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• Recap of Fortune Interview with Steve Jobs - Best quote: “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.”

Worst. Name. Ever.

From a project <a href="http://zellyn.com">Zellyn</a> worked on at the AJC.

#5567 (Add a "last" template filter) - Django Code

Looks like a minor patch of mine might make it into Django in some fashion.

#5567 (Add a “last” template filter) - Django Code

Looks like a minor patch of mine might make it into Django in some fashion.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund seeking online editing partners

I highly recommend students do the Dow Jones online internship… I did one at IndyStar.com and loved it!

Overcoming Bias: Planning Fallacy

I highly agree with this. One of my favorite Mary Poppendieck phrases is "Planning is not a commitment."

Digital Web Magazine - jQuery Crash Course

More publicity for jQuery. I haven’t had a ton of hands-on with it, but what I have had I liked. The developers at work have standardized around it.

OpenID

Whoever redesigned OpenID, thank you! It looks great.

AirPress

This could be interesting. I like MarsEdit, but I wish I could write and save a draft to my server, so I could start a post at work at lunch and finish up at home.

The Black Wire and the White Wire

On the tension between "traditional" IT, that needs to be less risk averse, and the innovative, risk taking groups found in many companies. I like to think my group is on the white wire, but I totally appreciate the black wire folks.