Marcyes / This is my website http://marcyes.com/ This is the website of Jay Marcyes Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:15:56 +0000 <![CDATA[Rule 1 of updating code: don't assume the steps you took for the test rollout 2 days before will work on the live rollout w all the bugfixes]]> http://twitter.com/jaymon/statuses/5552977240 Rule 1 of updating code: don't assume the steps you took for the test rollout 2 days before will work on the live rollout w all the bugfixes

]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:39:56 +0000 <![CDATA[Just fixed the dumbest bug I could have ever introduced to @<a href="http://twitter.com/plancast">plancast</a>, it involved PHP_INT_MAX and getdate(), use your imagination]]> http://twitter.com/jaymon/statuses/5542576253 Just fixed the dumbest bug I could have ever introduced to @plancast, it involved PHP_INT_MAX and getdate(), use your imagination

]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:24:26 +0000 <![CDATA[Coding Horror: Treating User Myopia]]> http://marcyes.com/2009/11/07/coding_horror_treating_user_myopia/ Interesting post and comment discussion about how users don't read any help information. I've noticed this quite a bit on Noopsi. People just don't read anything. That's why you have to constantly strive to streamline your application and make it intuitive to use without the user reading any sort of "manual" on how it works.

]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:46:08 +0000 <![CDATA[Next time you're oogling a Victoria's Secret model, think of this: http://bit.ly/3bI9r8 via: http://bit.ly/39eH3u]]> http://twitter.com/jaymon/statuses/5465135697 Next time you're oogling a Victoria's Secret model, think of this: http://bit.ly/3bI9r8 via: http://bit.ly/39eH3u

]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:37:20 +0000 <![CDATA[Wish I was in Philly: RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/ThatKevinSmith%3A">ThatKevinSmith:</a> 2nite in Philly: 1st 50 at back door get my comps. Any after that: if seats are open, yer good.]]> http://twitter.com/jaymon/statuses/5461778738 Wish I was in Philly: RT @ThatKevinSmith: 2nite in Philly: 1st 50 at back door get my comps. Any after that: if seats are open, yer good.

]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:21:26 +0000 <![CDATA[In my mind, they kept it secret because they knew that everybody, and I mean everybody, would react negatively to it http://bit.ly/gh8Mu]]> http://twitter.com/jaymon/statuses/5433446416 In my mind, they kept it secret because they knew that everybody, and I mean everybody, would react negatively to it http://bit.ly/gh8Mu

]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:12:10 +0000 <![CDATA["It takes 3x less sugar to sweeten with than it does corn syrup" http://bit.ly/3dDZOm (~5:45) This guy is the soda king. Must. Visit. Store.]]> http://twitter.com/jaymon/statuses/5416607321 "It takes 3x less sugar to sweeten with than it does corn syrup" http://bit.ly/3dDZOm (~5:45) This guy is the soda king. Must. Visit. Store.

]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:46:09 +0000 <![CDATA[Underscore.js]]> http://marcyes.com/2009/11/04/underscorejs/ from the description:

Underscore is a utility-belt library for JavaScript that provides a lot of the functional programming support that you would expect in Prototype.js (or Ruby), but without extending any of the built-in JavaScript objects. It's the tie to go along with jQuery's tux.

]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:41:06 +0000 <![CDATA["celebrities [investors] begin to embrace entrepreneurs once they think they are going to be successful anyway" http://bit.ly/147P8o]]> http://twitter.com/jaymon/statuses/5403247911 "celebrities [investors] begin to embrace entrepreneurs once they think they are going to be successful anyway" http://bit.ly/147P8o

]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:14:05 +0000 <![CDATA[If EMI was a person, I'm not sure it would be able to look itself in the mirror: http://bit.ly/18JX9 via: http://bit.ly/12wneY]]> http://twitter.com/jaymon/statuses/5401037074 If EMI was a person, I'm not sure it would be able to look itself in the mirror: http://bit.ly/18JX9 via: http://bit.ly/12wneY

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