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uTest Applies Social Networking to App Testing (1)
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Forbes misses the point of the 4-day work week (67)
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There’s a piece in Forbes called Why A Four-Day Work Week Doesn’t Work that suggests: But there are serious drawbacks. Packing 40 hours into four days isn’t necessarily an efficient way to work. Many people find that eight hours are tough enough; requiring them to stay for an extra two could cause morale and productivity to decrease. As for saving on the cost of commuting, it likely isn’t true. The article is right: More hours ...Shared by Aadom The Wygle (5) Aaron (2) Ben Parr (21) Benjamin Golub (20) Bojan (7) Carlos Villela (23) Carri (2) Chris (34) chrishathaway (11) Chu Yeow (11) Chuck LeDuc (6) cmm324 (6) Darrin (0) dobata (366) Dr. Ernie (58) Enkrates (1) Eoin (14) Galtenbergs (19) glongman (8) guynameddave (9) hober (15) iuri (5) J. J. (15) Jana (13) Jason (21) Jeff Daly (42) Jeffrey (34) Jim (20) Johannes (10) John (5) John F. Schneider (24) Jon (19) Jon (22) Jonathan (9) Jonathan (16) jonezy (21) Josef (12) Josh Hoover (2) Josh Lawton (0) Karl-Anders (1) Kye S. (3) Marcos Toledo (0) Mark Drzycimski (14) Martin Polley (4) matixo (3) Michael (15) Michael H (4) MichaelMJ (9) Miguel Cavalcanti (7) Mike F (456) msimoens (6) Nicole (27) Nish (3) pberry (8) rexy (23) Rob (132) Rob (0) SengMing (12) Shane (16) Sunpech (6) terry (20) Tim (43) Tom (8) Tony (8) Tony (11) Unity (6) Yasin (3)Explore read six notes- Jonathan said: I'm really on board with the four day work week.
- chrishathaway said: here, here
- pberry said: Ahem...I, uh, hadn't noticed.
- Mark Drzycimski said: I dream of a 4-day work week.
- Chuck LeDuc said: The point of the 4-day work week is about doing less work.
- Galtenbergs said: The point of the 4-day work week is about doing less work. It’s not about 4 10-hour days for the magical 40-hour work week. It’s about 4 normalish 8-hour days for the new and improved 32-hour work week. The numbers are just used to illustrate a point. Results, not hours, are what matter, but working longer hours doesn’t translate to better results. The law of diminishing returns kicks in quick when you’re overworked.
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The Perils of FUI: Fake User Interface (60)
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As a software developer, tell me if you've ever done this: Taken a screenshot of something on the desktop Opened it in a graphics program Gone off to work on something else Upon returning to your computer, attempted to click on the screenshot as if it was an actual program. And let's not forget the common goating technique where you take a screenshot of someone's desktop, make it the desktop background, then proceed to hide ...Shared by abhi (2) Adam (17) AdmOd (1) AJ (173) Alexandru Savu (36) Amit (16) andrin (0) Anu (5) Arik (10) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (60) BuildMaster (11) Burad (3) Catto (8) darkeye11547 (247) Darrin (0) Dedalus (22) Denny (15) Fernando (27) fmavituna (25) Heather (38) HejGustav (30) Imran (0) James Socol (4) Jamie (1) János B (11) Jeff (43) Jesús Dugarte (3) jmvidal (15) John (21) Justin Yost (81) Ken (1) lishevita (5) LouCypher (57) Mark (16) mathewbutler (6) Maurice (18) Michael Kuhn (4) Mike (6) Mike F (456) Morton Fox (75) muchio (0) Nikola (9) Olivier Favre (Innovablog) (30) Phillie Casablanca (11) poorbird (15) Richard Bradshaw (15) Roberto (21) Scott (5) Srinvard (65) Stuart Maxwell (3) sumidiot (5) Tanel (22) Todd (10) tOMPSON (5) TroubledWine (10) turker (9) Uri (10) Vashira (5) Vipul (42) xeal (13)Contribute comment -
Getting a JavaScript stracktrace in any browser (20)
