ when ++i would've worked, I remember that at least I don't grump when n/2 isn't n>>1 #getoffmylawn
For an entire industry whose primary medium is logic, the programming world is pretty terrible at keeping language precise
When someone talks complete nonsense but the idea is still brilliant #reactions http://t.co/N6LFAq1tOZ
Making our site responsive: http://tmblr.co/ZeEmUl1eOYrH7 #uxreactions via @uxreactions
RT @maxcroser: The size of North America compared to Europe; cities transposed (Source: http://de.reddit.com/r...) http://t.co/V05jpYbAHR
RT @codinghorror: "Those who were asked to provide explanations softened their view" http://www.bbc.com/future...
#readinglist Finished Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman