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    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Someone recently asked me – “how do you deal with writing in public? People on the internet are such assholes!”

I’ve often heard the advice “don’t read the comments”, but actually I’ve learned a huge amount from reading internet comments on my posts from strangers over the years, even if sometimes people are jerks. So I want to explain some tactics I use to try to make the comments on my posts more informative and useful to me, and to try to minimize the number of annoying comments I get.

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    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As I’ve spent the last year or so discovering the various rules for writing fiction, I can now say which ones I’ll break.]]></description>
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    <title>Myth &amp; Moor: Dark Beauty</title>
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    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Where woundedness can be refined into beauty," he adds, "a wonderful transfiguration takes place. For instance, compassion is one of the most beautiful presences a person can bring to the world and most compassion is born from one's own woundedness. When you have felt deep emotional pain and hurt, you are able to imagine what the pain of another is like; their suffering touches you. This is the most decisive and vital threshold in human experience and behavior. The greatest evil and destruction arises when people are unable to feel compassion. The beauty of compassion continues to shelter and save our world. If that beauty were quenched, there would be nothing between us and the end-darkness which would pour in torrents over us."

So please, fellow artists and art lovers, keep seeking out, spreading, and making beauty. Don't stop. We all need you. I need you.

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    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Very quick tl;dr: uBO will no longer with Safari, use Firefox or a new "content blocker" app (see below for good replacements).

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    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As Sandi Metz put it, “duplication is far cheaper than the wrong abstraction”.

You can’t really write a re-usable abstraction up front. Most successful libraries or frameworks are extracted from a larger working system, rather than being created from scratch. If you haven’t built something useful with your library yet, it is unlikely anyone else will. Code reuse isn’t a good excuse to avoid duplicating code, and writing reusable code inside your project is often a form of preemptive optimization.

When it comes to repeating yourself inside your own project, the point isn’t to be able to reuse code, but rather to make coordinated changes. Use abstractions when you’re sure about coupling things together, rather than for opportunistic or accidental code reuse—it’s ok to repeat yourself to find out when.]]></description>
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    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The problem with the cargo cults is not that they are imitating. It’s that their members are not legitimate participants in airport operation.
Imagine a cargo cult downloaded all the manuals for ground crew procedures from the web, and watched thousands of hours of videos of competent ground crews doing their jobs. Imagine they learned them perfectly, and were able to execute them perfectly.
Still no airline would be willing to use their airport. The cult is not certified for operation; it is not legitimate. The proper bureaucratic rituals have not been observed. These rituals are rational: there has to be a fixed procedure for assuring that a ground crew is competent, and making special exceptions could be disastrous. “These cultists sure seem to know what they are doing; let’s create a set of tests to verify that, without putting them through our usual training regimen”? That would risk airplanes and lives, and would probably end the careers of everyone involved.
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    <title>Books and the ‘Boredom Boom’ - The New York Times</title>
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    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If there is a lesson imparted by boredom studies, it is that there are hundreds of kinds of boredom. Herman Melville or David Foster Wallace or Danya Ruttenberg can plunge you into a thick soup of micro-details and jargon. Manoush Zomorodi can mediate your media in two mediums. Book reviewers like me can talk about themselves as much as the books we write about.

All this variety should be a balm, no? Whether you view boredom as the graveyard of your spirit, or as a lull before the gorgeous storm, knowing that you can always shift to another flavor of dullness is a kind of succor. Sippy cups for whale anatomy; ethico-politcal praxis for repetitive personal anecdotes. As Ms. Ruttenberg might put it, the promise of the new is the nuance of the now. Interesting.]]></description>
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    <title>Documentation Guide — Write the Docs</title>
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    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Welcome! We are excited that you are going down the path of creating more wonderful documentation in the world. This guide exists to provide both novice and expert writers a best practice handbook for building, structuring, and writing software documentation.

This is a living, breathing guide. If you’d like to contribute, fork us on GitHub! Also feel free to send us any additions in any format to guide@writethedocs.org.

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    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Look at the literary fiction techniques that are supposedly the hallmarks of good writing: nearly all of them rely not on what was said, but on what is left unsaid. Always come at things sideways; don’t be too direct, too pat, or too slick. Lead the reader in a direction but allow them to come to the conclusion. Ask the question but don’t state the answer too baldly. Leave things open to interpretation… but not too open, of course, or you have chaos. Make allusions and references to the works of the literary canon, the Bible, and familiar events of history to add a layer of evocation—but don’t make it too obvious or you’re copycatting. These are the do’s and don’ts of MFA programs everywhere. They rely on a shared pool of knowledge and cultural assumptions so that the words left unsaid are powerfully communicated. I am not saying this is not a worthwhile experience as reader or writer, but I am saying anointing it the pinnacle of “craft” leaves out any voice, genre, or experience that falls outside the status quo. The inverse is also true, then: writing about any experience that is “foreign” to that body of shared knowledge is too often deemed less worthy because to make it understandable to the mainstream takes a lot of explanation. Which we’ve been taught is bad writing!

And science fiction (and fantasy), by definition, falls outside the status quo. I look at those rules and I think no wonder a lot of MFA programs don’t allow genre fiction. What they want students to learn, what they define as good writing, runs counter to the purpose of science fiction and fantasy, which is to displace the reader from the status quo right from the start and never re-establish it. SF/F can certainly make allusions to the Bible and Shakespeare if the writer wants to, but obviously the idea that a story must take place in some “universal” setting goes out the window when the first thing that changes is reality itself.

