Always be testing Opinions are a good place to start, but always test your assumptions. You’ll be surprised what you learn (via @patio11):
We decided that in the amount of time we took to debate the technique we could have made an A/B test to prove it right or wrong. The original page had some long form sales letter techniques, but the copywriting wasn’t as strong as it could be.
NPM appreciation day The DailyJS on packaging with npm and Rick Olson on why NPM rocks:
The first, and biggest reason that I love npm is that it’s not loaded at runtime. You never need to require(‘npm’) for your library to function. This is in stark contrast to ruby libraries, where nearly every one of them requires rubygems.
Girls go geek Interesting post from Fog Creek about gender in Computer Science followed by a Q&A with one of their interns (via @aworkinglibrary):
Honestly, when you hear the phrase “the world’s best developers,” you see a guy. And, for women, that can be alienating.
The pipeline Everything you wanted to know about HTTP pipelining in mobile browsers (via @sallamar):
When using pipelining, an HTTP client may send multiple requests on the same connection, without waiting for the server to respond. Doing so practically eliminates the round-trip time (RTT) overhead of all but the first request, especially if the server responds quickly.
Lively delegates The Difference Between jQuery’s .bind(), .live(), and .delegate().
AmEx, TextMate and Git The tools
startups use, and not just SoMA startups (via @mperham).
Change change change I wholeheartedly agree with Mike Perham, please add a changelog to your project:
To me, a changelog is a brief overview of the changes in a version that is digestible by the end user. The key factor is that a changelog is not machine-generated but written by a project developer for the project’s users.
Slow down If you need to test your site at differnet network speeds, try Network Link Conditioner (new in Lion).
Omnipower SafariOmnibar is a Safari plugin that merges the address bar and search bar. Just like Chrome. Just like it should be.
QoD @jmhodges:
Metrics is the new TDD. This is a good thing and then it’ll be a bad thing but still be a good thing.
Spelling And that is how the interewebs works … A Guaranteed Way To Get More Comments On Your Blog.
Universal logic Interesting TED talk by Kevin Slavin on How
Algorithms Shape Our World.
KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM! preview link via @municode