Tips for public speaking →
Some simple public speaking and presentation tips by tech speaker Zach Holman. I dig the advice though I find the overall site structure, with small details broken up into lots of individual pages, a bit maddening.
Some simple public speaking and presentation tips by tech speaker Zach Holman. I dig the advice though I find the overall site structure, with small details broken up into lots of individual pages, a bit maddening.
Graphic designer Sean Haas examines how the iconic PlayStation logo was designed in the mid 90s. He looks over many early prototypes and influences from both the time period and competitors like Nintendo. (via Patrick Klepek)
Tested’s Will Smith gave the Xbox One a second chance as a universal remote after a negative run last month:
As far as I can tell, Microsoft hasn’t changed anything with the way the TV functionality works since the Xbox One’s launch, but my behavior has changed. I use the TiVo remote to navigate to whatever I want to watch, but if I need to pause, play, or even fast forward whlie I’m watching something I use the basic voice commands. “Xbox Pause” and “Xbox Play” are reliable and work well, even though using the voice commands for more complex tasks remains maddening.
But it looks like there’s some serious power concerns that may keep him from using the setup over the long run.
I find a surprising number of otherwise skilled web developers that still have trepidation around the command line. I’m no expert myself, but a few of the basics, especially pertaining to grep, can really do wonders when you’re in a pinch in the middle of a development session.
Mark Bates has written a excellent book on the subject; I’ve already read the first two chapters and like what I’ve read. It’s easy to follow along and comprehensive. You can read the entire book contents online or purchase an ebook, screencasts, or a physical copy.
Nice insights by The Dissolve’s Tasha Robinson, especially this one:
Coen protagonists tend to make one early bad choice that will lead to destruction by the end of the movie, but their struggles to evade it are endearing and fascinating.
I’ve been watching the Coen brothers for decades now and I always wonder if their slant toward moral punishment and absurdism will ever not show up in one of their films. The answer is always no, even in those that court mainstream audiences with bigger budgets and stars like True Grit and No Country For Old Men.
GoodBadFlicks puts together a fairly strong argument on the lack of originality behind most movie posters today. I’m not convinced, as the video suggests, posters are “terrible” (though that example set from X-Men: First Class is dreadful) especially considering the posters referenced from the 80s and 90s are not especially eye catching. But they nail the severe lack of originality; reinforced with the endless combinations of huge head shots on posters I see all over New York. (via Slashfilm)
To quote from the site, “loved by hipsters & lazy designers.”
Front end developer and author Nicholas Zakas:
The things I look for in a front-end engineer have little to do with traditional computer science concepts. I’ve written before about what makes a good front-end engineer and how to interview front-end engineers, and generally I still agree with everything I wrote in those articles. I want enthusiasm and passion for the web, and understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and more importantly, how to use them together to create a solution to a problem.
Responsive image solutions are still clearly a work in progress. The BBC News throws out their suggestion. Not fully crazy about their syntax given how different it is from srcset and src-n but I’m curious to see how it works in action.
We’ve all been there: you’ve been adding to your CSS but iterations later there’s plenty of unused selectors junking up your files. You need grunt-uncss, a Grunt task to strip unused CSS from your projects. It’s arguably best for smaller projects, because if you’re not careful with keeping your Gruntfile with proper source html files you could have a mess on your hands.