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<dc:subject>passing cultural-assumptions literary-criticism genre-fiction advice to-write-about signaling</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:2543b333f284/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:literary-criticism"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:genre-fiction"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:to-write-about"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.leptonica.com/skew-measurement.html">
    <title>[untitled]</title>
    <dc:date>2017-04-24T12:27:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.leptonica.com/skew-measurement.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I can't resist telling a little story here. Way back in 1991 I gave a paper at the first ICDAR Conference, held in the beautiful medieval town of St. Malo, France. The format had the speakers sitting at a table at the front of the room, and I was placed next to a well-known graybeard who had published a textbook on algorithms for image processing way back in 1982. We started talking about our recent work, and he said his paper was on segmenting a scanned document page that was skewed by a few degrees. I volunteered that it would be much harder to do that on a skewed page, and he agreed. So I asked him the obvious question: "Why do something so difficult when there is a much easier way to do it? Deskew the image first." (I didn't add a second reason: that the result of segmenting a scanned image is also expected to be much poorer if the image hasn't been deskewed.) He replied that it would be preferable to deskew the image, but it was much too slow. I replied that surely it took longer to segment an image than to deskew it. No, he said, it takes at least a minute just to determine the skew angle. I was surprised, and asked him what method he was using for deskew. He said he was using a Hough Transform, but was vague on the details of the search scheme. I then told him that the skew angle could be found to sufficient accuracy in a few seconds using Postl's variance of line sums (or of differential line sums). He was skeptical; if what I said was true, his attempt to solve a difficult problem was meaningless. There are several conclusions we can draw from this tale. (1) Don't believe something just because an eminence grise says it is true -- figure it out for yourself. (2) Always look for elegant solutions. They have lasting value and usually teach you something important, which can be used in other situations as well. (3) Remember two things about computer algorithms. Computers get faster in accordance with Moore's Law, so you can assume that algorithms that are too slow today will eventually become practical. But, that being said, at any time, it is important to search for efficient methods.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>science anecdote advice true-enough</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:94326c631102/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.00037">
    <title>[1609.00037] Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing</title>
    <dc:date>2017-01-15T12:33:14+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.00037</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We present a set of computing tools and techniques that every researcher can and should adopt. These recommendations synthesize inspiration from our own work, from the experiences of the thousands of people who have taken part in Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry workshops over the past six years, and from a variety of other guides. Unlike some other guides, our recommendations are aimed specifically at people who are new to research computing.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>academic-culture software-development-is-not-programming computing advice to-write-about</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:890fe97aa2a2/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:software-development-is-not-programming"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:computing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:to-write-about"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://kupferschrift.de/cms/2015/02/typography-on-the-web/">
    <title>Typography on the Web</title>
    <dc:date>2015-03-02T12:06:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://kupferschrift.de/cms/2015/02/typography-on-the-web/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Typography hits us on two different levels: by the look of it, telling us if this is something we may like or should be interested in, and by the necessity to read it. If we have to read this time table, contract or assembling instruction we will do so regardless of its looks. We may find it more or less comfortable to read but our brains are incredibly capable of deciphering the most cryptic glyphs in context. If you want to attract designer or improve everyone’s reading experience in general, here are a few things to keep in mind, in any medium:

]]></description>
<dc:subject>typography web-design advice CSS3</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:0a1ec7131ad8/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:CSS3"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://crookedtimber.org/2013/11/26/word-targets-and-creative-procrastination/">
    <title>Word targets and creative procrastination — Crooked Timber</title>
    <dc:date>2013-11-28T12:38:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://crookedtimber.org/2013/11/26/word-targets-and-creative-procrastination/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I think I’ve written before about creative procrastination, but I can’t immediately find it, so I’ll restate my idea here. Whenever you have an urgent deadline, the desire to procrastinate becomes irresistible. Rather than trying to resist it, the optimal response is to succumb, but to have a list of necessary but non-urgent tasks at hand (as I’ve argued before, there’s no need to prioritise non-urgent tasks. Just divide them into those you are going to do, and those you aren’t, then do them in whatever order suits). Now, the guilt induced by the deadline should stop you goofing off on FB, killing boars or whatever, so the desire to procrastinate will force you to tackle the jobs on your list. Then, as the deadline approaches you will finish the job. This works even better if (as is usually the case) an extension of the deadline is possible, but you can conceal this knowledge from yourself until the last possible moment. That way, you get a second round of creative procrastination, plus you have enough time to do the main job properly.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>self-help advice mindhacks yes-this-actually-works</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:f6dd5e4c2359/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:yes-this-actually-works"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://crookedtimber.org/2013/11/07/epistemic-humility/">
    <title>Epistemic humility — Crooked Timber</title>
    <dc:date>2013-11-16T19:17:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://crookedtimber.org/2013/11/07/epistemic-humility/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My worry is that this category of experiences, differences, practices, and other features of human life that we cannot understand without first-person experience, is much larger than we generally tend to assume. And that as a consequence, we believe that we know much more than we actually do know. And, as a further consequence, that we too often are wrong in our judgements of aspects of the lives of people significantly different than ourselves.

Somehow it strikes me as wise, and possibly even as a precondition for social justice, if we would rehabilitate epistemic humility at the core of our educational and social practices.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>empathy diversity advice</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:17666d670cb5/</dc:identifier>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://thehairpin.com/2013/08/how-to-enjoy-art-as-a-human-being/">
    <title>How to Enjoy Art as a Human Being | The Hairpin</title>
    <dc:date>2013-08-13T12:30:21+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://thehairpin.com/2013/08/how-to-enjoy-art-as-a-human-being/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Double down. Don’t accept apologies. Don’t believe in rehabilitation. People never change. Trust no one. Assume the worst. Let years go by.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>aesthetics advice</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:6aa4aab6896a/</dc:identifier>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://engineering.appfolio.com/2012/11/16/css-architecture/">
    <title>CSS Architecture | Appfolio Engineering</title>
    <dc:date>2013-05-11T23:04:09+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://engineering.appfolio.com/2012/11/16/css-architecture/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The best way to make sure your selectors don’t style unwanted elements is to not give them the opportunity. A selector like #main-nav ul li ul li div could very easily end up applying to unwanted elements as your markup changes down the road. A style like .subnav, on the other hand, will have absolutely no chance of accidentally applying to an unwanted element. Applying classes directly to the elements you want to style is the best way to keep your CSS predictable.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>css web-design graphic-design best-practices advice</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:ba8cc8543062/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:web-design"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:graphic-design"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:best-practices"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/04/where-are-your-assets.html">
    <title>Seth's Blog: Where are your assets?</title>
    <dc:date>2013-04-08T19:52:59+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/04/where-are-your-assets.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of the biggest shifts the connection economy has brought is that assets are no longer reserved for companies and organizations. Now that everyone has the ability to own a slice of the attention paid to media, now that everyone can build and nurture a network, assets are no longer off limits to people who work for a living.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>advice worklife to-pass-along</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:4a6ec56611d2/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.slideshare.net/timanglade/couchdb-ruby-youre-doing-it-wrong">
    <title>CouchDB &amp; Ruby: You’re Doing it Wrong</title>
    <dc:date>2013-04-04T11:28:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.slideshare.net/timanglade/couchdb-ruby-youre-doing-it-wrong</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Useful reminders]]></description>
<dc:subject>CouchDB Ruby software-development-is-not-programming advice slideshow</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:b672e4b26477/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/03/work-is-the-force-that-gives-us-meaning.html">
    <title>Work Is The Force That Gives Us Meaning « naked capitalism</title>
    <dc:date>2013-03-11T14:48:52+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/03/work-is-the-force-that-gives-us-meaning.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Similarly in the world of work: People who are DISemployed tend to blame themselves. (“Guilt starts as a feeling of failure. The wise ruler provides many opportunities for failure for his populace.”)*** But why are we regulating the economy by throwing people out of work? (Why isn’t there a Jobs Guarantee, for example?) That’s not to say that people don’t make mistakes; I’ve made a ton! But “our” society makes the penalties for failure vicious, brutal, and deadly. Losing your job shouldn’t mean the loss of your house, your health, or your life — and in too many cases, it does. Hopefully, some of the advice above can mitigate, at least. I know, I know, Job’s comforters….

