Garrick van Buren – Page 42 – About time. And product. And being more deliberate.

#titanic { float: none; }

The story of the Titanic’s demise as written in jQuery.

In terms of geek humor, this achieves ‘sudo make me a sandwich’ status.

The Return of Fee

“For example: I’d like to see a start up set out to become the world’s best email service. For $40-$100 a year, customers would have unlimited storage, a powerful (ad free) interface, and rock solid reliability. ” – Drew Breunig

Olds

“One thing that I find missing is discovery of non-new content. The web is completely oriented around new-thing-on-top. Our brains are also wired to get a rush from novelty. But most “news” we read really doesn’t matter. ” – Evan Williams

Friends != Content Generators

“I believe we all live vicariously through the people we love and admire, we bask in their stories and their grace. To somehow conclude that it’s beneficial for us to ‘consume the information shared’ by those we love via the heavily branded and advertising-conscious proxy that is Facebook is, in fact, an insult. It’s a third–rate experience.” – Youssef Sarhan

Dogged

“I sometimes think that Silicon Valley is this weird abstract hunting ground where Neo-Victorian aristocrats hunt and kill good ideas for sport, the same way their ancestors would have killed foxes.” – Giles Bowkett

A Much Tastier Sandwich

Remember back when John Gruber called iPhone Web Apps a shit sandwich. And then Apple fanboys dragged Apple into native applications while balkanizing the nacent mobile software world?

Have you heard that today, WebKit is so popular other browser vendors are contemplating support -webkit CSS prefixes.

Now today, Apple announces:

Mac is obsolete. All their devices are different form factors of iOS (I called this last April)
OS X apps distributed via the App Store will need to comply with additional restrictions

So wait: build native apps and be ever restricted by Apple or build web apps and work across devices, across platforms, and even have non-Webkit browsers compatibility?

Leads me to believe that, as much as Apple doesn’t have the internet in it’s DNA, they’d still prefer – after all these years – that developers build web apps.

SabbathManifesto.org

“We’ve created 10 core principles completely open for your unique interpretation. We welcome you to join us as we carve a weekly timeout into our lives and to continue the momentum of the National Day of Unplugging throughout the year. On March 11, 2012”

Why My Software is Ugly

“In the eyes of many customers, ugly equals authentic and credible. Ugly helps you get the task completed quickly without any fuss or distraction. Ugly is going to give you the details. Ugly is not hiding anything. Ugly does not waste your time on surface images and trivial jargon and hype.” – Gerry McGovern

Hat-tip Dan Woychick

Focus as a Small Opt-out

“We can begin by mimicking the [digital] Sabbath in small, by recognizing that by dedicating time to one activity or one person, without interruption from gadgets, work, or other people, will help us slow down and connect.” – Rebecca J. Rosen,

“don’t build technology unless you feel the pain of not having it.”

“Suffering-oriented programming greatly reduces risk by ensuring that you’re always working on something important, and it ensures that you are well-versed in a problem space before attempting a large investment.” – Nathan Marz