March 2008
55 posts
Back from DC Design Talks. Checking e-mail. Good heavens.
February 2008
59 posts
Getting ready for DC Design Talks. Coffee. Shower. Kiss family. Out.
“God hates to see conspicuous consumption and indolence juxtaposed with poverty...”
– Amy Sherman
Working at the library. A librarian’s arguing with a sleeping / combative homeless woman. Dude? That’s a fight you just can’t win.
Datejs - A JavaScript Date Library →
A javascript library for natural language date parsing.
Forms in Ruby on Rails - Part 1 →
Quick overview of forms. Note: form_for is for model data; form_tag is more general purpose.
RJS Cheat Sheet « Raveendran →
Useful overview of RJS options.
DC Design Talks →
We’ll be at the DC Design Talks this coming Friday. Well … I‘ll be there. Sarah and the girls are going to probably be at the Smithsonian or the Zoo.
I’m super excited about this mini-conference. I went to BarCamp DC, and had a great time. This Friday, I expect to see a bunch of familiar faces, and to hopefully meet some great new people. And learn some great stuff.
Furthermore, this is a...
Good morning, world. Nice of you to join us.
Oh. Did it again: tried to outsmart a computer. This time, though, I won.
Take a Memo … →
We received a number of requests for a “notes” feature … a place where you could jot a quick note to yourself, so you wouldn’t forget it. Things like automatic bill-payments, or auto-deposits, or other recurring events. Basically: a simple “holding bin” for things you’d want to keep in mind while you’re in “budgeting mode.”
Sounded good to us.
So we’ve added in a “notes” box, as a part of your...
Well that was easier than I thought. I’m sure *that* will be the last time I try to outsmart a computer.
Celebrating with coffee.
Running a deployment early in the AM so’s it doesn’t affect many people.
JavaScript - Browser detect →
The Quirksmode browser detection script. Seems a little long?
Browser Detection with the DOM →
This seems like a more straightforward way to do browser detection, but it might not be complete?
Trying to figure out how I broke the “add a new category” code.
gotAPI/Ruby / Rails - Instant search in Ruby /... →
Really should have known about this one earlier. A quick online API for Rails.
Intelligent Navigation Bars with JavaScript and... →
Clever use of javascript to intuit the active page, and to style the navigation tabs accordingly.
Thinking this idea is too good to not exist already.
“Simplicity of design + simplicity of purpose = enormous utility and value to...”
– Resemblance: Simplicity = utility
A Simpler Picture of Your Spending →
On the {Plan} page, we’ve crafted the tables so that you can easily see what you’re budgeting for the month, and so you can make intelligent choices about where to cut back, and where to allocate more money.
As part of that, we tell you the “average to set aside to meet goal” for your irregular categories. We’ve been rounding that number to the nearest dollar, so that you can more easily see what...
Deploying. Again.
Looking into Google Ads for Domains for a couple of domains that are lying around, doing nothing. That’s what GA4D is for, right?
Strains of Rodrigo y Gabriela are wafting down from the first floor. After this deployment, will move work up there.
Fixing some code.
"Movement", by Matt Webb →
So wish I had time to read this right now. “Movement” as a metaphor for the web.
Word(s) of the moment: “Mental Furniture.”
Craving Vietnamese food and Coca-Cola.
Six Principles for Making New Things →
Though simple solutions are better, they don’t seem as impressive as complex ones.
The Linguistic Command Line - Aza Raskin →
“The quick-add feature doesn’t even feel like an interface, which is the highest compliment an interface can get. The better an interface is, the less it’s noticed.”
Training Wheels: Why I’m Spending Less and Less... →
In short, I began to trust myself. I had seen the results … of my good financial behaviors. … Eventually, I began to trust these principles, and that trust led directly to a reduced need to keep running the numbers and micromanaging everything.
Subterranean Tutoring →
The things they witnessed first-hand years ago had become touchstones as they matured. Details I had no idea they had even noticed, were now central to their identity. Despite their silence they had not missed much. It just took a while to comprehend it.
Windows and HTML character mappings →
Remember when using :before { content: } and :after { content: } to structure it using the Unicode (hex) version. So » is {content: “\00BB”}
Love the woodstove. Outdoors: 38°; Upstairs: 67°; In the library: 78°.
Sniff browser history for improved user experience →
Using the local browser history, the DOM, and some clever CSS to uniquify a user’s experience. Really, really, clever.
autochronic →
automatic chronic. very interesting.
I love working at the library. The people here are awesome. LOOK AT THAT MUSTACHE!!!
So I’m working a block away from where the Clinton rally was this afternoon. Every single person leaving it has a really sour/pinched face.
Free Budgeting Training Workshop Tomorrow,... →
Every few months, I offer a free introduction to budgeting workshop. Usually, these are one-on-one meetings, where you and I can chat about how to set up and maintain a budget, how to use PearBudget (or other tools) to understand your finances, and how to, in general, keep an eye on your money. I am not a professional personal financial advisor, but I have had experience in managing our...
Cord Management: Cordless workspace redux, the... →
cord tray + a 4-foot power strip = a clutter-free desk
Where can I find the original PearBudget... →
We know that some of you loved the original PearBudget spreadsheet, and want to keep using it. Although we would love to work with you to see if the new, online version might be a better fit for you, we know that the original spreadsheet might be more your style.
We intend to keep the original PearBudget spreadsheet available, for free, forever. Just go to pearbudget.com/spreadsheet to download...
International Currencies →
We’ve been making some changes to the PearBudget code over the last week, based off of feedback from our beta testers. Before we get to the specifics, I want to say thank you for all of the incredible feedback we’ve been getting. It’s been really valuable, and we really, really appreciate it.
One request we’d been getting a lot was for international currencies. We’d received notes from India,...
The Big Here - Kevin Kelly →
You live in the big here. … What do you know about the dynamics of this larger system around you?
