Month: October 2011

Day in brief – 2011-10-28

  • @geeksam Thank you so much for the Think Like a Git. Excellent work! I can't recommend it enough to people around me. :) #
  • It take 3 times for my Chrome to open LiveJournal page. First try – blank page. Second – page title only. Third refresh – full page. Weird. #
  • New note : Think Like (a) Git http://t.co/DmuhVNly #
  • For those going to Arch Enemy concert tonight, Pavilion Hall has a website with the map. Next to Metro supermarket. http://t.co/BWfWSodw #
  • I'm at Carrefour http://t.co/UgI2rFKs #
  • I'm at Pavilion (Αβραάμ Αντωνίου, πάροδος Σπύρου Κυπριανού, Λευκωσία) http://t.co/2jrm1od0 #
  • Really guys, this death meyal thing … you have to hear it live to understand this crap. It's not bad really. #
  • Death metal is like jazz – nobody on knows or cares about anyone else. On stage or in the room. (C) my bro #
  • Disharmony on stage. Sounds like modern Black Sabbath. Cool! #
  • Do familiar, tasty and calling, the smell of ganja. :-) #
  • Arch Enemy is something!!! #

The important field

This xkcd comic strip nails one of the most frequent problems with modern web interfaces.  Web forms will ask you confirm and re-confirm anything and everything, but the actual important information that is easy to make a mistake with.  The rule of thumb here is, of course, only ask to confirm the password fields, because the data in them is not visible, so it does make sense to check that the user actually typed in what he thinks he typed in.  Asking to enter email address once again is stupid, because, email address is usually displayed in a visible field, because email address is a frequently used string, which most people type automatically, and because the user won’t bother with re-typing but will just copy-and-paste from a previous field.

 

 

 

 

Think Like a Git

Being a sysadmin and web developer I read plenty of technical documentation – manuals, tutorials, howtos, and so on and so forth. Most of it is usually very dry and boring. Unless, of course, we are talking about Open Source Software. That area is often very human, with plenty of humor and an excellent examples.

Today I came across a very nice website which explains how Git – the de facto version control system in Open Source community – works. The site is called Think Like a Git. Very well structure, with simple, easy to understand language, and excellent navigation.

I’d also like to mention the design separately. So often do technical people end up using generic templates that aren’t very well suited for longer texts, quotes, and code snippets. So often do designers overdo things making documentation nice looking, but impossible to read. Think Like a Git is not like that. It’s beautiful, yet clean, fresh, and simple. My eyes are actually resting while I flip through the pages. Nothing annoys or disrupts my attention. It’s all about Git. Bravo!

Day in brief – 2011-10-27

  • I just wrote yet another poem in Greek: kafenaki, frapedaki – tou Leonida filoraki. :) #
  • And how about you? Have you ever written a poem in the language that you don't speak? :) #
  • Every time I hear someone saying "Oh my god", I say "No, honey, that's just me". :) #
  • @feios Thank you :) #
  • They say social networks are killing email. BS! The only way for me to follow all these social networks is via email notifications! #
  • I just learned something new. Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, I give you Bulbus Stercum. LOL :) http://t.co/Y6MvAiim #
  • Shared: WPTavern: Alex King Releases Post Formats Admin UI Code http://t.co/NuVDJAD0 #
  • Shared: Alex King: WordPress Post Formats Admin UI http://t.co/HTjDURTl #
  • Shared: WPTavern: Service To Help Migrate From Drupal To WordPress http://t.co/fFsYfqm1 #
  • Shared: WPTavern: Chip Bennett Working On New Template Hierarchy Diagram http://t.co/SzpCJBZm #
  • New note : http://t.co/48P7ilbU – Collaborative translation tool http://t.co/ZAH85xfg #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/6FAdXZJw Галя! (ОСТОРОЖНО! Ненормативная лексика!) #
  • I'm at Green Apple http://t.co/r5CaG4bw #
  • I just became the mayor of Green Apple on @foursquare! http://t.co/2mvFcddG #