Templates are the best kind of tool: simple to write and implement, but powerful enough to make your architecture slicker and your code leaner. Getting markup out of your Javascript is a huge deal, but templates can help with more than that. They can manage repeated code snippets, allow you to deftly switch states in single page applications, and help keep your code DRY when supporting users with and without Javascript enabled. Using and extending them creatively can make any architecture a little awesomer.
Archives for October 2010
My cube mate
My cube mate
Rod Serling on Apathy and Monsters
we have learned to realize that even the most sophisticated society can still fall prey to an invasion of monsters. It is not public exposure that helps these perverters of human dignity. Rather, it is apathy. Laughter and derision might momentarily embarrass them but in the long run prove no deterrents whatsoever
Rod Serling
The letter from which this quote is taken and the entire affair that it applies to is fascinating on many levels.
Many thanks to Letters of Note for highlighting this and in general for adding so much to my daily reading. It’s a tremendous site.
The Web 2.0 Summit Points of Control Map
I absolutely love this interactive map of Internet companies and the ability to recommend acquisitions and see how others rate the same move.
It was a smart move to place companies in multiple areas as so many, like Apple play in many arenas.
33 Major Fail Tales From Startups That Died
It's just as important to learn from the mistakes of others as it is to learn from our own.