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How long is the ideal vacation? Researchers weigh in | Business News | nola.com It takes a few days to truly unwind and start to forget about the work … Vacationers seemed to reach that point after about a week away, … … vacation afterglow only lasts for about a week after returning to work, regardless of the length of time spent away. To get the most out of your time off, researchers suggest taking multiple vacations spaced throughout the work year, with getaways ideally lasting between seven and 11 days. ...

Dutch Reach Project – Promote the Dutch method to prevent doorings A site to promote the Dutch far-hand habit to avoid dooring cyclists, or drivers or passengers from stepping into on-coming traffic.

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Good design, much like anything, starts with understanding the basics. Applying the following design principles will help you avoid design disasters and allow you to communicate your key theme. You’ll find that it’s rare to see only one principle being used at a time as they all work in conjunction with each other. Alignment Repetition Contrast Proximity Balance Source: The 5 Basic Principles Of Design – Maddison Designs

VC funding. Our perspectives on the topic wax and wane […] Source: What I’ve Learned About Venture Funding | Bothsides of the Table

Best “bang for the buck”: @^(https?|ftp)://[^\s/$.?#].[^\s]*$@iS Best exhaustive solution: https://gist.github.com/dperini/729294 really impressed with @stephenhay 's REGEX solution (38 characters) to match damn well near all URL possibilities https://t.co/8wuyg4qYVD — Patrick Coombe ♒ (@patrickcoombe) August 7, 2015 Source: In search of the perfect URL validation regex TODO: Consider moving to snippets?

Spot on! 🙂 Android (n.) : A mobile operating system, generally seen as inferior to iOS. See iOS iOS (n.): A mobile operating system, generally seen as inferior to Android. See Android (via Tao of Mac ) Source: The New Devil’s Dictionary

Xaile da minha mãe musa dos meus afectos quero que ele ainda sirva para agasalhar os meus netos. — Adriano Reis (O Xaile de Minha Mãe) (parafraseado de cor, mas perto o suficiente)

A good error message has three parts: The problem – explains that an error has happened; The cause – explains what caused the problem; The solution – explains how to overcome the problem. After you ensure your message contains all these three parts, its time to review it. You need to edit it to ensure it: Is user centred – avoid jargon and words your audience will have an hard time understanding; Is direct – as William Strunk said, “Put statements in positive form. Avoid tame, colourless, hesitating and non-committal language”; Omits needless words – cut, cut, cut. [ Source: ]{style=“color: #404040; line-height: 1.6;”} How to Write Error Messages ...

{width=“1440” height=“900”} Jibber makes network debugging a breeze. (…) You’ll be able to view both request and response parameters on your Mac in real time!

Cushion was built out of a need for a less-stressful freelance life. Its aim is to provide better insight and awareness, so the roller coaster ride of freelancing feels smoother, with fewer surprises.

Doorbell.io – Gather in-app user feedback, simply, across multiple platforms, for free! Use our Javascript, iOS, and Android SDKs to set up Doorbell in your application. Or use the API if you want to build your own client. You have the option to send any feedback you receive straight to your Project Management System or Issue Tracker with just a couple of clicks.

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A minimum viable product doesn’t mean half finished. It’s doing small number of things to a high standard. @boagworld — Vala Afshar Original tweet: A minimum viable product doesn't mean half finished. It's doing small number of things to a high standard. @boagworld pic.twitter.com/Vr703OaZ1R — Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) June 2, 2015

Learn Ruby with the Neo Ruby Koans Great way to lean Ruby by fixing errors in set of well thought of unit tests.

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{width=“562” height=“388”} By version 4.11, transitive dependencies have proliferated seemingly unchecked. We are far from the short dependency-chains and few cyclic-dependencies of good structure. A better way… There are many ways to do this, but one way is to practice radial encapsulation . (…) shows the evolution of a radially-encapsulated program that is bigger than JUnit yet has throughout its history retained a structural clarity that JUnit seems to have abandoned. ...

{width=“1200” height=“630” srcset=“tumblr_no9bvm5ckF1qz82meo1_1280.jpg 1200w, tumblr_no9bvm5ckF1qz82meo1_1280-300x158.jpg 300w, tumblr_no9bvm5ckF1qz82meo1_1280-1024x538.jpg 1024w” sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"} Very interesting timezone visualizations! (via Timezone.io at Buffer’s The Joys and Benefits of Working as a Distributed Team )