]]></description>
<dc:subject>worklife economics self-definition employment advice cultural-assumptions</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:871a9d2c946e/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-and-tips/git-tips-from-the-pros/">
    <title>Git Tips From the Pros | Nettuts+</title>
    <dc:date>2013-02-17T13:09:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-and-tips/git-tips-from-the-pros/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In this article, we're not going to review the basics of source control management, regardless of which one you use. Let's just assume that you already know how to get around. What we are going to cover is how the pros use git. We'll take a look at some of the advanced features and workflows that you might not already be familiar with. Hopefully, you’ll walk away with your mouth agape at the sheer possibilities that git provides!
]]></description>
<dc:subject>git tutorial advice project-management software-development collaboration</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:f9c694fd1583/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:software-development"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://sarahwerner.net/blog/index.php/2012/08/a-new-contributors-contact/">
    <title>a new contributor’s contact! » Wynken de Worde</title>
    <dc:date>2013-01-13T15:32:04+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://sarahwerner.net/blog/index.php/2012/08/a-new-contributors-contact/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And one plea to all of you: Ask for what’s in your right to have. Please do this. And please tell us about doing this. Scholarly publishing is in a world of change right now, and we are all finding our way. My experience is that most publishers are finding their ways just as much as most authors are. The more we work together and share our experiences, the more chance we all have of finding a fair way forward.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>for-aaronsw intellectual-property academic-culture publishing contracts advice openness open-access</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:326b52bc9d6c/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://betterspecs.org/">
    <title>Better Specs</title>
    <dc:date>2012-10-19T12:54:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://betterspecs.org/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RSpec is a great tool in the behavior driven design process of writing human readable specifications that direct and validate the development of your application.

On the web you can find several resources explaining how to use RSpec and they all give you a complete overview of what you can do. What you'll rarely find is a book or an article explaining how to use RSpec to create a great test suite.

Better Specs tries to fill this miss collecting most of the guidelines developers has been learning the hard way through years of experience.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>rspec programming software-development testing advice style</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:8c4bee80da2c/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/05/letter-to-a-young-critic-william-giraldi-defends-true-criticism.html">
    <title>Letter to a Young Critic: William Giraldi Defends True Criticism - The Daily Beast</title>
    <dc:date>2012-09-05T19:49:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/05/letter-to-a-young-critic-william-giraldi-defends-true-criticism.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Eliot and the New Critics ruled the critical scene for so long and with so heavy a hammer that they turned a perfectly sensible way of reading into a loathsome pedagogy. The shift away from that intense focus on language happened not only in the academy but also in Manhattan offices, when the publicity machine aimed the floodlight away from the book and onto its author. The whole world of criticism and reviewing has been debased because the critic now is pressured to perform as part publicist. Don’t allow yourself to get entangled in that marketing apparatus. The New Critics’ focus on language, on “close reading,” is how every literary assessment should begin. Forgive me if I state the resoundingly obvious but you might be surprised to know how many among us eschew the resoundingly obvious: the writer’s race, religion, gender, or politics have nothing at all to do with your judgment of how his or her words are working on the page."]]></description>
<dc:subject>literature criticism advice</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:f9ff6b1066d3/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://rubylearning.com/blog/2012/07/23/the-ongoing-vigil-of-software-security/">
    <title>The Ongoing Vigil of Software Security</title>
    <dc:date>2012-07-23T14:24:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://rubylearning.com/blog/2012/07/23/the-ongoing-vigil-of-software-security/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Some of the reasons that we keep seeing these types of exploits are that the “bad guys” are much smarter and more determined than we give them credit for, we’re much lazier and more ignorant than we take responsibility for, and security is difficult to manage properly. As we become more and more reliant upon software, it is imperative that security be taken more seriously."]]></description>
<dc:subject>software-development security advice overview</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:caae2828ed12/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:security"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:overview"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://emergentbydesign.com/2012/06/28/a-step-by-step-guide-to-tribal-leadership-part-1-the-five-stages-of-tribal-culture/">
    <title>A Step-by-Step Guide to Tribal Leadership: Part 1: The Five Stages of Tribal Culture « emergent by design</title>
    <dc:date>2012-06-29T12:57:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://emergentbydesign.com/2012/06/28/a-step-by-step-guide-to-tribal-leadership-part-1-the-five-stages-of-tribal-culture/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Tribal Leaders are the people who focus their efforts on upgrading the tribal culture. (upgrading the words we use to describe our reality and the behaviors we practice that shape the direction of our lives)

They set the standard of performance in their industries, from productivity and profitability to employee retention, and attract talent. Most of all, they help bring groups to unity by recognizing their ‘tribalness’ – getting people to talk about the things they really care about, coming together around these common causes, and forming missions to make something great happen, and to live in greatness.

