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alanstevens

Thanks for finally catching a clue on dev tools, Apple. about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
jbevain «we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps» http://bit.ly/arZKTb about 5 hours ago via web Retweeted by alanstevens and 24 others
How the Blade Runner look was created: http://bit.ly/bvNap2 about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
RT @craigber: @alanstevens is selling his guitar? http://bit.ly/byku9N about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck
A defense of jumping the shark: http://lat.ms/cmIuoq about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck
there is a threshold at which people probably are not going to be substantially happier if they keep making more money. http://bit.ly/aQFLxG 8:20 AM Sep 8th via TweetDeck
"psychologists have discovered that some of the most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong." http://nyti.ms/aObVrA 8:16 AM Sep 8th via TweetDeck
I'll be delivering my "Does Your Code Tell A Story?" talk at CHADNUG next Tuesday: http://www.chadnug.com/ 8:14 AM Sep 8th via TweetDeck
I'm in TFS merge hell again, but at least @togakangaroo and @ClaudioLassala are here with me, so I've got good company this time. 1:26 PM Sep 7th via TweetDeck
@ambroselittle These symbols are worthless symbols that shouldn't be used even by me. Oh, wait... 1:23 PM Sep 7th via TweetDeck in reply to ambroselittle
@julie_meadows I totally appreciate the creativity people put into the costumes. Perhaps I'm just too damn lazy. 1:21 PM Sep 7th via TweetDeck in reply to julie_meadows
@DougWare But he wasn't unemployed, which was the topic of the graph. 10:26 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck in reply to DougWare
@DougWare I wonder if that chart would look different if it was based on IQ or childhood socioeconomics instead of education level? 10:20 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck in reply to DougWare
@lazycoder Which is most professions these days. My argument is that degrees are unnecessary in most cases. 10:17 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck in reply to lazycoder
@lazycoder Not taking the bait. :-) 10:06 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck in reply to lazycoder
The best thing I can do for my business, my relationships as well as my physical & mental health is to get off my ass and go to yoga class! 10:03 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck
Well it's clear that I'm strongly opinionated and woefully underinformed on this whole degree issue. Sounds like it's time for a blog post! 10:01 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck
@whil I'm almost never addressing the status quo. 9:59 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck in reply to whil
@marick Interesting. You know yourself better, but I'm surprised to hear that. You strike me as infinitely curious. 9:59 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck in reply to marick
@ambroselittle I believe the point is that the value is in the person and their commitments, not the paper itself. 9:58 AM Sep 7th via TweetDeck in reply to ambroselittle