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chitchcock / 20111011_SteveYeggeGooglePlatformRant.md
Created October 12, 2011 15:53
Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

@nicoleslaw
nicoleslaw / 1_Tiny_Content_Framework.md
Last active January 23, 2024 02:28
Tiny Content Framework

Tiny Content Framework

About the project

This is a tiny content strategy framework focused on goals, messages, and branding. This is not a checklist. Use what you need and scrap the rest. Rewrite it or add to it. These topics should help you get to the bottom of things with clients and other people you work with.

Give me feedback on Twitter (@nicoleslaw) or by email (nicole@nicolefenton.com).

Contents

@marcedwards
marcedwards / high-dpi-media.css
Last active November 19, 2023 12:56
A CSS media query that captures almost all high DPI aware devices.
/* ---------------------------------------------------------- */
/* */
/* A media query that captures: */
/* */
/* - Retina iOS devices */
/* - Retina Macs running Safari */
/* - High DPI Windows PCs running IE 8 and above */
/* - Low DPI Windows PCs running IE, zoomed in */
/* - Low DPI Windows PCs and Macs running Firefox, zoomed in */
/* - Android hdpi devices and above */
anonymous
anonymous / index.html
Created February 8, 2013 16:41
A CodePen by YozhEzhi. Masked text - Forked @amanda Hawkins
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<h1 class="ex1">mask-image</h1>
<h1 class="ex2">mask-image</h1>
<h1 class="ex3">mask-image</h1>
@davatron5000
davatron5000 / Sublime Text Setup.md
Last active April 15, 2023 15:39
A new user's guide to SublimeText 2. Estimated reading time: 2 mins. Estimated workthrough time: 12 minutes.

Make it useful

  • Install Package Control. For SublimeText 2, paste the following in Terminal:
import urllib2,os; pf='Package Control.sublime-package'; ipp = sublime.installed_packages_path(); os.makedirs( ipp ) if not os.path.exists(ipp) else None; urllib2.install_opener( urllib2.build_opener( urllib2.ProxyHandler( ))); open( os.path.join( ipp, pf), 'wb' ).write( urllib2.urlopen( 'http://sublime.wbond.net/' +pf.replace( ' ','%20' )).read()); print( 'Please restart Sublime Text to finish installation')

From here on out, use Package Control to install everything. ⌘+Shift+P, then type Install to get a list of installable packages you can 'livesearch through. After installing plugins, they should be running.

@maxfenton
maxfenton / a-new-mac-setup.md
Last active April 17, 2024 10:55
System setup stuff for a new OLD mac (a/o 2020)

New computer setup

a/o 2020-05-29

--

Format the drive

  1. Restart with Cmd-R or Cmd-D
  2. Erase drive / 3x if second-hand
  3. Reinstall MacOS
@celoyd
celoyd / gis-advice.md
Last active June 2, 2016 22:26

This is my default career advice for people starting out in geo/GIS, especially remote sensing, adapted from a response to a letter in 2013.

I'm currently about to start a Geography degree at the University of [Redacted] at [Redacted] with a focus in GIS, and I've been finding that I have an interest in working with imagery. Obviously I should take Remote Sensing and other similar classes, but I'm the type of person who likes to self learn as well. So my question is this: What recommendations would you give to a student who is interested in working with imagery? Are there any self study paths that you could recommend?

I learned on my own and on the job, and there are a lot of important topics in GIS that I don’t know anything about, so I can’t give comprehensive advice. I haven’t arrived anywhere; I’m just ten minutes ahead in the convoy we’re both in. Take these recommendations critically.

Find interesting people. You’ll learn a lot more from a great professor (or mentor, or friend, or conference) o

@gruber
gruber / make_bookmarklet.pl
Last active September 13, 2023 23:22
JavaScript Bookmarklet Builder
#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# http://daringfireball.net/2007/03/javascript_bookmarklet_builder
use strict;
use warnings;
use URI::Escape qw(uri_escape_utf8);
use open IO => ":utf8", # UTF8 by default
":std"; # Apply to STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR
@tomdavies
tomdavies / palette.scss
Last active August 29, 2015 13:56
Better colour names with palettes & SASS maps
// Declare colours
$_color-base-grey: rgb(229,231,234);
$palettes: (
purple: (
base: rgb(42,40,80),
light: rgb(51,46,140),
dark: rgb(40,38,65)
),
grey: (
base: $_color-base-grey,
@sergejmueller
sergejmueller / ttf2woff2.md
Last active March 9, 2024 13:37
WOFF 2.0 – Learn more about the next generation Web Font Format and convert TTF to WOFF2