grant watson - software engineer

47 Hats - The future doesn’t just happen.
Let’s make available a optional protocol so any physical object, location or event can be uniquely identified. A really simple system, totally voluntary, user/developer friendly and even kind of fun. Let’s let government - you know, the people who man
(tags: future trends japan technology)

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Coding Horror: Designing For Evil
Any public facing website that allows users to post content of any kind is vulnerable to the actions of a handful of evil, spammy users. It’s not pleasant. It is a dark mirror into the ugly underbelly of human nature. But it’s also an unfortunate, unavoid
(tags: web spam design)

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The Multitasking Virus and the End of Learning? Part 1 | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
A recent study at The British Institute of Psychiatry showed that checking your email while performing another creative task decreases your IQ in the moment 10 points. That is the equivalent of not sleeping for 36 hours—more than twice the [...]

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xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe
And I hope you’ve learned to sanitize your database inputs.
(tags: programming cartoon humour database security)

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Why You Should Nofollow Your Blog Comments? | Andy Beard - Niche Marketing
Google doesn’t give penalties just because you decide to let those providing user generated content have a little link love.
(tags: blogging google seo)

KrazyDad » Blog Archive » Annoyance #215
If something works, or doesn’t work, explain precisely why. Don’t just invoke the nebulous specter [...]

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Think about paths instead of hierarchies - (37signals)
Instead of thinking in terms of hierarchy or up-front structure, I think it’s better to work with paths. A path is a line that goes from a starting point A to an accomplishment B. Each customer who comes to the site doesn’t care about the overall stru
(tags: webdesign [...]

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The end of Mowser - RussellBeattie.com
“In other words, I think anyone currently developing sites using XHTML-MP markup, no Javascript, geared towards cellular connections and two inch screens are simply wasting their time, and I’m tired of wasting my time.”
(tags: mobile future trends)

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Tagging Goes Semantic With Zigtag
The basic idea: each tag will be defined, and that synonymous tags (say, New York City and Big Apple) will be linked together automatically. That should make finding your bookmarks easier later on.
(tags: folksonomy semantic web tags)

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Managing Information Flow: How Prioritization Will Improve Your Work and Learning Efficiency
Learn to Prioritize Information for Efficient Consumption
(tags: productivity lifehacks rss information management)

Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor - (37signals)
Forgoing sleep is like borrowing from a loan shark. Sure you get that extra hours right now to cover for your overly-optimistic estimation, but [...]

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My Final Post: Top 9 Lessons In Awesomeness | Hunter Nuttall . com
Randy Pausch’s last lecture on “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.”
(tags: inspiration lifehacks video personalgrowth)

How Much is a Top Google Ranking Worth to Your Business? : SEO Book.com
An article aimed at helping SEOs estimate how much a top rank in Google is worth.
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