Delicious Links – 20 links – programming, community, development, twitter, lisp
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- [BLOGGING] Absolute Guide to Losing Readers, raproject.com
- Things not to do
- [CODE] David Heinemeier Hansson step aside, Paul Graham is next to be voted off the island, weblog.raganwald.com
- The backlash against the new Arc LISP dialect
- [CODE] Let The System Design Itself, gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
- From the article: ” 1) runs all the tests, 2) contains no duplication, 3) expresses every idea you want to express, 4) minimal number of classes and methods. When you work with these rules, you pay attention only to micro-design matters.”
- [CODE] The Programmer’s Food Pyramid, osteele.com, via:labnotes.org
- Good point. Instead of writing about code, we should be reading code or writing code.
- [CODE] can lisp do what perl does easily?, groups.google.no, via:programming.reddit.com
- Ouch. Stinging roast of Perl.
- [COPYRIGHT] Better Than Free, kk.org, via:blogs.chron.com
- From the article: ” The internet is a copy machine.”
- [DESIGN] 8 Web Design Mistakes That Developers Make, wakeuplater.com, via:news.ycombinator.com
- What programmers get wrong when they try their hand at web design. I found myself nodding my head.
- [DESIGN] DOs and DON’Ts – Colour, inspirationbit.com
- advice on choosing colours
- [GAMERS] The Mass Effect, nytimes.com
- From the article: ” –Before the show I had asked somebody about what they had heard, and they had said it’s like pornography,– she added. –But it’s not like pornography. I’ve seen episodes of ‘Lost’ that are more sexually explicit.–“
- [GEEK] 10 Breeds of PC User Identified and Explained, anywired.com
- This was great. I’m a bit of 5, 7, and 9 with maybe a dash of 10.
- [LIFEHACKS] Applying Unix Philosophy to Personal Productivity, lifehacker.com
- A decent read if only because it’s a good refresher on unix philosophy
- [PHOTOS] 5 Image Resizing Tools to Die For, friedbeef.com
- Includes the resizer tool for GIMP/web that lets you resize only the non-important parts of images. Coolest resizer ever.
- [RSS] Rating Burner, ratingburner.com, via:louisgray.com
- What are the most popular blogs?
- [RUBY] reddit for ruby hackers, reddit.com
- Reddit has a spot just for ruby posts
- [SOCIALSOFTWARE] Nofollow Killed Google Social Graph API 3 Years Ago, andybeard.eu
- A look at the Google social tools
- [SOFTWARE] Best Software Tools for the Family Tech Support Guy, killertechtips.com
- Useful tools for debugging Windows PCs
- [TWITTER] Power Twitter by 30 Boxes, 30boxes.com, via:hmmcast.com
- Firefox extension for adding new features to Twitter
- [TWITTER] When Seth Godin isn’t Seth Godin, problogger.net
- Interesting look at branding on social media sites. Someone can pretend to be you with negative consequences
- [WEBDEV] Web Developer’s Field Guide – Your Ultimate Resource, webdevelopersfieldguide.com, via:news.ycombinator.com
- Ok. That’s a ridiculous list of links. Everything you need to know if you’re doing anything on the web.
- [WORKHACKS] Firing on All Cylinders: Productivity Tips for the Knowledge Worker, baron.vc
- It’s isn’t about getting more done, it’s about distancing yourself from the work so that when it’s time to work you are prepared for it
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Best of Feeds – 19 links – blogging, tips, google, opensocial, community
RSS feeds are like cookies (that are good enough for me). Best of Feeds is a weekly collection of the best stuff I saw on the Internet this week. They’re saved on delicious and stumbleupon and cross-posted to Twitter and Tumblr as they happen and then collected together on Saturdays. I don’t blog on the weekend so read these links instead.Subscribe to //engtech to see this every week (or get it by email).
- [INSPIRATION] FFFFOUND!
- Found images on the web. It’s a bookmarking site for interesting images you find in your web searches. Lots of good fodder for blog posts.
- (ffffound.com 3510 100 229)
- [BLOGGING] Don’t Click Here: The Art of Hyperlinking
- How to link properly.
- (codinghorror.com 390 98 15)
- [TUMBLR] Third time’s a charm
- tumlbr v3 announcement, thanks AndyC
- (blog.davidville.com 145 100 523)
- [WRITING] Silicon Valley Users Guide: How to coast to a writing career
- From the article: ” Setting up a blog is optional. It could be a good place to showcase your talent, or a scary place to document your lack thereof. Think before you post.”
- (valleywag.com 82 36 11)
- [OPENSOCIAL] Why Google launched OpenSocial
- From the article: ” Google’s OpenSocial announcement was just a lot of noise meant to distract people from what Facebook was doing in advertising”
- (scripting.com 57 68 2)
- [COMMUNITY] I Love My Chicken Wire Mommy
- Reward systems encourage community building… or do they?
- (benbrown.com 46 22 1)
- [EMAIL] 10 Tips for Managing Email Effectively
- Good tips.
- (dailyblogtips.com 34 12 8)
- [WEB2.0] Five Simple Sobriety Steps for Web 2.0 Kool Aid Boozers
- Applies to any meme or fad.
- (micropersuasion.com 26 9 3)
- [OPENSOCIAL] Social Hacking
- Blog dedicated to finding security problems with Google’s Open Social API.
- (theharmonyguy.com 26 19)
- [BLOGGING] Resources
- A list of resources for blogging at Daily Blog Tips.
- (dailyblogtips.com 14 24)
- [COPYRIGHT] Cory Doctorow Interview on Nottke.org
- From the article: ” It’s the 21st century, there’s not going to be a year in which it’s harder to copy than this year; there’s not going to be a day in which it’s harder to copy than this day; from now on.”
- (inclusive.wordpress.com 9 8)
- [BLOGGING] BloggingZoom
- digg for blogs
- (bloggingzoom.com 8 100)
- [TECHNORATI] Technorati Drops Content Older Than 6 Months Old
- Heaven forbid you’d want to search by authority over large periods of time.
- (techcrunch.com 7 58 2)
- [INFORMATION OVERLOAD] Sound and Fury: Slow Down and Focus on the Message, Not Messaging
- From the article: ” the focus these days seems to be too much on finding new ways to communicate … and not enough on finding important things to say”
- (webworkerdaily.com 6 3 18)
- [CODE] Requirements specification for writing a requirements specification (excerpt)
- because even the process needs process
- (chipsquips.com 5 2)
- [BLOGGING] Trust and Confidence
- You’re judged by how you respect the confidence of others.
- (weblog.raganwald.com 5 2)
- [WORDPRESS.COM] WordPress Guide to Livelihood Without Central Marketplace Dependency
- Why the wordpress.com premium theme marketplace is a load of smelly poo.
- (wpdesigner.com 20 22)
- [BLOGGING] Goodbye BlogRush – Simplehelp
- Why Blog Rush isn’t worth the widget space
- (simplehelp.net 2)
- [COMMUNITY] The Secret to Building a Popular Blog and Getting Tons of Readers
- You need a supportive community of influencers.
- (doshdosh.com 31 10)
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- saves – number of people who bookmarked on http://del.icio.us
- inbound links – number of blogs who linked to it (max 100)
- diggs – number of people who dugg on http://digg.com
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