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Recently this little gem crossed my Inbox.... Professionalism = Knowledge First, Experience Last By J----- A----- Do you trust a doctor with diagnosing your mental problems if the doctor tells you he's got 20 years of experience? Do you... [<a href="http://blogs.tedneward.com/2008/07/24/From+The+QuotYou+Must+Be+Trolling+For+Hitsquot+Department.aspx">Read More</a>]

I've been using the redesigned Facebook profile and homepage for the past few days and thought it would be useful to write up my impressions on the changes. Facebook is now the the world's most popular social networking site and one of the ways they've gotten there is by being very focused on listening to their... [<a href="http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2008/07/23/WhatYouCanLearnFromTheFacebookRedesign.aspx">Read More</a>]

I have been waiting for this book since I saw my friend Neal Ford give a talk on being a Productive Programmer. Now, I have it in my hands. Many of us strive to be a craftsman?we don't simply want to get by; we want to do what we do at its best. For most people I interact... [<a href="http://www.agiledeveloper.com/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=f77b98ff-2865-4a27-951c-bf51bd159468">Read More</a>]

If you've peeked at my blog site in the last twenty minutes or so, you've probably noticed some churn in the template in the upper-left corner; by now, it's been finalized, and it reads "JOB REFERRALS". WTHeck? Has Ted finally sold out? Sort of, not really. At least, I don't think so. ... [<a href="http://blogs.tedneward.com/2008/07/17/Blog+Change+Ads+What+Gives.aspx">Read More</a>]

Yesterday Amazon's S3 service had an outage that lasted about six hours. Unsurprisingly this has led to a bunch of wailing and gnashing of teeth from the very same pundits that were hyping the service a year ago. The first person to proclaim the sky is falling is Richard MacManus in his More Amazon S3 Downtime: How... [<a href="http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2008/07/21/SomeThoughtsOnAmazonS3sRecentOutage.aspx">Read More</a>]

Here's a quickie, but I showed this to Venkat, and it made his day, so chances are good that others don't know about this handy keyboard shortcut. I used to always rely on my PowerBook to go to sleep successfully when I close the lid. But every once in a blue moon, something doesn't work right, and I open my laptop bag... [<a href="http://pragmactic-osxer.blogspot.com/2008/07/quick-sleep.html">Read More</a>]

Last year, one of the most refreshing conferences where I spoke was the Rich Web Experience. Too often, conferences are mono-cultures, and mono-cultures are generally boring. RWE is fundamentally different because it's what I call a condiment conference. The focus is on how to make applications better, not how to make... [<a href="http://memeagora.blogspot.com/2008/07/rich-web-experience-2008-x-2.html">Read More</a>]

Last year, one of the most refreshing conferences where I spoke was the Rich Web Experience. Too often, conferences are mono-cultures, and mono-cultures are generally boring. RWE is fundamentally different because it's what I call a condiment conference. The focus is on how to make applications better, not how to make... [<a href="http://memeagora.blogspot.com/2008/07/rich-web-experience-2008-x-2.html">Read More</a>]

Last year, one of the most refreshing conferences where I spoke was the Rich Web Experience. Too often, conferences are mono-cultures, and mono-cultures are generally boring. RWE is fundamentally different because it's what I call a condiment conference. The focus is on how to make applications better, not how to make... [<a href="http://memeagora.blogspot.com/2008/07/rich-web-experience-2008-x-2.html">Read More</a>]

Last year, one of the most refreshing conferences where I spoke was the Rich Web Experience. Too often, conferences are mono-cultures, and mono-cultures are generally boring. RWE is fundamentally different because it's what I call a condiment conference. The focus is on how to make applications better, not how to make... [<a href="http://memeagora.blogspot.com/2008/07/rich-web-experience-2008-x-2.html">Read More</a>]