Sam Stephenson
Creator of prototype.js / Developer at 37signals
Programmer, 37signals; creator of the Prototype JavaScript framework
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1014 tweets
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Apple uses WebKit animations to illustrate the iPod nano’s multi-touch UI: http://bit.ly/9DMs5Y (http://bit.ly/aZyDv5, http://bit.ly/bhxgzZ)
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I wish more Mac utilities used prefpanes instead of menu bar icons.
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Wow, node.js in webOS 2.0: http://bit.ly/aBUYSI
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OK, Emacs’ query-replace is slick. Just told it to replace “stdout” with “stderr.” It replaced “onStdout” with “onStderr,” preserving case.
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Things that have not helped: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ
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Other things that have helped: Aquamacs; @topfunky ’s screencast (http://bit.ly/yjyro) and PeepOpen; @defunkt ’s textmate.el and coffee-mode.
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So Emacs might stick this time. What’s changed is I’ve come to accept (rather than be repulsed by) the idea of having to configure it.
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Trying to get into Emacs for the nth time. Let’s see how far I get before I break down and install TextMate on this new machine.
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Ported Ruby’s StringScanner to a CommonJS module: http://sstephenson.github.com/strscan-js/
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AmEx’s customer service is worth the cost of admission. Just called about a fraudulent charge from July; they’re overnighting me a new card.
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CRELP 139.
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Just 1-clicked an AeroPress for our office. The Nespresso machine is joylessly robotic.
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Stay looks handy for switching between internal and external displays: http://cordlessdog.com/stay/
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Don’t dress your feature requests in hyperbole. It’s not that we’re not “allowing” you to do what you want. We just haven’t built it yet.
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Interesting article about Scott Dadich, the guy behind Wired’s iPad app: http://bit.ly/dwoHAa
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1ktris, Tetris in 1024 bytes of JavaScript: http://bit.ly/aKkw6R #js1k
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I love my Jiffy steamer. Simple and well-made.
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“Users you may be interested in: Sorry! We got nothing for you.” Twitter’s new misanthropy detection feature appears to be working fine.
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Donated to Jim Woodring’s giant steel dip pen project: http://bit.ly/aUIjYQ
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Apple’s battery charger is diminutive next to the competition: http://twitpic.com/2blt5x
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Can anyone recommend an introductory text on graph theory for an oaf like me?
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I’m flounderingly inept and my contributions do more harm than good, but somehow I convince people otherwise. Apologies won’t suffice.
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The juvenescence of CoffeeScript: http://bit.ly/bw6bxO
