Vinyl LP sales were the highest in 2008 that they’ve been since 1991. Admittedly, that’s just under two million albums, but it’s an interesting figure nonetheless–and two million albums represents a respectable small business.
I'm contributing to this trend.
This is not just a club. Rails is how I earn my living. My call for professional behavior isn’t a call for us to button up our collars and be sure we keep our language clean. I’m asking that we make sure the events and activities where we learn the tools of our trade are open to everyone.
There’s a thing with Twitter that strikes a chord somehow. I don’t know why or how most folks will use it, but they will, and the whole thing may end up as something none of us expected.
While Obama has not managed in 100 days to defeat Islamic militants, usher in a Middle East peace treaty or disarm North Korea, on these and other issues he has laid down some important groundwork. Most importantly, the global polls following his first overseas trip show he has begun restoring America's name and reputation, key ingredients to successful policy making.
many web developers will move on to the New Hotness. With the attention span of a fruit fly, your average web programmer is quick to latch on to new technologies. After all, as a web developer, you can't appear publicly to be older than thirty.
Spec work often ignores the problem-solving, considered design process in favor of promoting a ‘beauty-contest’ of finished work, with the winning entry appealing to the client and not necessarily solving the problems at hand.
I hate everything about spec work
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