"Doing with images makes symbols."

-Alan Kay

Eight Insightful Tech Talks

Published by Thomas Schreiber on Dec 15, 2009 at 12:29 AM.

I am highlighting here some of the better tech talks I watched over the last year, specifically picking out the ones that really get the wheels spinning on a philosophical level.

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Introducing switchTarget jQuery Plugin

Published by Yulka Plekhanova on Dec 4, 2009 at 11:35 PM.

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About

I developed this plugin while working on one of my projects. Since I couldn't find a plugin that could have solved a all of my use cases, I decided to develop my own.

Usage

  1. To use the plugin, first include the jQuery library and then the switchTarget javascript file in the head of your file.

    <script src="js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="js/jquery.switchTarget.1.0.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    
  2. Following the example below, create links and targets.

    <a ...

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Writing Code That Doesn't Suck and Interface-Oriented Design

Published by Thomas Schreiber on Sep 28, 2009 at 3:35 AM.

After watching Yehuda Katz's talk "Writing Code That Doesn't Suck" I was convinced to read "Interface-Oriented Design" by Ken Pugh. Combined, the video and the book greatly enhanced my understanding of what it means to write clean, pluggable, and well tested software.

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Deploying with Django's Sites Framework on Webfaction (virtualenv, mod_wsgi, git)

Published by Thomas Schreiber on Apr 9, 2009 at 9:14 PM.

How to deploy a django site using mutli-sites framework on webfaction shared hosting.

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Book Meme

Published by Thomas Schreiber on Nov 13, 2008 at 9:01 PM.

* Grab the nearest book. * Open it to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence.

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Announcing the launch of insatsu.us

Published by Insatsu Collective on Oct 14, 2008 at 8:02 PM.

At the height of the political and financial unrest surrounding us, we are extremely ecstatic to launch Insatsu, our design and development freelance collective. This is a time of transition and an opportunity for a new beginning, not only for us, but for the rest of the world as well.

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