October 2011
1 post
zooeyclairedeschanel:
if your man starts a reformation to separate the church of england from the roman catholic church because he wants to divorce you because you can’t produce a male child to inherit the throne
he’s just not that into you
Also: dealbreaker!!
August 2011
2 posts
1 tag
“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your...”
– Lawrence M. Krauss (via wilwheaton)
June 2011
1 post
April 2011
1 post
January 2011
3 posts
December 2010
2 posts
November 2010
2 posts
“The worst excuse in the world is “the dog ate it”. The second worst...”
– Lachlan Sylvester
“This HTML is horrific! Remake it. And use tables so my wife is able to edit your...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
October 2010
4 posts
clientsfromhell:
Client: “I want an iPad app.”
Me: “For what purpose?”
Client: “I don’t know, I just want an iPad app.”
“sometimes I’m so excited about writing code that I just mash all the keys with...”
– Joe Ferris, on extreme vim editing modes (via thoughtbot)
“My budget doesn’t care about user experience.”
– (via clientsfromhell)
clientsfromhell:
Client: ”I want a website that sells everything that Amazon sells. We wouldn’t have a shopping cart it would go straight to Amazon’s.”
Me: ”So why would they come to your website and not Amazon?”
Client: “We will be doing product reviews and a blog on the products.”
September 2010
2 posts
Dave Newman: Leaving .net →
whatupdave:
As Tyler Durden once said: You are not your programming language. You are not the web stack you’ve learned. You are not your text editor you write your code in. You are the all crafting, multilingual developer of the world!
August 2010
2 posts
whatthecommit.com →
(via rubyvsbeard)
July 2010
2 posts
“For some problems a talented designer is able to create a tiny solution that...”
– Surface tension (via toolmantim)
June 2010
4 posts
Clients From Hell: Client: “That’s way too much... →
Client: “That’s way too much money to charge for an email campaign. It’s not hard to put a few graphics in an email.” Me: “I charge based off of my regular hourly rate and that’s how long it will take to complete the project.” Client: “Forget it. We’ll just do it in house. We have a copy of…
“This is everything we asked for but not what we wanted.”
– (via clientsfromhell)
May 2010
9 posts
Watchtoolmantim:
Sonar
“We need you to merge modern traditionalist taste with the interests of an...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
“A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented...”
– General Patton
April 2010
11 posts
The real reason why Steve Jobs hates Flash →
Very interesting and thought-provoking read.
Clients From Hell →
Client: ”Obviously we need the site to be deeply spiritual. The use of a cross is obvious and although perhaps over-used we would like to go with that… Also perhaps some Saints, figurines… You get the idea?”
Designer: ”Do you have any specific Saint’s in mind?”
Client: ”No, just run with it……
Designer: ”Actually no, I am atheist. Is this a problem?”
Client: ”Oh, erm, you´re one of...
clientsfromhell:
Client: “You’ll never make any money if you’re always charging for every little thing that you do!”
Mike Burns Debugs Some Features
thoughtbot:
When /^I .*ing debug this .*ing thing$/ do debugger end
DHH talks bout his sweet setup →
March 2010
14 posts
Making a new remote branch in git
(Because I can never remember how to do this, lazy sod that I am):
#Create the branch ? git branch mybranch
#Switch to the branch ? git checkout mybranch
#Makes changes, commit stuff, or whatever
#Create the remote branch ? git push —all
clientsfromhell:
Client: “I need a web banner to go on randomsite.com”
Me: “OK, no problem. What are the specs?”
Client: “Specs?”
Me: “Yeah, you know, width, height, files size limitations what you want on it. Basically all of the information so we don’t get it sent back to us.”
Client: “Jesus Christ you always complicate things, why can’t you ever just do it!”