The goal of Tribal Leadership is to learn how to get people ‘unstuck’ – from unhelpful language and behaviors, so we can level up and transition into higher-performance, less stressful, and more fun states of Being."]]></description>
<dc:subject>i-hate-the-word-tribes collaboration leadership cultural-dynamics advice</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:919ec4ecbfc6/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:collaboration"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:leadership"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:cultural-dynamics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://contentsmagazine.com/articles/10-timeframes/">
    <title>10 Timeframes | Contents Magazine</title>
    <dc:date>2012-06-07T19:30:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://contentsmagazine.com/articles/10-timeframes/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["…And listen, trust me, even if you do not feel that way at the end of these years, even if you are feeling burned out and done with the vagaries of social user design interaction universal community-driven agile information experience, even if you are ready to close your laptop screen forever, you are beloved on the earth. You are skilled and talented and young and bright and accredited. The world wishes it were you."]]></description>
<dc:subject>advice speech</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:b3bcfe4c6e9d/</dc:identifier>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://blojj.blogalia.com//historias/71657">
    <title>BloJJ - About conference poster design and defense:</title>
    <dc:date>2012-04-16T12:18:38+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://blojj.blogalia.com//historias/71657</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["My approach is different. Poster presentation, like conference presentation, belongs more to the area of dramatic arts than to marketing. It is information/entertainment, and that is the main thing you have to bear in mind when preparing for the session. Plus, while at a conference you have the full attention of your audience (shared, of course, with email, Facebook, plus the 10% that are simply speaking) in a poster session you have to first attract the attention of the people wandering around a hall shared with other 20 to 100 posters, then keep them there for the duration of the spiel and while you start a new one, and then, of course, convey the information you want to share with your poster. "]]></description>
<dc:subject>advice academic-culture meeting poster-presentaitons skills</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:0337bffb1cf2/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:meeting"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:poster-presentaitons"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:skills"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/artistic-distance/">
    <title>A List Apart: Articles: Artistic Distance</title>
    <dc:date>2012-04-10T11:59:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.alistapart.com/articles/artistic-distance/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["While I’m sure that someone will disagree, these sites have proven that very few “professionals” have the ability or courage to provide a well-constructed analysis of someone else’s work (whether or not the evaluation was solicited). My opinion has nothing at all to do with either website, but rather with industry professionals’ inability to challenge, or fear of challenging, the status quo. Far too often, honesty is met with ridicule, shame, or outright rage from people hiding behind electronic media. As a community, if our goal is to continue raising the bar for design, we need to get to a place where objective discussion is welcomed, not scorned or drowned in obsequiousness. I would love to see discussion of basic design move past the superficial trendiness of emerging web technologies."]]></description>
<dc:subject>critique collaboration advice graphic-design not-just</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:485f0fc7881a/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:graphic-design"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:not-just"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://leanpub.com/manifesto">
    <title>The Lean Publishing Manifesto - Leanpub</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-15T12:31:52+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://leanpub.com/manifesto</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["A book or a startup is best created by 1 or 2 people, who are the authors or founders.

You can create a book with 3 or 4 authors, but essentially all the great books have been written by one author. In fact, if you have more than 4 authors, you're not even really producing a book–you're really producing an anthology of individual essays."]]></description>
<dc:subject>writing publishing lean manifestos advice</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:7fb63cdc808f/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:writing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:publishing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:lean"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:manifestos"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://sandofsky.com/blog/git-workflow.html">
    <title>Understanding the Git Workflow</title>
    <dc:date>2011-08-03T14:54:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://sandofsky.com/blog/git-workflow.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Think of branches in two categories: public and private.

Public branches are the authoritative history of the project. In a public branch, every commit should be succinct, atomic, and have a well documented commit message. It should be as linear as possible. It should be immutable. Public branches include Master and release branches.

A private branch is for yourself. It’s your scratch paper while working out a problem.

