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rjs
"The condemnation of his book is an automatic reflex" - a welcomely balanced NYT piece on Thilo Sarrazin http://nyti.ms/9y59RE
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Who needs data. These pure forms scratch the data viz itch that is so popular in design circles http://bit.ly/aXmdzb
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We discussed CSS preprocessing at the last 37 meetup. The wish for abstraction and composition has hit a tipping point. Trying SCSS first.
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For fans of Christopher Alexander's recent books, Nikos Salingaros' "A Theory of Architecture" is a must read http://amzn.to/cGOdBg
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Are you using Highrise in your real estate business? Our customer chris-at-indycal-dot-com would love to hear feedback from you!
rjs
I high recommend rewatching Kent Beck's keynote from RailsConf 2008 http://blip.tv/file/1163850 Great insights on the fundamentals
rjs
If you ever thought Washed Out should stop playing games and just sample Slowdive, Violens has something nice for you http://bit.ly/c8RWUq
dhh
The Danish version of REWORK just got a 6/6 review in Børsen: http://bit.ly/9oZfyW [in Danish]
dhh
So to watch a HBO show on the Apple TV, you have to buy it on your computer first. Wait for it to finish downloading. Then stream? Yikes.
dhh
But presumably you won't be able to store shows, how can you buy them? Or will you just stream for $2.99? Seems wonky too.
dhh
So does mean that the new Apple TV can only play TV content from Fox and ABC? That seems like a big step backwards.
dhh
The Ruby future goes through 1.9.2 and you come along. It's never been easier to work with multiple versions w/ RVM: http://bit.ly/15h0ax
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Product Blog: Start using bcToolkit for Basecamp reporting and get a free copy of REWORK http://bit.ly/dn6KOD
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Get a walk-through of our new, dead-simple customer happiness survey app. Built in a day & 71 LOC w/ Rails 3: http://bit.ly/a5JdVJ
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We're hiring an Office Manager / Executive Assistant for our Chicago office: http://bit.ly/avSHLF
rjs
Finished Caldwell's "Reflections on the Revolution in Europe" - an essential book on European immigration and Islam http://amzn.to/9svbgZ
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Product Blog: International PR agency EIDO uses Basecamp to show progress to clients from around the world http://bit.ly/dcPiVH
dhh
Started a new internal mini-app with Ruby 1.9.2 on Rails 3.0. Prime time, baby!
dhh
We've raised closed to $20,000 for clean water for 1K people on behalf of Rails 3 in 1 day: http://bit.ly/bMWWku - plz donate and RT!
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Are you going to use Rails 3? Please show your gratitude by helping us bring clean water to 5K people w/ Charity:Water http://bit.ly/bMWWku
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Some of the top 37signals staff Twitter posts from the past week: http://bit.ly/a0pEz2 ...All Staff posts here: http://bit.ly/b7ZHdO
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Product Blog: You can send your Basecamp or Backpack invoices to someone other than the account admin http://bit.ly/bdxwb8
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Rails 3.0: It's ready http://bit.ly/bqyTHh -- after two years of work & thousands of commits. What an amazing community achievement!
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Dig the clear messaging at http://www.purpleworkshops.com/




