Some nifty tips from Wes Bos on how to improve your Sublime Text workflow. I love those kinds of presentations, since I always learn something new.

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A good interview as usually on The Great Discontent. Nicholas feels like a humble man who puts a lot of work into his projects. I admire that dedication to create something new. I read his piece of advice to young people starting out, twice.

The approach that served me really well was to make stuff all the time. Even when I was working full-time, I was always freelancing, doing work for others on the side, or working on personal projects. Certainly, the Annual Report personal project has elevated my career enormously, but it was only one of many personal projects that I tried along the way—no one gave a hoot about most of them. Not letting that discourage me, I kept trying other things. It wasn’t about finding “the idea,” but putting things out that I thought were worth doing and seeing if anyone cared. If not, I moved along. You learn as you go, and it gets easier or your point of view becomes more refined.

Interesting post by Jonathan T. Neal on the subject Media Queries for Elements.

I think this would open up some new interesting possibilities for making better responsive layouts, but I guess the discussion/other solutions around this topic will be interesting for me to read about.

Bjango:

Adobe have released Photoshop CC 14.2, which adds the ability for Smart Objects to be stored externally, and linked to a document.

This is exciting news for me, since I use smart objects all the time. This opens up a world of new possibilities.

Most of the time when I give advice, I’m unconsciously doing a poor imitation of my mom, which is fitting, because she was probably the wisest person I’ve ever met. She’d say: be kind to yourself and others, and smile if you’re able. Take care of the people you love, and try to make yourself known and understood. Dial it down, work with your hands, keep it quiet, and share what you know.

I liked this part of Franks personal post. It sounds like my mom&dad, and I love them.

Mamp 3 is out. I will probably buy the Pro version just to check it out. I like the previous version a lot since it’s so easy to work with.

1. Create value
2. Learn something new
3. Have a good time

The mobile web has evolved to enable increasingly sophisticated applications, which we often wish to debug during development on the desktop.

Google Chrome now supports the ability to emulate mobile devices. A great addition to Chromes already excellent dev tools.

Austrian company Klemens Torggler has designed a door that gently slides open and closed without running along tracks. The Evolution Door was designed based on the concept of rotating squares. A gentle nudge or push triggers the door to slowly slide sideways towards the opposite side of the wall.

I can watch the video on the link all day long. Beautiful rethink of a basic concept.

Our cheat sheet not only features the most important commands. On the back, it also explains some tips & tricks that make working with the CLI a lot easier.

A easy cheat sheet with some great tips on how to use the terminal more efficient. I didn’t know about TAB folder autocomplete.

Young people want everything immediately, but it takes time. What I love about our industry is that it doesn’t matter what kind of degree you have: you have to show up and show people what you can do. There’s no bullshitting yourself through an interview process. You have to work really hard for it, and there’s an honesty to it that I love.

A quote from one of my heroes, Tim Van Damme. He is one of the reasons that I started out and started believed in what I spend a lot of time doing every day. It takes time. I know.

All we have in life is our time. People struggle after success. They hunger for fame, fortune, and power. But in all of these things, the same question exists — what will you do with your time? How do you want to spend your days? As Annie Dillard reminds us, “how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

In life, you will become known for doing what you do. That sounds obvious, but it’s profound. If you want to be known as someone who does a particular thing, then you must start doing that thing immediately. Don’t wait. There is no other way. It probably won’t make you money at first, but do it anyway. Work nights. Work weekends. Sleep less. Whatever you have to do. If you’re lucky enough to know what brings you bliss, then do that thing at once. If you do it well, and for long enough, the world will find ways to repay you.

Thoughtful words by Jonathan Harris.

Washington-based photographer Angela Kelly took advantage of the frigid temperatures earlier this month by blowing bubbles with her son and photographing the spectacular results for her series dubbed Frozen in a Bubble.

Ice bubbles is as much fun to say out loud, as it’s beautiful. Fun science experience mixed with the power the nature. Stunning pictures.

Beautiful high speed video of people waiting for the subway at Grand Central Station in New York. Made by Adam Magyar.

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It’s not realistic to think that you can focus on something all day long. Especially anything creative. So break your day into 1 or 2 hour chunks with breaks in between. Have a goal for each sprint and try to hit it

Good reminder.