Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Courage

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    We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn’t do.Richard L. Evans

  • Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!

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    Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs, you’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at [the] very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.Mel Brooks

  • How Amazon Does it

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    Hire the best, raise the bar, don’t treat engineers as order takers, empower teams, remove friction, and know when to buy and when to build.Allan Vermeulen

  • Fool

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    The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.Mark Twain

  • English

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    The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore.  We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.James Davis Nicoll

  • Interface consistency

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    I found the following article, Interface consistency at youngpup.net and thought that those of you working in interface design might find it useful.

  • Success

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    As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.Benjamin Disraeli