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The Martini FAQ Q: What is a Martini? (1.1) A: Do you want the short answer or the long answer?

Don’t ignore your dreams; don’t work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy. Paul Graham On the palliative care Nurse post Regrets of the Dying

How to Public Speaking (via A Show with Ze Frank) Wear pants. Your own pants! Take it seriously. Don’t imagine the audience is naked… 🙂 I. To think about when creating the talk Don’t be a “douchebag”. Find a format that is an extension of you… e.g. Speak about origami in the “style of origami” Ø Write an “honesty talk” with all the things you’re affraid and unsure of… it’ll often remind you of what you’re sure of and to say things simply and honestly ....

Simperium – Pricing All plans include unlimited sending and storage of structured data plus access to Simperium libraries for iOS/OSX, Javascript, Python and Ruby. What is it: Simperium is a service for developers to move data everywhere it’s needed, instantly and automatically. Use a Simperium library and write a few lines of code. Simperium can then move any JSON data across multiple versions of your app and your backend services....

When can I use… Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc. Compatibility tables for support of HTML5, CSS3, SVG and more in desktop and mobile browsers. The best I’ve found in this class of site… very flexible, practical and easy to use.

[Dozens of iPhone, iPad Prototypes Shown in New Apple v. Samsung Filing AllThingsD](http://allthingsd.com/20120729/court-case-offers-rare-glimpse-at-dozen-of-iphone-and-ipad-prototype-designs/) Gallery with dozens of images from the Apple vs. Samsung court case filings.

The MVC and 3-Tier architectures combined (via The Future of Web Development « mvalente.eu/mv.* )

Interactive Application Architecture Patterns The Model-View-Controller , Model-View-Presenter , and Presentation-Abstraction-Control patterns are similar in many ways, but have each evolved to address slightly different concerns. This article discusses each pattern along with its history and design motivations to encourage the correct understanding and application of these patterns.

Keynote: Architecture the Lost Years by Robert Martin @ Ruby Midwest 2011 (also on YouTube … and a few weeks later, without slides , on The “A” word. A Discussion About Architecture in a Software Craftsmanship conference ) Images clipped together from… The “Presenter” and “View Model” at 35:28 “The whole Enchilada!” at 37:50 “The Database is a Detail!” at 42:26 Elements summary: Entities — Generic application agnostic data and business rules (e....

Cucumber – Making BDD fun Cucumber lets software development teams describe how software should behave in plain text. The text is written in a business-readable domain-specific language and serves as documentation, automated tests and development-aid – all rolled into one format.