Browsing all articles from July, 2010
Communicating Honestly
Most people suck at communicating—and I’m one of them. I get passionate about this issue because, really, it’s such an simple thing to change. Reordering a few words, pulling a few out, and generally saying less can have a profound impact—but then, why is it so hard? Because it’s hard to be honest, and it’s [...]
Programming and Practice
I’ve been thinking about practice lately—and about growth. Here are some thoughts: Programming is a complicated job. Many people see it as a craft, and as craftsmen, programmers must spend countless hours honing their skills and improving their expertise to reach a level to compete at the level they desire to be at. For example: [...]
Shrink Javascript with Diffable
It’s been some time since we’ve seen any new javascript minifiers out there. Google Closure was probably the most recent but many argue that was basically a re-hash of Yahoo’s YUI Compressor. This is something different. As web applications get better, there is more Javascript. Caching has been a big help to this—even though only [...]
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