It’s safest to keep private branches local. If you do need to push one, maybe to synchronize your work and home computers, tell your teammates that the branch you pushed is private so they don’t base work off of it."]]></description>
<dc:subject>git project-management distributed-work version-control advice design-patterns</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:1e0dba597771/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:project-management"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:distributed-work"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:version-control"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:design-patterns"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.jehsmith.com/1/2011/06/mycophilia.html">
    <title>Mushrooms and Literature - Justin Erik Halldór Smith</title>
    <dc:date>2011-06-22T12:19:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.jehsmith.com/1/2011/06/mycophilia.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Nabokov famously told the story of the Cornell student who beseeched him to divulge the secret of great writing. 'Learn the names of plants', Nabokov is said to have said. He surely did not mean the Linnean names (though those can help to add an extra flair of erudition); he meant the Russian-English-French names that turn the things into repositories of human lore and values and fears."]]></description>
<dc:subject>names generalism nanohistory mindfulness advice writing</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:a9b3f7f8d20f/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:nanohistory"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:mindfulness"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://flowingdata.com/2011/05/20/growing-need-for-data-heads/">
    <title>Growing need for data heads</title>
    <dc:date>2011-05-22T12:03:27+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://flowingdata.com/2011/05/20/growing-need-for-data-heads/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I've said it before, but if digging into data is your idea of fun, there's a whole mess of excitement and adventure headed your way. There are lots of opportunities already out there in marketing, journalism, tech, the Web, government, and pretty much everywhere you look. And more importantly, there are lots of opportunities that you can make for yourself. This is a great time for data heads."]]></description>
<dc:subject>data-science data-mining statistics jobs advice</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:9fe30b81aad3/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:data-mining"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:statistics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:jobs"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://johnaugust.com/2011/self-taught-and-self-doubting">
    <title>Taking the plunge | johnaugust.com</title>
    <dc:date>2011-05-16T11:38:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://johnaugust.com/2011/self-taught-and-self-doubting</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["You’ll be told it’s because it makes communicating your vision easier, and that’s true.  But there are two more important reasons.  First, if you know how to be a sound man, you know how to make the sound man’s job easier. This has the potential to make you very popular with sound men (or editors, or cinematographers, etc), something you’ll need when your only currency is good will.  Second, when you begin producing your own work, this renaissance approach to filmmaking will allow you to start before anyone else signs on.  Knowing you can finish in a pinch, if you have to, will lend you a confident relentlessness that makes others want to get involved."]]></description>
<dc:subject>generalism learning-by-doing advice</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:362d8fd38e7b/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:learning-by-doing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://des.emory.edu/mfp/tt8.html">
    <title>James on Habit</title>
    <dc:date>2011-05-16T11:34:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://des.emory.edu/mfp/tt8.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["…Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty, so that, when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test."]]></description>
<dc:subject>habit psychology sociology William-James advice learning</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:75a646a5335a/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:psychology"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:sociology"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:William-James"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:learning"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/05/12/“there-are-some-people-who-don’t-wait-”-robert-krulwich-on-the-future-of-journalism/">
    <title>“There are some people who don’t wait.” Robert Krulwich on the future of journalism | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine</title>
    <dc:date>2011-05-14T19:18:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/05/12/“there-are-some-people-who-don’t-wait-”-robert-krulwich-on-the-future-of-journalism/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After they wrote, they tweeted and facebooked and flogged their blogs, and because they were good, and worked hard, within a year or two, magazines asked them to affiliate (on financial terms that were insulting), but they did that, and their blogs got an audience, and then they got magazine assignments, then agents, then book deals, and now, three, four years after they began, these folks, five or six of them, are beginning to break through. They are becoming not just science writers with jobs, they are becoming THE science writers, the ones people read, and look to… they’re going places. And they’re doing it on their own terms! In their own voice, they’re free to be themselves AND they’re paid for it!
]]></description>
<dc:subject>science-writing worklife personal-brand promotion disintermediation-in-action advice culture-clash via:nielsen</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:4a568bcc0990/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:disintermediation-in-action"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/08/the-8-legal-steps-to-starting-a-startup.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+(ReadWriteWeb)">
    <title>The 8 Legal Steps to Creating a Startup</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-12T23:57:29+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/08/the-8-legal-steps-to-starting-a-startup.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+(ReadWriteWeb)</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["While company filings and regulations may not be the most glamorous parts of your startup, they're absolutely critical to the success of your business and safety of your personal savings. Here's a quick rundown of the laws and regulations you need to consider when creating a startup. Of course, depending on your type of business, hiring a tax accountant or good attorney with specific experience in your industry can go a long way to helping you steer clear of trouble."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>startup-culture-must-improve advice coscience</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:43072e637839/</dc:identifier>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://lizkeogh.com/2010/07/23/what-not-to-test/">
    <title>Liz Keogh's blog » What not to test</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-12T12:27:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://lizkeogh.com/2010/07/23/what-not-to-test/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Work out which bits of the system you know least about. Create the scenarios and have conversations around those bits of the system. You don’t have to grow the system from the beginning – you can pick any point you like! Which bits of the system make you most uncomfortable? Which bits make your stakeholders most uncomfortable?"
]]></description>
<dc:subject>agility bdd behavior-driven-design best-practices advice software-development</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:62088bf41f2d/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:behavior-driven-design"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:best-practices"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://elabs.se/blog/15-you-re-cuking-it-wrong">
    <title>You're Cuking It Wrong – Elabs</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-12T12:20:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://elabs.se/blog/15-you-re-cuking-it-wrong</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["So where does this gulf of experiences come from, why is cucumber loved by some and hated by others. At the risk of over-generalisation and mischaracterisation I recently came up with a theory: the cucumber detractors are not using cuke the way it was intended."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>behavior-driven-design bdd cucumber antipatterns advice problem-I-sometimes-have</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:6f503c524027/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:bdd"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:cucumber"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:antipatterns"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:problem-I-sometimes-have"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html">
    <title>The Top Idea in Your Mind</title>
    <dc:date>2010-07-25T12:25:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I've found there are two types of thoughts especially worth avoiding—thoughts like the Nile Perch in the way they push out more interesting ideas. One I've already mentioned: thoughts about money. Getting money is almost by definition an attention sink. The other is disputes. These too are engaging in the wrong way: they have the same velcro-like shape as genuinely interesting ideas, but without the substance. So avoid disputes if you want to get real work done."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>advice entrepreneurship creativity cognitive-psychology good-advice</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:8d505cf69702/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:entrepreneurship"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:creativity"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:cognitive-psychology"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:good-advice"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://marcgrabanski.com/articles/gem-management-with-rvm-and-bundler">
    <title>Ruby Gem Management with RVM and Bundler</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-28T11:26:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://marcgrabanski.com/articles/gem-management-with-rvm-and-bundler</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["When I started learning Ruby, managing gems was a huge problem to the point I would make fun of it. Now I use RVM which helps you install multiple versions of ruby on one computer. Not only does it do that, but it makes gem management a breeze as well! Beyond RVM, Rails 3 provides us with bundler, which allows you to install gems based on a list of dependancies automatically. Very slick.

Here I will outline how to install and configure RVM as well as manage your gems with RVM and the Rails 3 bundler."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>ruby rvm gem system-administration software-development advice tutorial</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:2a70b9523498/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:ruby"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:rvm"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:gem"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:system-administration"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:software-development"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:tutorial"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp">
    <title>Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-20T16:52:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[BLOCK POPUPS BEFORE VISITING

