Monthly Archives: June 2010

No sidebar

Posted on 2010-06-30 by Ben Atkin

When the iPad came out, I was hoping that, because of the low screen width in portrait mode (768 pixels), web developers would turn off their sidebars when low horizontal browser widths were encountered. This would make it so, even … Continue reading →

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Selling to the virtuous

Posted on 2010-06-09 by Ben Atkin

I just realized one big thing that Freckle and Stack Overflow have in common: they have virtuosity built into the definition of their target market. Freckle‘s target market is defined as small businesses where everyone trusts everyone else. That’s how … Continue reading →

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URLs worth caring about

Posted on 2010-06-04 by Ben Atkin

I like seeing URLs, whether in the link text or by hovering over a link. They are often truer to their content than what the person adding the link writes. I always have the status bar turned on in my … Continue reading →

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Blue Zones

Posted on 2010-06-04 by Ben Atkin

A very interesting TED video I watched twice in the last day: More info, including yet another health-related pyramid, here.

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Downgrading Django to 1.1.2

Posted on 2010-06-04 by Ben Atkin

I had some issues upgrading to Django 1.2.1, and needed to roll Django back to 1.1.2. I searched for “Downgrading Django”, and didn’t find instructions, so now that I’ve figured it out, I’m posting instructions here. First, if you’re using … Continue reading →

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