I'm just barely able to grasp the significance here but I think he's right. Javascript with its eventing, closures/callbacks and the prototypal inheritance really rock. Now if I only had a reason to create a scalable back end server for some soon-to-be-a-hit application.
- Aaron Wagner
binding pipeline swallows exceptions? really? this apparently helps and can save you headache -- I'm not really even to this point yet but I know I'll need it later
- Aaron Wagner
Awesome! Mathematical proof as poetry. Computer science friends know all about the halting problem, now I can share this one with Mom and she'd get it.
- Aaron Wagner
A strange way to put it, in my opinion, but yes, we frontend engineers are not in the best spot when it comes to web team development. I hated trying to manage the muddy middle of web development.
- Aaron Wagner
This just seems ridiculous. I don't fully understand what's going on here, but a bug in the most common way to get back the ID of your insert is bad... really bad.
- Aaron Wagner
The owner of Summit Hut (where I work) has started a blog. His backpacking, hiking and climbing experiences are things I can't wait to read about. He's got great insight into outdoor gear and the industry too.
- Aaron Wagner
interesting subversion stat tool -- for some reason the need to find out how many lines of code I've written in the past few years was on my mind -- this tool told me
- Aaron Wagner
A nice site that pulls from over 30 different sources to give you a very nice one stop page of info on a website. Nice for competitive research and the like ~
- Aaron Wagner
I checked the book out from the library soon after Nate was born, but unfortunately didn't have much time to read it back then. Had I known the author had a blog I would have subscribed long ago.
- Aaron Wagner
"What have you changed your mind about? Why?" I've clicked on three or four repsonses so far and want to check out more when time allows. Probably a topic for a blog post since I've felt some changes in my own thinking since becoming a father.
- Aaron Wagner
Some very interesting books listed here. I'll probably be adding a few of these to my wish list when I have time to explore more thoroughly.
- Aaron Wagner
I was very surprised by the smoothness and interface innovation of this little site, then I saw that it was designed by Aza Raskin's new Humanized shop. Nice.
- Aaron Wagner
Some very good advice on relationship communication. I think Jenny and I do many of these things, but we must not forget or get lazy (mostly me).
- Aaron Wagner
Based on this interview and the linked YouTube video of Saul Williams "List of Demands", I went ahead and bought "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust!" -- I am not disappointed.
- Aaron Wagner
A very cool thread to find some learning gems. It was also interesting to find out what other MetaFilter users are experts in. A diverse crowd for sure.
- Aaron Wagner
Sounds like they will soon be significantly upgrading the already amazing mapping technology on flickr. I can't wait to see the page for Tucson.
- Aaron Wagner
A round up of some very sad comments on the Target.com accessibility lawsuit as well as some very inspiring videos of folks using assistive technology -- expand your perspective and check out a few of those videos.
- Aaron Wagner