"It was the final unanswered question about Windows 7. But now, thanks to numerous reader reports, my own hands-on experience, and a briefing with the team at Microsoft responsible for this technology, I think we have some answers. Sadly, Microsoft is still making it difficult to clean install Windows 7 with Upgrade media, as it did with Windows Vista. But fear not, there is some good news. While you can't simply use Upgrade media to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a new or previously formatted PC, the workarounds this time are easier than ever. And that's what this article is all about: Revealing the secrets to clean-installing Windows 7 with Upgrade media."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Windows advice installation upgrading</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:29e0d389f715/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:Windows"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:installation"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:upgrading"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://seekingalpha.com/article/208750-5-steps-to-successful-contrarian-investing?source=feed">
    <title>5 Steps to Successful Contrarian Investing -- Seeking Alpha</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-07T12:29:02+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/208750-5-steps-to-successful-contrarian-investing?source=feed</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA['An experienced investment manager said it well: “The best time to buy stocks is when you hear the term, ‘stock market,’ and you want to throw up.”'
]]></description>
<dc:subject>investment contrarianism advice finance</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:8c7a980e552a/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:investment"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:contrarianism"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/05/01/how-should-you-communicate-with-your-investors-between-board-meetings/">
    <title>How To Communicate with your Investors between Board Meetings</title>
    <dc:date>2010-05-16T15:06:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/05/01/how-should-you-communicate-with-your-investors-between-board-meetings/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Think of it this way:  if having your development team work this way through sprints, why not board notes?  Meeting every 6-8 weeks with no interim communication is like the waterfall software development process!"
]]></description>
<dc:subject>agility venture-capital startups startup-culture-must-die entrepreneurship advice communication risk-management</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:e482cec28dcf/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:venture-capital"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:startups"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:startup-culture-must-die"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:entrepreneurship"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://zenhabits.net/2010/04/kill-your-to-do-list/">
    <title>Kill Your To-Do List | Zen Habits</title>
    <dc:date>2010-04-30T00:09:24+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://zenhabits.net/2010/04/kill-your-to-do-list/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["And what of these lists? They’re long, you never get to the end of them, and half the time the tasks on the list never get done. While it feels good to check items off the list, it feels horrible having items that never get checked off. This is all useless spending of mental energy, because none of it gets you anywhere.
The only thing that matters is the actual doing."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>getting-shit-done todo time-management habits productivity worklife advice</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:e79713ca3d8d/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:todo"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:time-management"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:habits"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:productivity"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:worklife"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/04/secrets-of-the-biggest-selling-launch-ever.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+(Seth's+Blog)">
    <title>Seth's Blog: Secrets of the biggest selling launch ever</title>
    <dc:date>2010-04-07T12:23:59+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/04/secrets-of-the-biggest-selling-launch-ever.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+(Seth's+Blog)</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Are their tactics are reserved for giant consumer fads? I don't think so. In fact, they work even better for smaller gigs and more focused markets."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>marketing business-culture advice learning-by-watching</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:bf51151939a2/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:marketing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:business-culture"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:learning-by-watching"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://seekingalpha.com/article/195832-beware-those-s-p-500-benchmarks?source=feed">
    <title>Beware Those S&amp;P 500 Benchmarks -- Seeking Alpha</title>
    <dc:date>2010-03-29T12:33:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/195832-beware-those-s-p-500-benchmarks?source=feed</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["But if anybody starts telling you now how much they’ve beaten the S&P 500 by over the past 10 years, then before investing with them it’s definitely worth asking to see their marketing materials in the intervening years. It’s pretty important that they always used the S&P 500, and not just when it made them look good. Otherwise, Richard Ferri is right that the comparison is downright misleading, and not the kind of behavior one would expect from a fiduciary."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>benchmarking investment financial-planning comparison advice marketing</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:37bd52953a14/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:financial-planning"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:comparison"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2010/03/building_a_bett.html">
    <title>Building a Better Teacher - Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science</title>
    <dc:date>2010-03-10T15:07:15+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2010/03/building_a_bett.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Another problem I've often had (as recently as last semester!) is that my goals for students--what they're expected to be able to do when the semester is over--are often not well defined. When we don't have a sense of where we're going, our 15-week courses often fall apart somewhere around week 7 or so. But this should not be such an issue in high school."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>pedagogy teaching academia learning-by-doing advice citation-etiquette</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:05179bca71be/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:pedagogy"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:teaching"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:academia"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:learning-by-doing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:citation-etiquette"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://iansales.com/2010/02/11/dumping-on-your-readers/">
    <title>Dumping on your readers « It Doesn't Have To Be Right…</title>
    <dc:date>2010-02-19T14:49:13+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://iansales.com/2010/02/11/dumping-on-your-readers/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Yes, make it part of the narrative. But even then, you’re often still explaining something which doesn’t really need explaining. Does it matter how the hyperspace drive works if all it needs to do is to get the protagonist from A to B? Too much exposition in science fiction stories has nothing to do with the story – it’s the author showing off their setting. For many readers, this is required. It’s immersion."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>via:io9 writing exposition advice novels science-fiction aesthetic-norms narrative</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:7bed7786c38a/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:novels"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:science-fiction"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:aesthetic-norms"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://zenhabits.net/2010/02/completion-principles/">
    <title>4 Simple Principles of Getting to Completion | Zen Habits</title>
    <dc:date>2010-02-19T14:15:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://zenhabits.net/2010/02/completion-principles/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["1. Keep the scope as simple as possible.… 2. Practice ‘Good Enough’.… 3. Kill extra features.… 4. Make it public, quick."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>project-management planning advice software-development openness productivity simplicity</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:ae950143351d/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:project-management"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:planning"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:software-development"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:openness"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:productivity"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2008/10/Avoiding-the-5-Most-Common-Mistakes-in-Using-Blogs-with-Students.aspx?Page=1">
    <title>Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Using Blogs with Students -- Campus Technology</title>
    <dc:date>2010-01-25T20:26:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2008/10/Avoiding-the-5-Most-Common-Mistakes-in-Using-Blogs-with-Students.aspx?Page=1</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I've used blogs in my classes for five years with university graduate students. I've found them to be extremely helpful in certain circumstances but only when there is clarity for students in their use. Students who object to the inclusion of blogs in a course are usually objecting to what they perceive will be just one more task on top of a myriad of others or simply some busy work that will not benefit their learning. Older students can also reject the notion of "publication" that is inherent with blogging. Each of these objections can be addressed by an effective and innovative instructor by careful planning and skillful management. There are, however, several common mistakes that should be avoided when using blogs in instruction. I have made all of these mistakes and have learned how to address each one proactively."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>blogging academic-culture pedagogy education edtech advice seems-to-apply-to-blogging-generally-too</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:5ca75efd343e/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:blogging"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:academic-culture"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:pedagogy"/>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:edtech"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://digital-photography-school.com/23-popular-dslr-lenses">
    <title>23 Popular DSLR Lenses</title>
    <dc:date>2009-12-11T12:49:58+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://digital-photography-school.com/23-popular-dslr-lenses</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["As I scan the list of popular DSLRs that have been purchased it’s clear that Canon and Nikon lenses have dominated the list once again. However instead of listing them in a mixed list in order of popularity I thought it’d be more useful to list them by manufacturer. Afterall – if you’ve got a Canon DSLR you’re not going to be interested in a Nikon or Pentax lens."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>photography SLR digital-photography advice lenses gadgets recommendations</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:576d19747895/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:photography"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:SLR"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:digital-photography"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:lenses"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:gadgets"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://wiki.github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/step-organisation">
    <title>Step Organisation - cucumber - GitHub</title>
    <dc:date>2009-09-15T14:01:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://wiki.github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/step-organisation</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["How do you name step files? What to put in each step? What not to put in steps? Here are some guidelines that will lead to better scenarios. If you are new to steps and the general syntax, please read Feature Introduction first."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>Cucumber BDD behavior-driven-design design-patterns antipatterns advice</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:16b5d652c89e/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:Cucumber"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:BDD"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:behavior-driven-design"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:design-patterns"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:antipatterns"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/09/i_will_not_read.php?page=1">
    <title>I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script - New York News - Runnin' Scared</title>
    <dc:date>2009-09-12T11:59:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/09/i_will_not_read.php?page=1</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Also? I will not work on your fucking website for equity, nor even listen to your pitch.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>entrepreneurship-as-pathology social-norms social-isolation valuation ideas innovation obligations advice no-success-starts-with-failure-to-understand-context</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:1a6c5e7e7e6a/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:social-norms"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:social-isolation"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:valuation"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:ideas"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:innovation"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:obligations"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:no-success-starts-with-failure-to-understand-context"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2009/09/07/your_people.html">
    <title>Rands In Repose: Your People</title>
    <dc:date>2009-09-09T11:22:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2009/09/07/your_people.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["When I’m talking about Your People, I am not thinking of your best friend. Sure, your best friend might be Your People, but I’m talking about a larger population who aren’t necessarily your friends and who isn’t your family. These are a strange lot of people you’ve discovered in a motley array of places because you were searching for them."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>via:mitten social-networks community self-definition advice networking</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:e2582e7296e8/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:social-networks"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:community"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:self-definition"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:networking"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.newsless.org/2009/09/five-concrete-steps-to-improving-the-news/">
    <title>Five concrete steps to improving the news at Newsless.org</title>
    <dc:date>2009-09-07T16:55:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.newsless.org/2009/09/five-concrete-steps-to-improving-the-news/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["You know that excellent explanatory piece you produced four weeks ago as a sidebar to a big news story on your topic? Rescue it from the archives and put it in a nice, prominent place online. Link to it with a clear, compelling headline.

