(via Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software | Derek Sivers ) I’ve been doing this for a year, and it’s the most helpful learning technique I’ve found in 14 years of computer programming. See also: Janki Method – Using spaced repetition systems to learn and retain technical knowledge. Effective learning: Twenty rules of formulating knowledge Software: Anki – friendly, intelligent flashcards
Learn the ropes of Mobile Services with Brent Simmons | Windows Asure Mobile Services makes it easy to store data for your iOS app in the cloud, authenticate users, and send push notifications via APNS. Join Brent in a walkthrough of the basics.
Writing Email Subject Lines: 6 Ways to Improve Your Open Rate – Copywriting by Copy Hackers So, what can you do to improve your open rate so you stand a better chance of converting your list? Get Permission – Clean Lists Are Worth the Work Only Send Emails Where There Is More Value for the Recipient Than for You Use Words the “Lizard Brain” Hears Make Sure They’re Expecting Your Email Remind Them That They Know + Trust You Keep It Short and Casual, Like a Friend’s Subject Line
Email on Mobile Devices | MailChimp Right now, people strongly view mobile email as a filter, and we’re all trying to avoid getting deleted too fast, because our emails are awesome. Follow these best practices regarding engaging content and building trust with your audience, and take into consideration the design tips we’ve unearthed through our research. Your audience will thank you with its increased engagement.
Mantia » About App Icons I believe good app icons are most valuable for your customers, your everyday users, not first-time shoppers.
Graphic violence in the media Does it glamorize violence? Sure. Does it desensitize us to violence? Of course. Does it help us tolerate violence? You bet. Does it stunt our empathy for our fellow beings? Heck yes. Does it cause violence?… Well, that’s hard to prove. The trick is to ask the right question!
So, just for fun, let’s appreciate the sheer numerical accomplishment of Tarantino’s mass cinematic bloodbath: in eight films, 560 people die on-screen. To the breakdown… (via All the Deaths in Quentin Tarantino’s Movies, Charted )
The Making of Pulp Fiction: Quentin Tarantino’s and the Cast’s Retelling | Vanity Fair The first independent film to gross more than $200 million, Pulp Fiction was a shot of adrenaline to Hollywood’s heart, reviving John Travolta’s career, making stars of Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman, and turning Bob and Harvey Weinstein into giants. How did Quentin Tarantino, a high-school dropout and former video-store clerk, change the face of modern cinema? Mark Seal takes the director, his producers, and his cast back in time, to 1993. ...
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90% of the decisions you make don’t matter; real success comes in being able to identify the 10% that do and focus on those. via Charlie Kindel | cek.log
The 5 Ps: Achieving Focus in Any Endeavor | cek.log The 5 Ps : PURPOSE, PRINCIPLES, PRIORITIES, PLAN, AND PEOPLE (…) a tool that helps projects be focused: the “5Ps”: Purpose : Why do we exist? Why are we in business? Where do we want to be in the future? What will we deliver? Principles : What are the non-negotiable rules and key strategies? How will we act? Priorities : What’s the framework for tradeoffs? Plan : How are we going to stage and tackle solving the problems? What are the known dates & forcing functions on the calendar? People : Who’s accountable for every key part of the plan? There are tons of frameworks/tools for helping people understand roles & responsibilities. (…) They can all be made to work, as long as you don’t over-do it (just like you should not over-do the 5 Ps). To illustrate (…) I’ll use RACI : ...
Dev Rocket – Photoshop panel plugin for iOS developers A simplified solution to working between display resolutions, breaking down full ui designs into separate elements ready for Xcode and saving for the Retina display are just a few of the awesome features DevRocket brings to iOS designers currently using Photoshop.
What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic Floating-point arithmetic is considered an esoteric subject by many people. This is rather surprising because floating-point is ubiquitous in computer systems. Almost every language has a floating-point datatype; computers from PCs to supercomputers have floating-point accelerators; most compilers will be called upon to compile floating-point algorithms from time to time; and virtually every operating system must respond to floating-point exceptions such as overflow. This paper presents a tutorial on those aspects of floating-point that have a direct impact on designers of computer systems. It begins with background on floating-point representation and rounding error, continues with a discussion of the IEEE floating-point standard, and concludes with numerous examples of how computer builders can better support floating-point. ...
Cal Newport speaks at World Domination Summit 2012 (by Chris Guillebeau) At minute 30:41 If something is interesting to you, and if it looks like it will give interesting options if you start to do well and you start to become valuable, that’s good enough! That’s all you need for that particular job, that field, or that major, to be the foundation of a remarkable life.
(via How To Have A Rational Discussion | Thought Catalog )
(via The Time Paradox | The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life) ( Source: https://www.youtube.com/ )
Ry’s Objective-C Tutorial | RyPress This tutorial is the place to learn the Objective-C programming language. It’s designed to serve as both a concise quick-reference and a comprehensive introduction for newcomers to the language.
An email from someone that has been through this « X-Plane How to react to a patent troll: (…) the initial response needs to be focused and correct (and aggressive, might have mentioned that). You need to react like a rattle snake.
I’ll be honest with you. I love Jesus but I drink a little. 😃 Gladys from Austin, Texas ( Ellen’s Favorite Moments: Meeting Gladys )
Only be as organized as you need to. No more. (via The greatest advice I’ve ever had on self-management )