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Eric Wendelin has posted on getting a JavaScript stack trace no matter that the browser. With Firebug you can call console.trace() but what about the rest? Luke Smith took Eric's work and added to it, ending up with: PLAIN TEXT JAVASCRIPT: (function () { YOUR_NAMESPACE.getStackTrace = (function () { var mode; try {(0)()} catch (e) { mode = e.stack ? 'Firefox' : window.opera ? 'Opera' : 'Other'; } switch (mode) { case 'Firefox' : return ...Shared by 100rabh™ (9) aemkei (3) Brian Landau (20) Chris Jackson (6) codefin (10) Daniel (1) daniel (12) Darrin (0) jimmysessions (12) Martin (8) Matthew (15) Monsur (7) Mrinal (1) nakajiman (10) Rumble (14) Scott (8) simon (0) TIGGR (44) tvachon (0) William Cui (19)Contribute comment -
The regular expression required to validate an email address according to the respective RFCs (1)
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Q/A: What Thread-safe Rails Means (24)
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There's been a little bit of buzz about David Heinemeier Hansson's announcement that Josh Peek has joined Rails core and is about to wrap up his GSoC project making Rails finally be thread-safe. To be honest, there probably hasn't been enough buzz, and there's been several misunderstandings about what it means for Rails users in general.So I figured I'd do a really short Q/A about what effect Rails thread-safety would have on the Rails world, ...Shared by Brent (43) Charleno Pires (72) dale.brayden@gmail.com (26) Daniel (8) Darrin (0) Harish Mallipeddi (2) IceskYsl (8) jetienne (20) jillesvangurp (10) Josh Hoover (2) Matt McKnight (6) MikeG (5) Nicolas Lehuen (12) omo (21) Robert Dempsey (13) robin (2) Ryan (7) SAITO, Tetsuya (0) Serabe (21) stephdau (4) Ted (8) Vamsee Kanakala (10) zapnap (33) 小影 (1)- Vamsee Kanakala said: A good read if anybody out here cares about Rails being thread-safe from 2.2 onwards, and what its' implications are.
- jillesvangurp said: Amazing that rails is still so primitive that this is actually news.
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Cinderella, others arrested at Disneyland (7)
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Read full story for latest details.Shared by Billy Fairchild (2) Darrin (0) Guy (702) Kate Kapetanakis (12) leathej1 (7) Patrick (8) Squirrel Girl (6)- Kate Kapetanakis said: Love the headline on this!
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Cinderella, others arrested at Disneyland (1)
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Object.getPrototypeOf (11)
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Historically one JavaScript property that's seen a lot of use (mostly due to its convenience) is that of __proto__. It's a quick-and-dirty way of accessing the original prototype property of the object's constructor function. For example, the following is true: "test".__proto__ === String.prototype // Another alternative, not using __proto__ // Only works when constructor isn't changed "test".constructor.prototype === String.prototype This feature has been codified in the upcoming ECMAScript 3.1 specification as a new method: Object.getPrototypeOf(object) ...Shared by bbbush (39) Brian Landau (20) Darrin (0) g9yuayon (7) hac0demon (31) halans (24) inamorix (56) Liam Clancy (6) marchbox (21) mkrisher (3) Scott (8)Contribute comment -
Adobe Screwed By EcmaScript Standards Agreement (1)
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The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Premature Standardization (18)
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The web is made of open standards. This was a significant factor in the web’s displacement of proprietary application platforms. Openness is hugely attractive, so much so that the web dominates over competitors with better technologies. The difficult tradeoff that comes with a standards-based approach is that it is difficult to innovate. As a result, the basic technologies of the browser have been stalled for a decade. What innovation we’ve enjoyed, such as the Ajax ...Shared by bjori (15) César C (13) Darrin (0) Dominik (33) dryan (6) Jeff Poetker (8) kcearns (15) Ken Sykora (2) koles (1) marchbox (21) Matt (9) met (25) mjs (10) PJ Kix (6) Rob (3) Ryan (5) Scott (8) Tony Duckles (7)- César C said: "It turns out that standard bodies are not good places to innovate. That’s what laboratories and startups are for."Amén. Sobre el próximo JavaScript.
