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The 10 Commandments of Web Design
Thou shalt not abuse Flash.
Thou shalt not hide content.
Thou shalt not clutter.
Thou shalt not overuse glassy reflections.
Thou shalt not name your Web 2.0 company with an unnecessary
surplus or dearth of vowels.
Thou shalt worship at the altar of typography.
Thou shalt create immersive experiences.
Thou shalt be social.
Thou shalt embrace proven technologies.
Thou shalt make content king.
via BusinessWeek
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1st Philippine Open Education forum
The mini-conference aims to inquire upon the feasibility and development of private initiatives to contribute in the Philippine educational or learning system, as alternative else collaborating actors in this matter.
— Philippine Commons
23 April 2008
830-900 :: Registration
900-915 :: Invocation
915-1000 :: Introduction to Open Education
Speaker/org: Creative Commons Philippines
Atty. Jaime “Jimmy” Soriano
1000-1015 Q&A
1015-1030 :: Break
1030-1115 :: […]
Can you tell this dancer to change direction?
Does the image below rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise? It depends whether you are using the left-side or the right-side of your brain. What’s cool is you can tell your brain to change the dancer’s rotation and it will.
Found via Kaye’s blog
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Path to the dark side
[via Matterr]
If I may add, “Java leads to suffering”.
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5 quick tips for improving your writing
Get rid of “that.”
Nine times out of ten, the word “that” can be profitably eliminated from your sentence.
Original: “Here are the key metrics that web analysts measure.”
Better: “Here are the key metrics web analysts measure.”
Do not invoke the future tense unless it is needed.
Original: “Optimizing your web site will increase traffic.”
Better: “Optimizing your web site […]
7 signs that you’re a bad boss
#7 The creation of “boss rules”
The staff has developed guidelines for dealing with you and quietly passes them to new employees. “Never suggest that there might be another way of doing something,” they might say. Or “Act self-deprecating so he doesn’t feel threatened.”
#6 Employees start sucking up
You have one or two fanatical […]
Morph Labs wants to invest in your Web 2.0 idea
Update: Day 1 of Morph Code has been moved to March 29. You can view the revised schedule here.
Got this from my friends at Morph Labs:
Morph Labs invites you to attend Morph Code, a two-day bootcamp where you’ll learn what solutions are needed, what tools are available to help you deploy software, and how you […]
Bayanihan Books: Together, we will solve our textbooks problems
Last December I wrote an essay on how to solve the quality and shortage problems in public textbooks as a starting point for a project. After a number of suggestions from friends, we decided to call the project “Bayanihan Books”. “Bayanihan” is originally a Filipino tradition wherein neighbors would help a family relocate by […]
John Gokongwei on entrepreneurship and becoming a great nation
Here is the speech that Mr. John Gokongwei delivered at the 20th Ad Congress last November 21, 2007 [via the Universal Robina blog].
Before I begin, I want to say please bear with me, an 81-year-old man who just flew in from San Francisco 36 hours ago and is still suffering from jet lag. However, I […]
PhRUG January Meetup
Some photos from the PhRUG (Philippine Ruby Users Group) meetup at Ateneo De Manila University last Jan 16. The meetup was sponsored by Topher Rigor and the AdmooLabs gang. Topher talked about Ruby on Rails to students and I discussed testing and rspec.
This is Topher.
This is Me.
There will be another PhRUG meetup […]
