Sam Stephenson
Creator of prototype.js / Developer at 37signals
Programmer, 37signals; creator of the Prototype JavaScript framework
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Cycling directions on Google Maps!
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Funny choices on the Apple developer survey. http://twitpic.com/17mtr5
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I love Backpack’s Reminders feature.
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Throwing stuff away. I feel great.
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“I think my brain has been damaged since I looked at PyPI, gemcutter, pip and rip. They're quite nice.” http://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus
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Any tips for feature-detecting contentEditable support? Mobile Safari doesn’t support it, but ("contentEditable" in document.body) is true.
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@jasonfried No, I explain what it is and what it’s for, but they still want to talk to me about the iPad.
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Why the Kindle is screwed: in the past month I’ve had three strangers ask me how I like my iPad.
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Worth a listen: http://www.amazon.com/Escape/dp/B0034RI2WE
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I have obsessions.
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Excellent — the simulator in beta 2 of the iPad SDK includes Safari!
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There are some real psych gems here, particularly #22: http://www.beko-dsl.com/
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I’m probably late to the party, but this post is very insightful: http://bit.ly/bH6HCv
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I have a Rancilio Silvia, but it’s not about the machine. It’s the ritual and the repeated iteration towards the perfect cup of coffee.
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I’ve made plenty of bad decisions in the last five years but investing in a good espresso rig wasn’t one of them.
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Desperately need to make time and find motivation for my open-source obligations.
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Google’s Nexus banner ads are a riot. One of them pitches “the Nexus One, with live wallpaper.” Another just says “800 x 480.”
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Drive-by critique: a new way of working.
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It looks cool but they didn't make me want it yet.
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Pipe Ars Technica's live Apple event coverage into a Campfire room: http://gist.github.com/287704
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A lesson learned the hard way: every single time I thought I was “in it for the long haul,” I’ve been wrong.
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Campfire users: you can now set a nickname to be shown instead of your first name and last initial while chatting. See the “My info” page.
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Beautiful handmade bicycles at http://www.bbici.com/ — I especially like the handlebar on this one: http://bit.ly/2gl3By
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“Scientists estimate that 8.3 percent of the human genome can be traced back to retrovirus infections.” http://bit.ly/7bo551
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I miss the days when something as complicated and frustrating as Rails' Bundler would have been deemed Too Much Software.
