February 2012
2 posts
Views.fm: Saved Views + Color Updates →
viewsfm:
After months of slightly changing existing features, we finally have a new feature: saved views.
Now, you can easily bookmark any view that you like for easy access via the ‘saved views’ section on your home screen.
Why is this useful?
Views are dynamic objects, unlike, say, blog posts. They…
January 2012
5 posts
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Accent Disqus Update
Accent theme has been updated with long overdue Disqus support and a few other little bug fixes. Enjoy.
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“Path is pretty in the same designy way as our modern museums…These museums are...”
– Sexpigeon
This is the best thing I’ve read about Path, and it perfectly articulates something I’ve thought not only about Path, but also a lot of other exemplars of the fussy, post-Apple wave of “high design” in tech products. Khoi Vinh has written about the same phenomenon, arguing that the...
D.Science →
Stanford design school is designing for science and microblogging it with a fresh Dolphins-esque take on Accent.
Also: Could coding be the next mass profession? →
Dudes, Tyler didn’t even attend high school. The only programming I’ve learned was when I finally got out of school. I’d say our current educational system makes it harder to learn to program (i.e. solve problems with logic, reason, and research.) because a) grades aren’t motivating b) money is and c) most learning is from screwing around, playing, which is definitely not...
December 2011
3 posts
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November 2011
3 posts
“There is, however, a shortage of good startup designers, at least when it comes...”
– Design is becoming a competitive advantage for startups | VentureBeat
This. Design is one deliverable, but in order to deliver it well, you effectively have to learn to do five other people’s jobs. Your clients and coworkers most likely won’t appreciate your thought processes and will...
Stuff we startups do that doesn't delight users
Office space Launch parties Health insurance plans Salary negotiations Founder equity splits Series F stock Office Food Team-building activities CRM systems Bookkeeping Head count Working in SOMA Convertible debt caps Valuations TechCrunch Karma scores ISOs Powerpoint Business Cards Banks Lawyers Desks 1099s Bug Trackers Agile Processes Advisory Boards Hiring Cap Tables Payroll Meetups Meetings
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October 2011
10 posts
“Staying at the right size of small enables you to focus on your customers,...”
– An Open Letter to Small Business Owners
This.
“But there’s one question no one’s asked so far: Is Occupy Wall Street a bubble?...”
– Beta Test! New York Startups Think Occupy Wall Street Has a Bad Pitch | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.
Alex Blagg for the win.
designandlovingit asked: Hi, I have been using your theme for a tumblr blog (designandlovingit) I have just started up and I have noticed that my search is not returning any results. can you tell me pls if I can do smth to make it work? Thank you. Dragos
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expressiveneverland-deactivated asked: how do i add an ask option to my blog with this code?
“MINIMUM VIABLE PERSONALITY
MOST IMPORTANT STEP FOR BUILD PRODUCT IS BUILD...”
– A VC: Minimum Viable Personality
This is the best thing ever to have appeared on AVC, hands down.
September 2011
7 posts
E-mail Overdose--Chasing the Dragon, Gleaming the... →
I wrote a guest post for Betabeat on e-mail. Warning: there is some ‘coarse’ language.
“Instead, the human story goes somewhat like this “sitting in caves, coming up...”
– Albert Wenger, in his talk opening the Turing Festival (via fred-wilson)
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Watcha) Reese, love the mountain-man entrepreneur look.
b) re: Older dude at about 10min: “For me the issue is… how big is this market?” This is why Handsome Code’s unofficial motto is ‘investors ruin everything.’
reecepacheco:
So last Tuesday we got to see the first episode of TechStars on Bloomberg TV. The reaction to the show has been really positive so far...
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Mix Tapes
Before I met Tyler I listened to one of his mixes on 8tracks that got insanely popular due to strange internet viral loops.
Sometimes I go back to that mix not to listen to the music, but to just read the recent comments.
Here are some good ones:
“Roll a joint? HA HA! Love the idea :)”
“roll a joint……i already did”
“this is great. i just want to be high...
Handsome Cycles →
When/if we make money on our products a good portion of it is probably going to one of these.
August 2011
11 posts
SXSW 2012 - F*CK IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!1!11! LIVE... →
This is the only SXSW panel that Handsome Code endorses.
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“Software, as Marc Andreesen said in his famous editorial, is becoming a larger...”
– Hacker News | If Software Is Eating The World, Why Don’t Coders Get Any Respect?
Fantastic editorial on the social constructs of professional careers and how developers (coders) fit in.
“It seems like there’s a neverending debate over whether people should be allowed...”
– Don’t stop calling yourself a UX designer – it’s working! « Handcrafted
8tracks - The 50 Best Websites of 2011 - TIME →
Gordon’s part-time employer, 8tracks, and Tyler’s former employer, Bleacher Report, were featured in Time magazine’s not-at-all arbitrary/personal selection of the ‘50 Best Websites of 2011.’
Evernote Buys Image Sharing App Skitch, Plans On... →
Haven’t been a big Evernote user but am a big fan of Skitch - happy that the service will remain alive and be free!
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On Developers
Tyler: letting someone into your codebase is like letting someone have unprotected sex with your wife and trusting they won't ejaculate in her and get her pregnant
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Rob Delaney: Bought some US stocks →
robdelaney:
I just bought some shares in an index fund that tracks the Wilshire 5000, which means I just bought shares in the 5000 largest American companies. I did this because I wish to take substantive action against Standard & Poor’s downgrade of US credit. Standard & Poor’s, and to a lesser degree, Fitch…
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“2) More web product design talent. This is the scarcest talent of all (more so...”
– cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog / What the NYC startup world needs (and doesn’t need)
I both agree and disagree with this. I don’t think there is any shortage of web product design talent; the said designers need to realize, however, that they must be assertive with their visions and beliefs...
“And therein lies the real problem of web 2.0 — whether it takes the form of...”
– A Billion Dollars Isn’t Cool. You Know What’s Cool? Basic Human Decency | TechCrunch
Nice little rant by Paul Carr. Been hearing a lot of hate on the TC redesign but I really like it.
July 2011
10 posts
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Chosen - a javascript plug-in for jQuery and... →
Just had pizza with the dudes that made this. Nice work Patrick!
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On Project Management
I had a conversation with Tyler about project management software the other day, because I invited him to start using Asana to start keeping track of features and ideas for our app.
Tyler was vehemently opposed to any kind of project management software.
Having used a number of tools (basecamp, pivotal tracker, redmine), I’m inclined to agree. But Asana has such a sexy UI that I thought maybe...
“The business justification for this wild-ass effort is likely not obvious, so...”
– http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2011/07/12/bored_people_quit.html
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Google+: HI I FOUND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE YOU KNOW ON GOOGLE+
Me: ...I don't know any of these people. I've never heard of these people.
Google+: THESE ARE YOUR FRIENDS
Me: No, I've never seen these people before in my life.
Google+: GOOGLE+ SAYS THESE ARE YOUR FRIENDS THESE ARE ALL YOUR GOOGLE+ FRIENDS NOW DO NOT FUCK WITH GOOGLE+ GOOGLE+ TALKS TO GOOGLE STREET VIEW SO GOOGLE+ KNOWS WHERE YOU LIVE DO NOT FUCK WITH GOOGLE+ THESE ARE YOUR FRIENDS NOW YOUR ONLY FRIENDS GOOGLE+ SAYS SO ALSO YOUR NEW GOOGLE+ NAME IS "BITCHTITS"
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