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Tone — JJJ
A well thought out and written essay on written communications from of my favorite philosophers…
Tone is more important than the words you use, until all you have is words. On the web, we’ve skirted tone for a long while with emoticons. 🙂 Thankfully, the wide adoption of Emoji is rescuing us from writing obscure combinations of syntactically invalid punctuation, and I think that’s a good thing. If you read as […]
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The next generation of hackers… raised by the government?
This is not your typical summer sleepaway camp.
Bonfires and archery? Try Insecure Direct Object References and A1-Injections.
The dozen or so teenagers staring at computers in a Marymount University classroom here on a recent day were learning — thanks to a new National Security Agency cybersecurity program that reaches down into the ranks of American high school and middle school students — the entry-level art of cracking encrypted passwords.
via N.S.A. Summer Camp: More Hacking Than Hiking – The New York Times.
Evolution of the Jetpack Logo: Behind the Scenes with Dave Whitley — Jetpack for WordPress
Dave Whitley, one of Automattic’s amazing designers, pulled back the velvet curtain to explain the Evolution of the Jetpack Logo on the Jetpack blog today.
Chalkboards from 1917
An Oklahoma School was tearing down their chalkboards and discovered boards from 1917 that had been covered up for almost 100 years.
Jealousy Is Sabotaging Your Prosperity
Cory Miller, CEO of iThemes and a good friend of mine, just posted a great article about Imposter Syndrome’s partner in crime: Jealousy.
I had gotten consumed in seeing other people succeed with less effort and honesty, by taking shortcuts, getting more acclaim and traction while we toiled without our proper due. And I was mad. I felt it wasn’t fair. I felt we were justly entitled to that success. So I grumbled. I groaned. I got angry.
And it affected everything in my life and business. It crippled our progress and prosperity.
Sadly, it took maybe a year of this self-inflicted misery and self-sabotage, to realize and fully embrace one simple yet ironic truth about it all:
It’s not about them.
It was never about them. And it should never have been about them.
Cory goes on to talk about how to turn that jealousy around and become a more productive, successful person.
Check out the post, it’s definitely worth a read: Jealousy Is Sabotaging Your Prosperity.
Being an ex-president is a pretty sweet gig
Bill Clinton has made more than $100m in speakers fees since leaving the White House. Which made the New Yorker ask: How Much Money Does Bill Clinton Need?
Great Photos from Apple’s Early Days
This article from the SF Gate gives us a peek into the early days at Apple. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Slack’s Secret Sauce
Our team had used Campfire for years, and I’ve never quite been able to put my finger on how Slack has found such success where Campfire and HipChat were unable to break through on anywhere near the same scale.
Andrew Wilkinson of MetaLab, the agency responsible for the design of Slack, provides some insight.
