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It’s the small touches that won me over. Well designed, a bit of attitude, and useful. —App store reviewer Jragon on Sketches. Should good software have ‘a bit of attitude’?
It's not its. A single serving site for those wondering. (Now where’s “There not their”?)
Some recent posts at the 37signals Product Blog: Campfire See your team’s Twitter posts inside Campfire
Man, has Hulu nailed online TV viewing or what? First off, they have a huge library of content that people actually want (e.g. SNL, Family Guy, Daily Show, Colbert, Kitchen Nightmares, etc.). And then they really execute on having a usable, effective UI.
In the world of ideas, to name something is to own it. If you can name an issue, you can own the issue. —Thomas L. Friedman
Rails tip: Use subdirectories to namespace images by resource. Eg. images/people/add.gif vs. images/companies/add.gif —Ryan
You should never hire anyone for something you haven’t first struggled to do on your own. It’ll teach you most of what you need to know to actually interview candidates, it’ll allow you to understand the nature of the work better (do I even need to hire or can we outsource?), and you’ll know exactly what a job well done will look like. It’ll also give you a sense of...
A map of the world that reflects casualties from war in the second half of the twentieth century. (via Re-Mapping The World)
Logbook is the first product from “Transmission Apps”, a group that is building Mac OS companion apps for our products. Logbook allows you to keep your Backpack Journal updated from your Mac menu bar. You can update your status and log journal entries without having to log into Backpack. Logbook is $12.99.