9 month ago
deusx : Per Vivere [To Live]: Holly Shelf Unit, Batman! - "I have always wanted to build a concealed room or have secret trapdoors or similar in a house, well this is my first (very amateur) attempt."
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12 month ago
deusx : The Spiral Data Tato -- A Curiously Complex Origami CD Case - The World's Biggest Show & Tell - art, craft, diy - "The Spiral Data Tato is an origami CD or DVD case of the origata or tsutsumi ilk, that is, a complicated presentation model, intended as a gift for an honored recipient."
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16 month ago
deusx : Mike's Ambient Device - "I wished to use a Tuxgraphics kit to make an Internet connected LED Lamp."
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24 month ago
deusx : Make Your Own Moleskine-Like-Notebook - "Your very own Moleskine-like-notebook/journal/sketchbook. The one we'll be making is 3.5 x 5.5 x .5 inches"
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27 month ago
43folders : 43F Board: Post your Project here - I've added a new forum on the board where you can post your ideas for apps, whitepapers, processes, workflows, etc. then get input from the 43f hive mind.
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merlinmann : Sink or swim: 10 steps to rescue a foundering project - "You get caught up in 'requirement rush.' You continue to add requirements, and it gets so complicated, it's like a duck-billed platypus."
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32 month ago
merlinmann : Main Page - ElephantStaircase - "Elephant Staircase is a wiki made up of pages detailing ridiculously sweet projects."
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34 month ago
merlinmann : How to stay organized at work? | Ask MetaFilter - "[W]hat methods have you found that work for you with regards to your daily organization at work?"
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35 month ago
Linkorama : Lessons from Bayosphere - Tools matter, but they're no substitute for community building. (This is a special skill that I'm only beginning to understand even now.)
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35 month ago
gleuschk : The Book Bar - good old-fashioned undergraduate ingeniuity. I want one.
deusx : The Book Bar - "We decided to rescue these books from that awful fate - and what better use for them than a bar from which to entertain our frequent guests?"
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38 month ago
kayodeok : Joel on Software - Set Your Priorities - If you ever find yourself implementing a feature simply because it has been promised to one customer, RED DANGER LIGHTS should be going off in your head
jimray : Joel on Software - Set Your Priorities
Paul Hammond : Joel on Software - Set Your Priorities - Inevitability is not a high enough bar
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38 month ago
kayodeok : Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia (or Build a Website for No Reason) - The formation of strategy isn't one of the most popular aspects of web development, but it should be. Strategy narrows the focus and purpose of a project to make it as effective as possible
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Tasks - Tasks is a powerful web-based task manager to help you manage your personal and professional projects effectively
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40 month ago
joshua : Tasks Pro - rails-based task manager
kayodeok : Tasks Pro - Tasks Pro is the multi-user version of Tasks: a powerful web-based task manager (to-do list manager) that allows you to organize your tasks in a hierarchical structure
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Call and Response: Handling RFP Tension - in the interest of helping designers understand how they can make the most out of every RFP opportunity, this article highlights four areas of client/designer “engagement tensionâ€
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kayodeok : Digital Web Magazine - Getting IA Done, Part I - Getting IA Done, Part I
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kayodeok : Digital Web Magazine - Getting IA Done, Part II - As information architects (IAs), we sometimes get carried away with the visual design of sites and forget about one of the most important components of our work - content
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41 month ago
plasticbag : FogBugz 4.0 looks amazingly useful and clean and clear and I really want to have more of a play with it - But I can't get past the fact that it's really expensive for a few people making web apps for fun outside work...
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41 month ago
Linkorama : Why you must lead or follow - Nice essay on leadership
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42 month ago
kayodeok : More technical details on the Clarissa Project (Clarissa is a Trek-Like Speaking Computer) - Clarissa is a fully voice-operated procedure browser, enabling astronauts to be more efficient with their hands and eyes and to give full attention to the task while they navigate through the procedure using spoken commands
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42 month ago
kayodeok : 11 Clients You Need To Fire Right Now - The 11 Abusive Client Types: The disillusioned, the suspicious, the chiseler, the bully, the something-for-nothing, the slow pay, the flake, the liar, the blackmailer, the money pit, the clinger
Paul Hammond : ChristopherHawkins.com - 11 Clients You Need To Fire Right Now - Since I'm constantly writing about what developers do wrong, it seems only fair to address problem clients as well
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43 month ago
kayodeok : 10 Bad Project Warning Signs - This is a list of bad project warning signs for web designers but should apply to other projects
Richard Rutter : 10 bad project warning signs - Learning when to turn down projects.
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plasticbag : Exquisite Corpse - Another blast-from-the-past with the Exquisite Corpse project where people submitted slice-like sections of imagery to produce composite beautiful art projects...
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