This Heisenberg quote puts the general "feeling" of quantum physics into an understandable form: “What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.”
Here's a one sentence answer that I think would help non-technology people understand software in general: It's like writing a "Choose Your Own Adventure" story in a foreign language.
I encourage you to check out DRIFT[1]. You can browse the latest images for inspiration (á la Pinterest), and its responsive design scales from large-screen TVs to the smallest handheld devices.
Very interesting article with ties to Wall St as well as Siri. It should serve as a reminder that in business dealings, only -you- have your best interests in mind.
Thanks for the info... I haven't made the change yet because I'd like the "off-switch" to be as elegant as possible. But rest assured, it will be there soon and it will be awesome :) The images should be clickable now.
Thanks for your comment. I'm happy to hear you've bookmarked the site!
My response to your criticism:
1) Good point. Originally, clicking the images would take you to the source page. I removed that functionality because it messed up the experience for touch devices. I'm going to add it back in for desktops in a few minutes.
2) The map is sort of a "look ahead" feature. That is to say, it's value will rise as more and more location-based images are shared. I'm rather impressed with the quality of content currently available around major metro areas.
3) Curious to know what hardware you're using. I'll add a way to turn off the background in a few minutes.
Backgrounds are explicitly chosen by CC license. The rest of the photos are already publicly shared and I link back to the original source.
I'm glad you pointed out the width of the image stream not being responsive. This is intentional. A gripe of mine regarding the latest image display paradigms is the over-use of browser width. In my research, the strain on the eyes as a result of two dimensional scanning (up/down + left/right) became annoying very fast. The sweet spot seems to be 3 columns, allowing the eyes to gracefully pan down the page and every now and then look away at the background to prevent excess strain.
In Scott's defense, I think it's totally valid to bring up CoffeeScript (though perhaps in a more elegant way with a bit more info as to why it's relevant). It's possible the article's author was not aware of its existence (I think this is likely as CoffeeScript seems to address his main concerns about JS).
Even if Coffee isn't in use at the moment, if it provides some value it would be worth promoting within the organization. New technologies routinely pop up, and the onus of proving their worth ultimately lies on the developers, even if they aren't the decision makers when it comes to selecting which ones are adopted and which ones aren't.
Regarding item 3, are you sure 10M+ shares is typical, and if so, why? I recall a story of serious trouble as a result of issuing this many shares with regards to tax implications down the line.
Alan Watts is a great resource on this subject, particularly in translating eastern philosophy for the western world. That is to say, he "sums it up" and puts into context the concepts of Tao/Zen Buddhism/etc, which would be tricky if analyzed based on English translation of the literature alone.
A good quote from that video: "The essence of the whole art is to feel, to experience what is, what happens, without saying anything to yourself about it."
Always nice to see the bounds of UI scripting being pushed to the browser's limit. I won't be surprised to see some of these position manipulation paradigms integrated into the core browsing experience (in sort of a jQuery-esque fashion) in the near future.
Nice choice with the name as well. Easy to rememeber and has a good typing rhythm.
This is standard advertising practice across many industries and not unique to McDonald's. Examples include food (both restaurants and specific products like breakfast cereal), cosmetics, health products, even real estate. McDonald's really does push it very far though, in terms of disparity between the imagery and the actual product.
I suppose it falls under the "fake it till you make it" category of business practices.