March 2012
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U.S. House Votes to Make Protests Illegal →
In the text of the act, the law is allowed to be used against anyone who knowingly enters or remains in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority to do so, but those grounds are considered any area where someone — rather it’s President Obama, Senator Santorum or Governor Romney — will be temporarily visiting, whether or not the public is even made aware.
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When thousands...
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“What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke [sic] who goes before a...”
– Rush Limbaugh on Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown Law School student who spoke before a Democratic hearing in defense of birth control.
(via butterflynet)
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February 2012
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My one gripe about the new icons on the top of the...
Details, details.
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“Hire character. Train skill.” Peter Schutz
— Alex Kroman (@alexkroman) February 26, 2012
This
Kickstarter Expects to Provide More Funding Than... →
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Better background images for responsive web design →
Great piece by Elliot Jay Stocks explaining how to use background-size: cover and a polyfill to make backgrounds on responsive sites center and fill more gracefully.
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On Minorities in Tech →
So, yes folks, you need to seek out diverse participants in whatever your endeavor is. The excuse that you’re choosing the best people regardless of gender or race is a fundamentally stupid argument. You’ve already ruled out more than half the population by targeting the population you’re targeting when you target developers. If you want the best developers – not the people who best fit the good...
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Programmers Being Dicks →
You might not have noticed, but the ratio of men to women in tech is not very equal. And did you know that it isn’t solely because ladies aren’t interested in the field?
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“And in addition to traffic, Tumblr has even boosted The Atlantic’s sales of its...”
– Let’s Get Ready to Tumblr (via rachelfershleiser)
This is awesome! It’s great to hear cross-channel success stories like this.
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Front-end Job Interview Questions →
Excellent list both for those interviewing developers and for developers sitting in interviews.
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Why AirPlay just wrecked your responsive media... →
Context is everything.
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Mitt Romney and the Republican Party are that...
squashed:
Mitt wants to get married, but the GOP is all, “Marriage is sort of an antiquated institution.” And Mitt’s like, “Yeah. We’re happy with what we have.” He sighs because he’s not happy.
And the GOP says, “We’re actually in an open relationship.” And Mitt says, “At least for now.” The GOP didn’t hear him, because it already went to get another drink. It’s chatting up Rick Santorum. The...
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“So what is the role of the UX designer going forward? I believe it will be one...”
– The new UX skills | Opinion | .net magazine
Fun fact: helping clients and designers and developers all get on the same page is my favorite part of my job.
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Facebook Added $17.6 Billion To European Economy →
That’s about 15.3 billion euros.
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Scale of the Universe 2012 →
Coolest. Thing. Ever.
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“Pinterest is now driving more referral traffic on the web than Google , YouTube,...”
– Study: Pinterest drives more referral traffic than Google , nearly on par with Twitter — Tech News and Analysis
Wow that was quick.