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Writing in Code

When it comes to sharing ideas that involve visual elements, source code, and unifying concepts that span disciplines, the friction to include different types of media and information makes technical writing rather tedious, and streamlining that process a bit has helped make it more enjoyable to write.

Rebuilding vs. Refactoring

At some point, we’ve all faced it. Do we rebuild from scratch or simply refactor? With personal sites, it seems the rebuild is the default option. We see an archaic mess of code and a design that’s atrocious. So we rebuild. With a web application,…

Physical vs. Digital

Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time in our garage making things by hand for my office. Admittedly, much of the stuff is purchased, and all I’m really doing is a little sawing, sanding, painting, finishing, and nailing. Assuming it’s not just the…

Automation, Self-service, and Administration

Just a random thought. As a solo founder, my time is our scarcest commodity. Making sure that I have free time and minimal interruptions has become one of my highest priorities, and it’s paying off. Some of the best investments I’ve made in Sifter are…

The Hidden Interface

One of my favorite topics is the influence of business decisions on interface design. It’s an unfortunate truth that the underlying business structure and decisions will invariably affect the interface. It’s important to recognize this fact and work to…

The Tracker Dashboard

We’ve taken a look at the concepts behind the issue life-cycle and workflow, and next we’re going to see how the dashboard is playing out so far. For me, the dashboard is about quickly assessing the state of projects, and diving right in to managing…

Bug & Issue Tracking

It’s been quiet around here, but things are about to pick back up. I’ve been spending all of my free time designing and developing an issue tracker that I’ll be releasing as open source early next year. Until then, I’ll be exposing and sharing the…

A Closer Look at SimpleLog

We take a good look through SimpleLog, a Ruby on Rails weblog application that does less. It’s designed to be simple, as the name indicates, and focuses on writing above all else. For some time now, Garrett Murray has been quietly and diligently…