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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2012, 4:00:51 PM
@dpthanki probably way more lucrative, at any rate
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2012, 3:34:36 PM
Still using the heck out of the scooter; rode it to the dentist today. Running speed for walking effort. Recommended! http://t.co/SGfWQaAp
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2012, 3:01:07 PM
I've decided the correct answer to every http://t.co/GKT8uaty question is "who cares?"
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TheRomit @TheRomit
Jul 18, 2012, 12:27:37 PM
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Apps done the right way - share a bunch of core code across platforms and build native code for UI. Good post. http://t.co ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 18, 2012, 12:01:41 AM
I was able to copy music and videos to the Nexus by simply dragging and dropping. I MEAN ITS NO F**KING ITUNES OR ANYTHING.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 11:34:31 PM
I hate to be "that guy", but font rendering on the Nexus tablet in Chrome is kinda.. ehh. http://t.co/2ZJkvnBa
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 8:50:05 PM
I'm glad I did not recommend the Kindle Fire. The nexus 7 is worlds better. Still needs hardware home button though. And Android 5.0.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 7:25:57 PM
man, the Nexus 7 is worth it just for a kick-ass 7" version of Google Chrome (+sync), Mail, Calendar.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 7:05:24 PM
the idea of someone making a giant sign with {MEANINGLESS CORPORATE SLOGAN} on it, then running a bulldozer over it, is truly sublime.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 6:58:32 PM
"[fire] anyone with the title ‘Architect’ or ‘Program Manager’ in their title" http://t.co/13n4urrZ
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 6:50:03 PM
have we learned nothing from the Kindle Fire? Always have an obvious "Jesus handle" button on the FRONT of the device.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 6:37:00 PM
Nexus 7 in-hand, not quite as impressed as I hoped to be. Android still confusing, IMO. Apps vs "widgets". Separate screen(s) for homepages.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 5:36:04 PM
nerding out with the built in IPMI feature of this server. Remote KVM-over-IP, even with power off! http://t.co/V0PsaLTg
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baconmeteor @baconmeteor
Jul 17, 2012, 4:02:26 PM
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Tim Ferris wheel: brief ride to the top, followed by three hours on the treadmill powering the wheel for the next set o ...
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The good news is my standards are low. The bad news is you're still not meeting them.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 3:16:40 PM
See for yourself: http://t.co/Jd37otQY Rush Limbaugh is right, folks! http://t.co/uZ6AGp8a
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 2:52:04 PM
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 12:31:01 PM
the loss of hover states on touch devices is really tough on us minimalists. Any other good examples? http://t.co/gmXgJQIj
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This is how you a paint a 150 foot tall Batman: http://t.co/nYBKJfsr
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 11:30:36 AM
@dozba you should blog it, along with recommendations.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 11:27:45 AM
"Used as a means of positive persuasion, humor can be an important public diplomacy tool." http://t.co/ojzqiZUK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 11:18:38 AM
I prefer humor to rants. If The Daily Show (and the KKK Superman radio serialization) taught us anything, it's that humor is effective.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 17, 2012, 11:08:48 AM
I want to follow @mralancooper but I can't take all the political ranting (I just want UI/UX biz). Not sure what the answer is.
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timoreilly @timoreilly
Jul 17, 2012, 10:33:44 AM
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Hilarious. 5 Time management tricks I learned from years of hating Tim Ferriss http://t.co/7LMft3Vh Reading this was a g ...
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StackSuper_User @StackSuper_User
Jul 17, 2012, 9:58:14 AM
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Great answer: Must TCP use IP? http://t.co/kRKv4O7B #ip
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 8:47:39 PM
Steve Mann, Cyborg. http://t.co/Ungf7jG7 and by that I Mean CRIME FIGHTING CYBORG!!! http://t.co/iQR1wSvk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 7:35:10 PM
email: "Hey Jeff, You're invited to join Svbtle. It would be great to have you." LOL. Glad someone has a sense of humor.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 7:05:47 PM
The last mover advantage. http://t.co/BpBS49fd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 6:51:29 PM
"Snowqueens Icedragon"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 4:00:55 PM
Sometimes people write me for advice: "how do I decide where to go?" What pisses you off? What makes you mad as hell? Go try to change that.
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textfiles @textfiles
Jul 16, 2012, 3:53:31 PM
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Day 5: Asks for A, B, C, google-like, discovers Yahoo! is 99.9995 do-nothing middle managers and zero logistics.
