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Tag Archives: quote

Your mind is a muscle

Your mind is a muscle, just like any other: you need to use it to keep it in top condition. — Andy Clarke in “A Different Letter to a Junior Designer”

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Posted byBramus!April 28, 2014Posted inElsewhereTags: quoteLeave a comment on Your mind is a muscle

SOAP

SOAP. Simple Object Access Protocol. Except it's not Simple, it's Complicated. And it's not about Objects, it's about RPC. So, really: CRAP — Joe Walnes (@joewalnes) March 3, 2014 (via @oemebamo)

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Posted byBramus!March 7, 2014Posted inElsewhereTags: api, quote, soapLeave a comment on SOAP

The IKEA Effect

The IKEA Effect, wherein a person overestimates the value of a thing if they helped build it. It’s a great skill if one can truly value his work: if it’s crap, just admit it and use (or build!) something better. The IKEA Effect → Related quote: If all you have is a hammer, everything looks …

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Posted byBramus!February 28, 2014March 6, 2014Posted inElsewhereTags: ikea, quoteLeave a comment on The IKEA Effect

goto elephant;

@Inferis, on Apple’s SSL verification bug: I still think it’s funny people complain about the “missing” {} when the `goto` statements are the elephant in the room. — Tom Adriaenssen (@Inferis) February 23, 2014 For the paranoid ones out there: ‘t was the NSA who planted the bug!

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Posted byBramus!February 26, 2014February 26, 2014Posted inElsewhereTags: apple, prism, quote, sslLeave a comment on goto elephant;

Designers and code

Designers don’t need to learn to code. However, designers that learn to code will be the ones leading us to better user experiences. — Jared Spool, in Websockets and Why Designers Should Learn To Code (via anthony)

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Posted byBramus!February 4, 2014Posted inElsewhereTags: design, quoteLeave a comment on Designers and code

Bitcoin

@brianleroux It's like Monopoly all over again. — Stephen Hay (@stephenhay) December 7, 2013

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Posted byBramus!December 8, 2013December 8, 2013Posted inElsewhereTags: bitcoin, quoteLeave a comment on Bitcoin

Learning new things

Jan, after having switched jobs: After building ‘just websites’ for 5 years it amazes me how many other tools exist to create the most awesome things while being efficient … and I’m having the time of my life learning all these new things! It feels like I’ve broken out of a routine I was stuck …

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Posted byBramus!November 11, 2013Posted inElsewhereTags: quote, webLeave a comment on Learning new things

Security Question

Your mother’s maiden name is on Ancestry.com, your high school mascot is on Classmates, your birthday is on Facebook, and so is your best friend’s name—even if it takes a few tries. — Mat Honan Yes, a repost.

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Posted byBramus!October 21, 2013Posted inElsewhereTags: password, quote, securityLeave a comment on Security Question

Breakpoint Values

Every time you see 320px, 480px, 768px, 1024px used as breakpoint values, a kitten gets its head bitten off by an angel … or something like that. — from 7 Habits of Highly Effective Media Queries by Brad Frost.

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Posted byBramus!October 2, 2013Posted inElsewhereTags: quote, responsive web designLeave a comment on Breakpoint Values

9KPX

Remember Y2K? Wait for 9KPX. That’s the day when screens get wider than 9999px and everybody’s <h1> text-indent logo styling reappears. — James Pearce

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Posted byBramus!September 29, 2013Posted inElsewhereTags: image replacement, phark, quote, web1 Comment on 9KPX

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Bram.us is the technical/geeky weblog of Bramus Van Damme, a web developer based in Belgium.

Bramus is part of the Chrome Developer Relations team at Google, focusing on CSS, Web UI, and DevTools. From the moment he discovered view-source at the age of 14 (way back in 1997), he fell in love with the web and has been tinkering with it ever since.

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