Pull together a page online with links to several such explanatory pieces (from your site and elsewhere), along with good, useful digests of all of them. Make it so that users don’t have to visit every link to get a picture of the story, but have places to go when they want to know more. Set a recurring reminder to check in on this page once a week. Create a shortened URL for this page and repeat it every time you cover this topic."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>news reporting advice MSM newspapers disintermediation journalism editing how-to blogging</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:cfcea979bd1f/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:news"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:reporting"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:MSM"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:newspapers"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:disintermediation"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:journalism"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:editing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:how-to"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:blogging"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://atl.posterous.com/faq-latex-on-osx">
    <title>FAQ: LaTeX on OSX - Adam Lindsay</title>
    <dc:date>2009-08-25T14:33:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://atl.posterous.com/faq-latex-on-osx</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["And, I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't plump for the ConTeXt macro package as an alternative to LaTeX. If you want to write up a structured document, but it's not for a conference proceedings or journal, I would say that it's more worth putting the time in to learn the basics of ConTeXt than, say, the Memoir class in LaTeX. ConTeXt's way of separating form from content feels much cleaner than LaTeX, and I feel like the learning curve for ConTeXt has a fairly constant and gentle slope, rather than a hockey-stick-like bend for when you want to customise a Class file."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>TeX LaTeX ConTeXt typesetting MacOS documents document-design software advice</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:31c6c493e41d/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:TeX"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:LaTeX"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:ConTeXt"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:typesetting"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:MacOS"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:documents"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:document-design"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:software"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://seekingalpha.com/article/139166-why-leveraged-etfs-arent-for-everyone?source=feed">
    <title>Why Leveraged ETFs Aren’t for Everyone -- Seeking Alpha</title>
    <dc:date>2009-05-26T10:53:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/139166-why-leveraged-etfs-arent-for-everyone?source=feed</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Unfortunately, the average investor does not understand the math involved to know what the rebalance is doing to their capital, and they don’t know that since these funds rebalance daily, they need to rebalance almost daily, as well.
The bottom line is that these are good tools and have lots of advantages, but investors really need to understand them before diving in head first."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>investing trading ETFs admonition advice risk-management</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:da84deae5da6/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:investing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:trading"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:ETFs"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:admonition"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:risk-management"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2009/05/rails-testing-frequently-asked-questions-the-non-code-version/">
    <title>Agile Ajax » Rails Testing Frequently Asked Questions — The Non-Code Version » Pathfinder Development</title>
    <dc:date>2009-05-20T21:41:04+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2009/05/rails-testing-frequently-asked-questions-the-non-code-version/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Things to keep in mind.

No matter where you start, start with one simple test. One assertion, if you can manage it.
Write the code to make that test pass
Then refactor -- this part is critical, this is where the creative design is with a TDD process.
Then write the next test.
In Rails, you'll often start in the controller then realize that code needs to be written in the model (or vice-versa). Write a separate test for the model -- testing models from the controller makes it hard to test all the model logic.
It's okay to plan the tests in advance, but you should only work on one test at a time. (Sometimes I'll write the series of tests, then comment out all but one)"
]]></description>
<dc:subject>test-driven-development TDD testing Rails Ruby programming-culture advice getting-hired</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:385e3ed40e2a/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:testing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:Rails"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:Ruby"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:programming-culture"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:getting-hired"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?id=112103&amp;page=5">
    <title>Beginnerr's Guide To Becoming A Producer - Channel 4 Film feature</title>
    <dc:date>2009-03-10T22:30:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?id=112103&amp;page=5</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Producers are assholes... They know all the tricks of the trade but they don't know the trade itself... They don't believe in anything" James Woods

"Collaboration, that's the word producers use. That means, don't forget to kiss ass from beginning to end." Sam Shepard
]]></description>
<dc:subject>movie-studio producers business-model business-culture cinema advice</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:75c5e19b9f67/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:movie-studio"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:producers"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:business-model"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:business-culture"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:cinema"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ad_Hoc_Data_Analysis_From_The_Unix_Command_Line">
    <title>Ad Hoc Data Analysis From The Unix Command Line - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks</title>
    <dc:date>2009-03-05T12:30:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ad_Hoc_Data_Analysis_From_The_Unix_Command_Line</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Once upon a time, I was working with a colleague who needed to do some quick data analysis to get a handle on the scope of a problem. He was considering importing the data into a database or writing a program to parse and summarize that data. Either of these options would have taken hours at least, and possibly days. I wrote this on his whiteboard:
Your friends: cat, find, grep, wc, cut, sort, uniq
These simple commands can be combined to quickly answer the kinds of questions for which most people would turn to a database, if only the data were already in a database. You can quickly (often in seconds) form and test hypotheses about virtually any record oriented data source."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>programming Unix command-line tools data-analysis advice</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:757ffb9bc829/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:Unix"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:command-line"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:tools"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:data-analysis"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/management">
    <title>Non-Hierarchical Management (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)</title>
    <dc:date>2009-02-24T23:13:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/management</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Spending your days doing grunt work for people who are smarter than you. Obsessing over their mood and personal problems. Turning down all opportunities to take credit or get attention so you can continue to work as a servant. Does this really sound like a job you want?

Probably not. Few people are cut out for it. It’s really hard. It’s incredibly stressful. It’s not at all glamorous.

