Mar 9, 2011
Urban Dictionary: Do you like hobbies?
Something you say during an awkward pause in conversation in attempt to start conversation
Mar 6, 2011
Urban Dictionary: kindle whoring
The practice of indiscriminatingly downloading free sample chapters to your Kindle with only a modicum of interest in seriously reading the book.
Feb 27, 2011
Refactoring - Putting It All Together - Kent Beck
How will you know when you are really getting it? You’ll know when you start to calm down. When you feel absolute confidence that no matter how screwed up things are, you can make it better, enough better to keep making progress.
Mostly, though, you’ll know you’re getting it when you can stop with confidence. Stopping is the strongest move. You see a big goal. You begin to move toward that goal, each step small and sure, each step backed. You’re getting close.
That’s when it happens. You run out of gas. Maybe it’s getting late and you are becoming fatigued. Maybe you were wrong in the first place. Whatever the cause, your confidence is gone. You can’t make the next step with certainty. You don’t think you will screw anything up, but you’re not sure.
That’s when you stop. If it isn’t better, walk away. Flush it. Glad to have learned a lesson, pity it didn’t work out. What’s on for tomorrow?
Feb 21, 2011
Mr. GERVAIS: We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet. And thats whats extraordinary. Ordinary people, their struggle; there’s nothing as interesting as real life out your window. You walk down the street for half an hour, I’ll give you half an hour of drama.NPR.org ยป Ricky Gervais Has An Animated Post-‘Office’ Life
Feb 17, 2011
Urban Dictionary: Euphemized
Made to seem less awkward or rude, or to seem politically correct by changing terminology
Feb 16, 2011
Can You Start a Tech Company Without Venture Capital? - NYTimes.com
Why wouldn’t any company with passion and vision be able to start without VC funding? The founders of this company are doing what millions of us are already doing right now. Everywhere else in the world other than tech, people bootstrap their businesses all the time. Plenty of us with virtual and brick and mortar businesses decided to go it on our own by hook or crook because we had a dream and passion. We save our money from jobs, or quit the job, jump in and pay for stuff with credit cards, consulting, etc. until we make money. Come on out of the tech bubble, folks. Of course Irrational Design can launch without VC funding. They already did. And I’ll bet their moxie is going to bring them much more joy because they don’t have the crazy VC money. - commenter
Feb 12, 2011
Urban Dictionary: rule 24
if it exists, people fear it. No exeptions
Feb 12, 2011
Urban Dictionary: Rules Of The Internet
19. The more you hate it, the stronger it gets.
28. There will always be more fucked up shit than what you just saw.
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