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The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Premature Standardization (2)
onThe web is made of open standards. This was a significant factor in the web’s displacement of proprietary application platforms. Openness is hugely attractive, so much so that the web dominates over competitors with better technologies. The difficult tradeoff that comes with a standards-based approach is that it is difficult to innovate. As a result, the basic technologies of the browser have been stalled for a decade. What innovation we’ve enjoyed, such as the Ajax ...Shared by Darrin (0) Tony Duckles (7)Contribute comment
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New 'Children of the Corn' Remake To Shoot In Iowa (1)
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Rails Internationalization Tutorial In An App (4)
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Clemens Kofler has put together a rather novel "tutorial" for Rails' new internationalization and localization features. Instead of being a typical tutorial on a Web page, the tutorial comes as a Rails app. To get started: git clone git://github.com/clemens/i18n_demo_app.gitcd i18n_demo_app./script/server Then head to http://localhost:... and you're away. Note: We've mentioned Rails' internationalization features before on Rails Inside.Contribute comment -
Manage Webapp Upload Addresses with Gmail Filters [Email Filters] (39)
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Lots of webapps—Flickr, Tumblr, and Remember the Milk, among them—let you upload items through custom email addresses. Those addresses, though, are usually very long, or extremely random, and hard to remember when you're trying to dash off something. The Digital Inspiration blog recommends putting the ever-clever disposable Gmail address trick to work, which also works with other email providers. Set up a filter to send mail addressed to YourName+Flickr@g... to your custom Flickr address, and ...Shared by Alec Peden (7) Ariel Acentares (2) binduwavell (1) bwary (1) Cade (7) cesaracardoso (76) ckaroli (45) Compuwizard123 (34) Dan (4) Darrin (0) docbaily (33) Elton (0) Fuad (2) GC (4) Google (1) Grandje5ter (22) Jeffrey (12) Joe (7) Kevin Hamer (10) Linda (1) merkurov (14) mgalpert (4) Michael (1) Michelle (2) MJ (1) Murz (2) Muzo (10) Polina (5) Rick (1) robenalt (1) Ryan (0) ryan (48) Scott (3) shawnmor (33) simplynutty (0) stormin (3) tarraguna (2) Tim (13) Todd Lohenry (11)- Linda said: great tip! I use several lindadub+ gmail addresses to help me organize email.
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Manage Webapp Upload Addresses with Gmail Filters [Email Filters] (7)
onLots of webapps—Flickr, Tumblr, and Remember the Milk, among them—let you upload items through custom email addresses. Those addresses, though, are usually very long, or extremely random, and hard to remember when you're trying to dash off something. The Digital Inspiration blog recommends putting the ever-clever disposable Gmail address trick to work, which also works with other email providers. Set up a filter to send mail addressed to YourName+Flickr@g... to your custom Flickr address, and ...Contribute comment
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The Hashrocket Way: Pair Programming (6)
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To use an idiom that Bryan Liles effectively coined at this year's Ruby Hoedown, at Hashrocket, we "pair all the fucking time". It is a vital part of The Hashrocket Way, our internal philosophy of how to most productively service our clients: The photo above captures a normal morning at Hashrocket headquarters, where every desk is set up for effective pair-programming: 30" monitor, dual keyboards, dual mice. Carmelyne Thompson and Wes Gibbs are the pair ...Contribute comment -
"Blogging is like masturbating into a mirror while you videotape yourself so you can watch it later..." (9)
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“Blogging is like masturbating into a mirror while you videotape yourself so you can watch it later while you masturbate.” - Lewis Black (via glass) (via jimray)Shared by Alex C (30) alldrin (0) Andrew Ruess (121) Clint Ecker (15) Darrin (0) Justin (0) KeVroN (5) Lido (5) willygru (45)Contribute comment -
Asshole Driven Development (2)
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Make Firefox 3's Bookmarks Available to Launchy and Quicksilver [Firefox Tip] (28)
onFirefox 3 doesn't store your bookmarks in the plain old HTML file that Firefox 2 did, so desktop launchers like Quicksilver and Launchy can't index them properly. But the HackCollege blog has a solution: a Firefox 3 about:config tweak that makes Firefox automatically export your bookmarks to a file. Change the browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML value from false to true to get a bookmarks.html file saved to your Firefox profile directory each time you shut down your browser. ...Shared by Casey (0) chelpixie (1) Clay (41) Cunya (13) Dan Russell (12) Darrin (0) Ed Kopp (28) Greg (2) Hasan (23) HokieGeek (25) Jason Allen (1) Jason David Pelker (10) JBu92 (53) Lou (6) m8 (4) Mark (23) mkrisher (3) mubbashir (3) Nathan (3) Rich (2) rOckY (154) Shane (4) Shawn (19) Sid (19) teranex (4) Tina K.J (10) Travis Tubbs (4) Woolf (15)
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