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So the Titanic is getting a top-notch Admiral as her captain after hitting the iceberg. What's the plan, freeze the ocean so ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 3:24:05 PM
The svbtle blog "network" is apparently the new epicenter of all pretentious, dilettante tech blogging. Horrible.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 3:02:45 PM
one interesting aspect of the new MS Office: if tied to "the cloud", that sure makes license enforcement a lot easier..
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migueldeicaza @migueldeicaza
Jul 16, 2012, 12:55:25 PM
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From the group Ayn Rand collected Social Security: https://t.co/ZYs0ggQ1 (here: https://t.co/AugEm77y)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 12:46:38 PM
No revisionist history: Digg was *absolutely* a failure, because they willfully turned their back on their own community.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 12:42:14 PM
"Ideally, your monitors shouldn't be any brighter than a well-lit book." http://t.co/IPmIc0pb
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jonbaltz @jonbaltz
Jul 16, 2012, 12:09:58 PM
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Internet Defense League officially launches this week. Of course they picked a cat signal. http://t.co/zSAksumJ
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troyhunt @troyhunt
Jul 16, 2012, 10:52:35 AM
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Just blogged: Here’s why we keep getting hacked – clear and present Billabong failures http://t.co/Ib3MI5Dj
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kevindente @kevindente
Jul 16, 2012, 10:45:45 AM
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We need a BugMeNot for credit cards - a fake credit card # that passes the validity checks for signing up for "free trials"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 12:41:28 AM
"what do you mean you bought a LCD without hardware backlight brightness control? Didn't you read this 431 page forum thread?" #sigh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 16, 2012, 12:19:09 AM
@dozba dude, go watch Children of Men again. It's an amazing movie.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 15, 2012, 8:36:21 PM
I feel like I asked a genie to grant my wish for "ladies all over me." An evil genie. http://t.co/iySPZ2UA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 15, 2012, 7:13:31 PM
With twins, the temptation to sell the "extra" one on eBay is almost overwhelming at times.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 15, 2012, 12:35:10 PM
another science kickstarter! https://t.co/Ctbe9l8T
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tweetsbi @tweetsbi
Jul 15, 2012, 10:28:46 AM
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Live art: Translucent ants eating a colored liquid. http://t.co/yHE2N2q7 http://t.co/lddEmARh http://t.co/OZUxfnNM http:// ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 15, 2012, 3:57:40 AM
Are there any honey badger furries? Because that would be awesome.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 15, 2012, 1:13:33 AM
“We tried really hard not to invent anything new. And we also tried not to solve any hard problems” http://t.co/rqx9tRp4
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 15, 2012, 12:47:11 AM
Computer: enhance http://t.co/LlZFeEfJ
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counternotions @counternotions
Jul 14, 2012, 8:06:35 PM
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It's no longer 1993: "Now, not only do they know you’re a dog, they know your size, preference in kibble, chew toys, ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2012, 6:13:37 PM
I had forgotten that Ratatouille is kind of like Weekend at Bernie's with French chefs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2012, 5:28:58 PM
How can you even be a PHP programmer without a sense of humor? You write PHP. That's hilarious.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2012, 3:45:03 PM
Filing a bug on PHP The Right Way because it fails to redirect to http://t.co/TEy57D1t or http://t.co/fwcylb2B as expected.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2012, 2:05:21 PM
If you like your display at 100% bright (maybe you're Corey Hart?), these korean 27" monitors are an insane crazy monitor deal.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2012, 2:03:36 PM
beautiful S-IPS panels but no hardware LED backlight brightness control times 3 is untenable. Oh well, experiment over.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 14, 2012, 1:46:10 PM
two of the 27" Korean $350 s-ips monitors arrived. They are amazing panels, but lack of hardware brightness control may be a showstopper.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 11:10:34 PM
Comedians doing rape jokes: not cool, ever. Unless it's Louis CK, right? http://t.co/mLTqorbE
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migueldeicaza @migueldeicaza
Jul 13, 2012, 11:03:07 PM
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14 reasons why this is the worst congress in history: http://t.co/K4HNMArq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 7:30:42 PM
executables, lol https://t.co/kfkV7QIs
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 7:19:58 PM
Why hasn't anyone Kickstartered some cancer research yet? I would pledge $25 for a t-shirt. If it was a cool one.
