cgarvey
Overall, super happy with DDG.
As someone who will probably be visiting this resource a lot, I think it would be helpful if a User could navigate to each section from the initial scene. I feel like scenes one and two can be merged in to a more valuable experience from the start.
I'm easily willing to forgive a few browser compatibility bugs considering what they've done for the Web. I'm also happy they've updated their site, it was a long time coming and I think it looks great, certainly an improvement in my eyes.
The only thing I noticed that was weird is the search box seems to have different behavior between the instant results and the results you receive when you hit <enter>. Not sure if this is intended, but the instant results seem to be limited to whatever categorical scope you're in.
It seems like every month there's a new fron-end trend that needs to be experimented with and learned. It gets a little daunting at times (hard to find the time, really) so I'm glad effort is being put in to lists like yours. I think it would be invaluable to a beginner.
Surely there were other developers who had "side projects" they really loved who happily went with Zynga. I really have to question why this guy was the _only_ one who didn't jump ship. Sure you can write a post claiming to be the white knight and not another corporate zombie like the rest, but that's very rarely the case.
I see this as a power play. Instead of being a "Zynga acquisition", I think he saw it as much more beneficial to be the David vs. Goliath. Good for him, I guess.
You mean beside him saying he never worked on that project, right? Seems like a step backward off of the moral high-ground he's taking to lie about something like that.
Movies, music, podcasts, radio, TV, device syncing, iTunes store...etc.
Terrific I guess is a subjective thing, but considering what the software does for so many people that want/need to use it, I'd say that it HAS to be terrific.
I figured it would be killed after how little people in my area were using it and I knew what I was getting in to, but I think I'll still let other people be the test dummies next time.
The core concept of infographic templates is completely flawed. Infographics are supposed to be designed around the data which they wish to represent, so how could one design work for various sets of data? Sure you can categorize and make themes for say food or finance, but what about the scale of data? Wouldn't that be completely unique to every case?
"Create free custom infographics in seconds" should be a huge red flag for anyone wanting to actually represent data accurately.
This would be a lot more useful if it were just a showcase and maybe a place for businesses to go to find the best infographic artists and hire them for contract work.
It feels like it's half guide and half reference, but not particularly excellent at either.
Also the organization of content seems way off to me. In the first lesson I learn about things like code validation and CSS resets, but I don't even learn about html list elements until lesson 9?
I think with a lot of reorganization and better 'chunking' this would be a lot better.
In a society that demands employment, 50% unemployment is a death-sentence. That's half your population draining the subsidies dry and raising taxes on the working half. Suddenly both sides are angry. Prisons become overburdened, people dead in the streets, Governments overthrown, CEO assassinations, etc.
Sure, in a fantasy land where things don't cost money and land isn't 'owned', 50% unemployment could be ok. Unfortunately that's not us yet.
It'll probably take us 50 years to have emission-free vehicles dominating the auto market, let alone robot overlords.
Maybe I'm just pessimistic (or optimistic), but I think Humans are too dumb and/or too smart to create an AI that will overthrow us. More likely, we'll ruin our society by overpopulating and draining our natural resources before we can prepare a suitable "Earth 2".
Or Zombies...never discount Zombies.
If I were Linus and I saw a blog with my picture as the background of the website, all along the sidebar, and sitting above the blog logo, I'm sorry but I'd be creeped out.
It pretty much just stated that they have various teams which have meetings. It also mentions that team members track their tasks with various tools.
I'm not really sure what I was supposed to take away from this.
I feel like this mentality is being bred in the startup culture solely for the benefit of companies with very little thought given to the potential impact it can have on someone's life. Working 40 hours a week you probably have ~30-35% of your life free to do with as you please (after sleep, work, commute, etc.). I'll let you do the math from there when you work 60-80 hours. We don't get enough sleep. We don't get enough vacation time. We don't have enough time to recover.
I feel that humans need balance in their lives. Balance will provide fresh perspective and allow you to continue being good at what you do. You have to "stop and smell the roses" as they say. I also feel like today's society is out of balance.
I feel like 40 hours is the most anyone should ever have to work. I feel like even that is too much. Unfortunately it's necessary in today's society. Mostly because a lot of what we develop and create doesn't actually allow us to work less. Usually it just makes a couple dudes rich.