But it’s vitally important. A team without a manager is doomed to be an ineffective team. So if you can’t do it, find somebody else."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>management advice business-culture administration entrepreneurship collaboration hierarchy cultural-norms</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:511c79279b56/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:management"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:business-culture"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:administration"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:entrepreneurship"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:collaboration"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:hierarchy"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:cultural-norms"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://zenhabits.net/2009/02/the-number-one-dream-killer-doing-what-works/">
    <title>The Number One Dream Killer: Doing What Works | Zen Habits</title>
    <dc:date>2009-02-21T19:20:34+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://zenhabits.net/2009/02/the-number-one-dream-killer-doing-what-works/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The second thing you need to do is push your uncertainty threshold.
We all have a certain limit, or threshold, for the amount of uncertainty we can handle. For some of us, we have such a low limit, we’re afraid of even simple things, like talking to a stranger. We can’t predict what the person we’ll say, so we can’t tolerate the uncertainty. This is on the lower end of the spectrum. The higher end of the scale might be not being able to quit your job and follow your passion. There’s no way you can foresee what will happen, so you let uncertainty keep you from taking action."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>advice lifestyle worklife management self-help self-image</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:5ec7c939374e/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:lifestyle"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:worklife"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:management"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:self-help"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:self-image"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://istherenosininit.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/hows-that-workin-for-ya/">
    <title>How’s that workin’ for ya? « Is there no sin in it?</title>
    <dc:date>2009-02-03T12:02:46+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://istherenosininit.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/hows-that-workin-for-ya/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["It’s difficult when confronting a student who admits he doesn’t like the feedback he gets from papers but refuses to admit there might be anything wrong with his writing not to scream, as Ramsay does, “You ungrateful piece of dogshit! I’m trying to help you!” Anyone who is friends with a teacher will know that we bitterly complain about student arrogance in exact proportion with how much we care about helping them. If you’re putting in countless office hours and even more writing emails and comments on papers, and a student keeps coming back to say, “How can I get an A?” without even trying to take any of the advice you give, you know how Ramsay feels. Sometimes, baffled, Ramsay will shout, “You bloody asked me to fucking come here!” If my feedback and advice is worthless to you, why ask for it? You clearly enjoy getting C’s."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>change cultural-norms advice pedagogy software-development-vs-programming</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:c27ff956ebff/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:change"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:cultural-norms"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:pedagogy"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:software-development-vs-programming"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.johnnylogic.org/2008/11/head_pigeon_faq.html">
    <title>Head Pigeon FAQ (Johnny Logic)</title>
    <dc:date>2009-01-11T13:40:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.johnnylogic.org/2008/11/head_pigeon_faq.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["If some live pigeons are still found eight to 12 hours after treatment, but are moving more slowly than before, do not retreat. Comb dead and remaining live pigeons out of the hair. The medicine sometimes takes longer to kill the pigeon."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>humor advice pigeons</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:dd06f3ab615a/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:pigeons"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/how-to/departments/commentary/how-builders-can-be-better-at-business.aspx">
    <title>How builders can be better at business - Fine Homebuilding Article</title>
    <dc:date>2009-01-07T19:38:13+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/how-to/departments/commentary/how-builders-can-be-better-at-business.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["After nearly eight years of national prosperity in the construction industry, there continues to be one prominent shortage: time. The only way to gain on the situation is to use time better. To that end, I offer the following suggestions. Think of this list as a web of strategies-one is not more important than any other. However, if you are going to be successful with No. 10, you'll need to demonstrate competence in Nos. 1-9."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>building construction contractor sprawlette business advice</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:f3db8e19e98d/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:building"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:construction"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:contractor"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:sprawlette"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:business"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-09/rebooting-the-news">
    <title>How to Save Newspapers - The Daily Beast</title>
    <dc:date>2008-12-12T13:29:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-09/rebooting-the-news</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["What has happened with the Internet so far is that the suppliers of hardware, software, and transmission (search engines and aggregators) have built business models that effectively shut out revenue streams for the creators of the information that is being delivered. What has become absolutely clear in 2008 is that this new model for delivering information is a debilitating blow to the creation of quality news content. The companies making money from the Internet—Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon, and so on—are entitled to the riches they’ve amassed from their ingenuity and entrepreneurial skill. But as a society, we’ve got to figure out how news gathering and information distribution will be paid for from now on."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>short-sighted but-not-wrong business-model media MSM news journalism futurism advice</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:f6092d537c6a/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:but-not-wrong"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:business-model"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:media"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:MSM"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:news"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:journalism"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:futurism"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/t:advice"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://idlethink.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/only-collect/">
    <title>Only Collect « a historian’s craft</title>
    <dc:date>2008-12-02T02:21:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://idlethink.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/only-collect/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["What this all takes is patience — more patience, sometimes, than I am good at. I am impatient to know things, and impatient for things to make sense more quickly; and the discipline (ah, that apt term) just doesn’t work that way. A colleague of mine told me that he’s been Only Collecting for over ten years, and can now knock out a 3000 word paper in under two days, simply because all his material is already at hand; it exists in the stuff he’s picked up in his intellectual infancy and adolescence, which at the time he didn’t know how to use, and perhaps didn’t even know was important."
]]></description>
<dc:subject>generalism advice research education sense-of-self inspiration collecting practice context I-do-this</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:Vaguery/b:2f730dffc4a7/</dc:identifier>
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    <title>Angular Unconformities: Marriage, gay or otherwise</title>
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    <link>http://unconformities.blogspot.com/2008/11/marriage-gay-or-otherwise.html</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[will try
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    <dc:date>2008-11-17T19:38:29+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://code.flickr.com/blog/2008/10/27/lessons-learned-while-building-an-iphone-site/</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><dc:subject>iPhone iPgibw web-design programming development reference advice</dc:subject>
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    <title>ongoing · Anger Management</title>
    <dc:date>2008-11-14T16:15:42+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/11/11/Angry#p-2</link>
    <dc:creator>Vaguery</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["For a living, I’m an IT generalist and a Web specialist. For doing this, I get paid reasonably well and thus I have some savings to take care of. My conclusion: it is neither fair, nor is it sane, for me to hand them over to people who get paid ten times and up what I do. So I’m not gonna. If that means I have to deal my nest-egg out among real estate, gold, and cash under the mattress, so be it.

So if anyone wants to help me with my money, I’m going to insist on complete transparency as to how they’re getting paid and how much they’re getting paid, and if it’s really a lot more than me, then I’ll know I can’t afford their services.

Which should have been obvious a long time ago. If a lot of other people come to similar conclusions, maybe we can bring some sanity to the money business."
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