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cmicek

  1. Nice! Bourbon: A simple and lightweight mixin library for Sass. (Think Compass, on the rocks.) thoughtbot.com/bourbon/
  2. unicorn (My life as a unicorn : Cennydd Bowles) j.mp/MQolAV (via Instapaper)
  3. Finished reading snow crash, awesome book. And I thought I didn’t like cyberpunk. Back to reading “imagine: how creativity works”
  4. "...one thing is clear: the design industry’s focus is no longer on agencies. It is on products." A changing tide j.mp/JZN60b
  5. Quick tip on rounded corners in design. It’s always the little details… webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/visu…
  6. Building a style-guide for the front-end team. Next time I've doing this as the design goes along instead of at the end yfrog.com/gynv7ip
  7. Has adaptive design failed? Of course it bloody hasn’t. j.mp/JSfEZc
  8. Hotness & good questions. CSS4 media queries to tackle touch j.mp/JRXKG0
  9. This gets the award for the best iOS concept ever. fold to unlock ios style by @antonkudin on @dribbble: drbl.in/dZAw
  10. @philcrissman good to hear!
  11. Looks like I'm paying to read 'Snow Crash,' though I hear its worth it.
  12. I was super-exicted to use Lendle until I found out that nothing I want to read is available for lending.
  13. The Perfect Milk Machine: How Big Data Transformed the Dairy Industry - Atlantic Mobile j.mp/IF8aq9 (via Instapaper)
  14. Outside Online Print This | An Inside Look at the Surprisingly Violent Quidditch World Cup j.mp/KRGvyH (via Instapaper)
  15. Two Hundred Years of Surgery — NEJM j.mp/JSVvvr (via Instapaper)
  16. Coolest job title? "Professional Polar Explorer" feedproxy.google.com/~r/37signals/b…
  17. Mind blowingly good read about the pitfalls of using web tech to build native apps. Shell Apps and Silver Bullets j.mp/Jciip2