Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy

Say hi to Lucy. Lucy is part of Generation Y, the generation born between the late 1970s and the mid 1990s. She's also part of a yuppie culture that makes up a large portion of Gen Y. I have a term for yuppies in the Gen Y age group—I call them Gen Y Protagonists & ... Read more

Searching job in Canada

Advices: visit government adaptation courses in your province enable voicemail on your phone use proper email - good: michael.fox@gmail.com; bad: top_gamer@mailserver.com.tw prepare resume and cover letter for each job position get all information about the company before interview be confident on the interview 80% of Canadian job market is hidden. It means that 80% of ... Read more

5 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Life

5 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Own Life (Without Knowing It) When you were little and people asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up, what did you tell them? Did you stick with the standard "doctor" or "veterinarian," or did you shoot for the moon with "pop star" or "astronaut"? Whatever it ... Read more

startup

David Heinemeier Hansson at Startup School 08 "90 percent of successful startups start out with the wrong strategy and often take three or four attempts to get it right. That makes some kind of web sense. For those of us trained in the arts of journalism, though, it’s probably a tough lesson: We’re trained to ... Read more

Product strategy is about saying NO

If you’re building a product, you have to be great at saying No. Not ‘maybe’ or ‘later’. The only word is No. Building a great product isn’t about creating tonnes of tactically useful features which are tangentially related. It’s about delivering a cohesive product with well defined parameters. Apple - Designed By Apple - Intention ... Read more

Джеймс Роджерс - Массачусетский эксперимент

В 1965 году Джеймс Роджерс был приговорен к казни за так называемый “массачусетский эксперимент”, однако за два дня до казни будучи в камере он покончил с собой, отравившись цианидом калия, ампулу которого принес ему кто-то из его пациентов. Недавно “Массачусетский университет психологии и невропаталогии”, в котором работал доктор Роджерс, официально заявил, что этот эксперимент имеет ... Read more

javascript DOM manipulation

DOM access is expensive; it’s the most common bottleneck when it comes to JavaScript performance. The bottom line is that DOM access should be reduced to minimum. This means: Avoiding DOM access in loops Assigning DOM references to local variables and working with the locals Using selectors API where available Caching the length when iterating ... Read more

CSS Flexbox layout model

Why flexbox? In a nutshell, flexbox provides simpler and more flexible layout options in CSS. More specifically, it provides: Easy vertical alignment of content within a parent element. Easy reordering of content across devices and screen resolutions with the help of media queries. Easy CSS-only equal height columns for your grid-based layouts. No need to ... Read more

Anti-spam Pro

Anti-spam Pro = no spam in comments and no captcha Anti-spam Pro plugin blocks spam in comments. Anti-spam Pro is powerful and extended version of free and popular Anti-spam plugin. no captcha, because spam is not users' problem no moderation queues, because spam is not administrators' problem Plugin is easy to use: just install it ... Read more