Pinboard: public bookmarks for garrettc

"Creating, testing and maintaining a large JavaScript code base is not easy — especially since great resources on how to do this are hard to find. This page is a collection of the best articles, videos and presentations we've found on the topic."

javascript programming bestpractise
8 weeks ago

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Gource

Gource is a software version control visualization tool.

versioncontrol visualisation
9 weeks ago

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Litely Photo Presets

12 presets for Aperture based on the look of old film.

photography aperture presets tobuy
9 weeks ago

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Government Service Design Manual

The digital by default service standard, guidance and tools for building world-class digital services.

govuk government gds agile process webdesign webdevelopment bestpractice
9 weeks ago

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PHP: The Right Way

"An easy-to-read, quick reference for PHP best practices, accepted coding standards, and links to authoritative tutorials around the Web."

php guide programming reference bestpractice webdevelopment scripting
9 weeks ago

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Stop Using Small Font Sizes

TL;DR: 16px minimum font-size for body text, 1.5em line-height for said text; max width should be 60-80 characters == 27-35em.

webdesign fonts typography userexperience userinterface accessibility
9 weeks ago

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Broccoli, spinach and lemon soup
food recipe soup
9 weeks ago

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We’re not ‘appy. Not ‘appy at all.

Tom Loosemore at GDS on why the core service is web first and apps are the exception.

responsivedesign mobileweb webdesign webdevelopment bestpractice gds
10 weeks ago

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matchboxpinhole.com

Make a pinhole camera from a matchbox

camera howto photography pinhole tutorial
10 weeks ago

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Learning Matrix

Agile retrospective tool

agile scrum projectmanagement business retrospective from twitter
10 weeks ago

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Republic of Quality | Our Projects | Interactive Style Tiles | Republic of Quality

Interactive Style Tiles (aka style prototype) for responsive designs.

responsivedesign webdesign prototype style from twitter_favs
10 weeks ago

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Providing responsive images with Drupal

Using the Adaptive Image and Adaptive Image Styles modules.

drupal tutorial webdevelopment responsivedesign webdesign
10 weeks ago

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Contrast Ratio tool

Easily calculate color contrast ratios. A brilliantly simple tool.

accessibility webdevelopment userinterface userexperience
10 weeks ago

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Git Magic

Nice introduction and explanation into git. Starts of with how to achieve certain results, and then offers a peak under the hood as to what's actually happening.

git development webdevelopment versioncontrol reference tutorial
10 weeks ago

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Chicken cacciatore
recipe food chicken tomato italian
11 weeks ago

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Green Roof Growers: How to Make a Two Bucket Sub-Irrigated Planter (SIP)
gardening diy
11 weeks ago

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Publications and resources · Sense about Science

Easy to digest booklets on science and science thinking.

science education learning rationalism
11 weeks ago

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How to build a news app that never goes down and costs you practically nothing

The most salient point for me "Build for use. Refactor for reuse". Sometimes you have to build up technical debt to be able to deploy quickly.

webdevelopment deployment sysadmin ec2 news s3 python
11 weeks ago

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Overnight, No-Cook Refrigerator Oatmeal

A very clever way of doing a summer version of oatmeal/porridge overnight in a fridge.

breakfast food recipe health
11 weeks ago

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Shredded Zucchini with Homemade Herb Whole Wheat Fettuccine
food recipe pasta vegetarian
11 weeks ago

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lllocal

First version of a local music search engine via @benjaminbenben and his beard

music local social entertainment from twitter
12 weeks ago

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Behat — BDD for PHP

A php framework for behaviour driven testing.

framework php testing webdevelopment
12 weeks ago

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jisaacks/GitGutter · GitHub

GitGutter, displays gitt diff status in the Sublime Text gutter. This. Is. Great. /via @wilto

webdevelopment versioncontrol git software editing from twitter
february 2013

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The Inconvenient Truth About SEO

Design for users, not search engines. Invest time in producing content that people want to read, want to link to. This is a long term thing.

content contentstrategy seo userexperience wdcsintranet
february 2013

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Password policy module

Provides a way to specify a certain level of password complexity for user passwords on a system by defining a password policy

drupal security password
february 2013

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Big Trouble in Little Content: Planning for Reusable Microcopy

Lullabot's Jeff Eaton on how to wrap your head round writing those tiny pieces of customer facing copy.

content contentstrategy copywriting userinterface
february 2013

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CSS floats explained

Bookmark this if you don't know much about floats.

css floats webdesign webdevelopment from twitter_favs
february 2013

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Mad Libs madness

Testing "Mad lib" style forms.

forms webdevelopment userexperience testing userinterface
february 2013

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The Unsettling Beauty of Lethal Viruses

Glass recreations of viruses and bacteria at 1,000,000 times their original size.

art sculpture science medicine from twitter
february 2013

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Drupal 7 tip : how to retrieve field values from entities
drupal tip programming webdevelopment
february 2013

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5 reasons a CEO should champion Responsive Web Design
responsivedesign mobileweb business from twitter_favs
february 2013

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Supercook: recipe search by ingredients you have at home

Crawls recipes on the web and shows you the ones you can make, using the ingredients you currently have at home.

cooking food recipe search
february 2013

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A Beginner's Guide to Caching Data in Drupal 7
caching drupal performance webdevelopment sysadmin
february 2013

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CSS Wizardry Grids

Another SASS based grid system.

css grid webdevelopment from twitter_favs
february 2013

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dreki/pivotal-slacker · GitHub

A command-line client for Pivotal Tracker

pivotaltracker agile methodology sysadmin from twitter_favs
february 2013

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38 Portraits In An Hour

Laura's tips for taking great portraits.

photography photographer tips
february 2013

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Paperman - Full Animated Short Film

Absolutely lovely new short from Disney.

animation love bw from twitter
february 2013

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56k Dial-up Modem Ringtone For iPhone and Android
modem geek iphone android ringtone
february 2013

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One volcano, two volcano, three volcano, four! | MetaFilter

Film crew produces 360 degree panorama of 4 volcanoes erupting simultaneously in Kamchatka: /via

from twitter
february 2013

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Your Company Culture Will Eat Your Strategy for Breakfast

Changing an organisation, tactics, strategy and culture.

business strategy culture wdcsintranet
february 2013

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Research/data to prove or disprove the effectiveness of homepage carousels

E-Commerce: Is there any research/data to prove or disprove the effectiveness of homepage slideshows (carousels) on an e-commerce site?

carousels userexperience ecommerce conversion research data
january 2013

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Interplanetary Cessna

Love this. XKCD on flying on Venus: "Your plane would fly pretty well, except it would be on fire the whole time…"

funny science space from twitter
january 2013

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How to master your time

"The secret to mastering your time is to systematically focus on importance and suppress urgency"

time productivity management lifehack
january 2013

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Aperture Science Shower Curtain
science game gaming household
january 2013

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Why did infinite scroll fail at Etsy?

"My point is not that infinite scroll is stupid. It may be great on your website. But we should have done a better job of understanding the people using our website" - Valuable lesson from Etsy on when testing goes wrong, and how to avoid it.

testing abtesting userexperience usability webdesign
january 2013

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