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dingstweets @dingstweets
Jul 13, 2012, 5:37:04 PM
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Vertical Video Syndrome - A PSA http://t.co/d9UT7f4H /haven't laughed that much in a while, viaa @mboesch
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 5:31:38 PM
man these iPhone cases are amazing. But first, iPhone 5 plz. http://t.co/P1k02icX
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 5:07:06 PM
in my mind, this is how I imagine http://t.co/lxbJHaNb working http://t.co/K1j9Mksf
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 5:02:58 PM
Look at martian manhunter. Who can resist the lil' tiny charms of J'onn J'onzz? WHO! http://t.co/4DbkOt88
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 4:56:11 PM
"dada, we should get a martian manhunter [figure]!" must.. stop.. can't.. stop..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 4:23:58 PM
IV. No porn or gore. There are many other subreddits for such content.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 3:38:54 PM
one of the greatest pleasures of being old and finally having money: being an overly generous tipper.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 3:21:31 PM
Minecraft bores me to tears, but this new Minecraft-inspired game sounds fun http://t.co/vXD0rE9D
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 2:37:21 PM
I have reached the point in my Twitter usage where my searches for half-remembered quotes produce.. my own tweets. :p https://t.co/tW1SIaym
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 2:36:16 PM
"I just want to be held, is that so wrong?" http://t.co/9szMNRce (via @jzy)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 2:19:02 PM
it is amazing how much better the iPad is as a pure gaming device than the iPhone. I didn't expect that.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 1:44:15 PM
this is why I took one look at the iPad 1 and 2 and said "no thanks". Retina or death. http://t.co/4h65WBKm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 1:37:44 PM
I really really *really* wish IE9 had included PushState support http://t.co/Tterm3N2
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 1:14:23 PM
you have not truly lived until you've heard @df07's beautiful Bee Gees falsetto in a Rock Band 3 jam
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Harmonix @Harmonix
Jul 13, 2012, 11:21:02 AM
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We announced Love Shack for @RockBand! We have the album version, but this live version is pretty awesome. ♫ http://t.co/ ...
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Melting Statue of Liberty: http://t.co/x5DyvVav
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 10:05:54 AM
Scaling at Dropbox. Sane advice http://t.co/1RJQkZeo
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 13, 2012, 9:44:26 AM
Every white guy who loves Hootie and the Blowfish needs this Hip Hop dance game http://t.co/FOF3Io9c
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lizardbill @lizardbill
Jul 13, 2012, 9:20:00 AM
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Why is the Internet said to be an untrusted network? http://t.co/gycQjpn5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 5:16:42 PM
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eachanfletcher @eachanfletcher
Jul 12, 2012, 4:55:32 PM
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@codinghorror I was fortunate enough to spend a few afternoons with Dr Kay, and enlightening does not do it justice ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 4:01:39 PM
"When Art, Apple and the Secret Service Collide." What a wonderful story. http://t.co/VIByVGPU
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 3:58:34 PM
Can you digg it? Look at this: http://t.co/Bcd3h8tW Now look at this: http://t.co/vPGcpvCW
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Pinboard @Pinboard
Jul 12, 2012, 1:11:08 PM
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Dear lazyweb: looking for a site where I can find inspirational business advice from men working their first-ever job at z ...
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 12:38:25 PM
"I don't have an enormous desire to help children, but I have an enormous desire to create better adults." http://t.co/tCN1eVZ5
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 12:06:25 PM
Rovio's Amazing Alex is out today. I loves me some Incredible Machine iOS.. http://t.co/3xbY42QE
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 12:01:10 PM
@bse523 @Basay469 @rockbandaide oh yeah, I've purchased basically every regular DLC track. On two Xboxes. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 11:03:22 AM
“My love of music has defined my life at every turn in the road.” http://t.co/gAdTecit (via @anildash)
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Consensus-based design might make the team happy, but it dilutes innovation while also killing the magic.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 5:16:21 AM
but for the record, I do wish Chrome would adopt the IE9/IE10, Firefox 4+ font rendering strategy.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 5:15:42 AM
dear Mozilla Persona team, are you aware your login page looks like this on Windows/Chrome? Just sayin'. http://t.co/Ouh8iLIj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 5:09:49 AM
More viral advertising stunts. Well, at least it beats Evony ads. I guess. http://t.co/S3YAF3Qd
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 5:04:07 AM
The hilarious thing here is the Lisp heatmap http://t.co/6n0cgO31
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 3:57:18 AM
is there any author bio on Wikipedia that doesn't contain "{first book} submitted to {x} publishers, all of which rejected the manuscript"?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 3:48:45 AM
as someone who has some experience building such systems, I think that is a spectacularly bad decision.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 3:48:12 AM
In the "revolutionary" new Gawker Media 'kinja' commenting engine, by design you must individually click on EVERY reply to see it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jul 12, 2012, 3:19:30 AM
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