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Was in the same boat at my previous company, we used Mattermost because of privacy concerns with Slack. Eventually moved to Slack because the mobile options were not great on MMost and Slack was more polished.

Boy, I mentioned Slack a lot.

Anywhere from $100k to $1m; their partner Michael Beirut was involved, so I would guess it's on the higher end of the scale.

I highly doubt that it's racial discrimination, but I'm not going to back that sentiment with 100% certainty, because you never know. However, the whole concept of a "coding bootcamp", literally they're bootcamps that can be mentally exhausting. They're going to try to expose you to an intense array of information in a short period of time, from the basics (HTML/CSS, JS) to intermediate/advanced subjects/languages (Ruby, Python, PHP, etc.). So it's not farfetched for them to reject applicants who would struggle to keep up if they don't know the basics.

And another thing, they're not trying to teach CS. CS is a discipline all its own. Code bootcamps focus on web development, so you can have the practical knowledge and skill for entry level web development positions.

The design or css irc channels always have people in there willing to help.

I was discussing the same topic with my coworkers when we heard the news. Yahoo's YUI could be the company's starting point at developing strong products and boosting Yahoo's relevance as a brand. It's a great library.

There really isn't a need to do it in the manner that was suggested. If a frontend developer wanted to provide a copy with comments, it's better to host it on github & comment the link in the css file.

Well her info is on the linkedin profile, so no need to make it easier for the internet lynch mob to find it.

Well yeah, but 3 years after the fact.

And not a fuck was given :)

He perhaps is just a loon wearing a towel and not a towel day observer.

She goes by a different name: "Candice Lee Leonard"

Claims several times to be the grand-daughter of Henrik Ibsen. I have no reason to disbelieve this. But it's mildly interesting.

I also found that interesting, but being that his two great-grand kids are male, I highly doubt she's a descendant.

I did my part by rescinding my DMCA when I realized the impact it was having and offered her my willingness to resolve this one on one.

And I applaud you for that.

No, she claims she is covered under fair use because she doesn't make any money from it, blah blah blah.

Plus, her claim of being a lawyer makes the whole matter quite baffling.

A lot of people fail to understand what's legally protected by fair use.

Apparently many of her sites used that specific photo. Hell, her business page on Facebook still uses it as its cover photo. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Schwager-Consulting-Marketing...

Ideally, tipping shouldn't be expected to compensate for a lower wage and rather should be given based on merit. But in regards to your mention of the market and how it controls the paradigm between wages and tips, I personally agree that people should be compensated in tips for their lower wage.

I completely support the tipping system and don't find any bullshit involved with it. My opinion is that it's bullshit that the market is structured this way to begin with, that eventually nurtured the notion that a tip is entitled. But that's just personal bias based on idealism.

And the injustice is in the system itself. An employer that decides to pay 10-15% less because that's how the market has arranged it to be is bullshit.

I'm not saying I don't understand how the market works, I just like to call bullshit when I see it. The market shouldn't be structured in the way that employers can excuse themselves for paying a less than a competitive wage, just because it's an accepted system.

In contrary to my opinions on "expecting/feeling entitled to a tip", I always pay 20%, just because I feel like it.

And I definitely agree, there's a large moral component to it.

You're totally misconstruing my words. I am not against tipping or feel that it's an injustice that servers expect a tip, hell, I've done almost every grimy job in the restaurant business; but what I'm saying is that a server feeling entitled to that tip is bullshit. It instills this notion of "pay me extra for doing my job", not "pay me extra for doing more than I had to at my job". It has nothing to do with consumers feeling an injustice because their servers expect a tip, it seriously has nothing to do with consumers. It has everything to do with a server's mentality that doing your job is enough to warrant a tip.

(I'll choose to ignore the condescension)

Just because it's organized around the idea of tipping, does not justify the notion that it's not extra cash coming out of the customer's pocket. I'm not against tipping, I just find it idiotic that people have this notion that just because it's part of tradition and part of the system that it's not considered "extra cash". Tipping is extra cash that the customer is footing, so that the employer doesn't have to pay extra for the labor behind the service. Once again, not against tipping.

And when it comes to commissions, the employer adds it on top of your wage, keyword: employer.

Now that's just absurd, feeling entitled to receive extra cash for doing your job is ass-backwards. Taking an order, turning in the order, bringing out the order and then delivering the check is part of the job, any service that exceeds that deserves a tip. But feeling entitled to a tip for basically only doing what you're paid to do, is simply stupid.

I personally have no problem leaving a 5-10% tip of the sub-total at a restaurant for basic service, but feeling entitled to it is, I repeat, stupid.

This is true, but in my experience, the best UX people are even more excellent at figuring out what is NOT important and getting rid of it (or not investing any time in those things at all).

I believe that's what the OP implied when he stated most simple and shortest path to get there, simplifying the UX/UI is based on deduction, archetype development and enough experience/knowledge to start off with a barebones wireframe instead of a bloated mess. Loosely basing the method of delivering an effective UX on Occam's Razor, a philosophy that states if you base your decision on the path with the fewest assumptions and thereby offers the simplest explanation of the effect, that's usually the best route to take.

The most simple path is one that only relies on what's important to your goals and skips all the bloated "data" and "ideas" that would hurt the UX.

This is the "left-brained" part of UX, while there is the forgotten "right-brained" portion, which is typically based on the psychological impact of copy, typography, and visual polish.

What you're referring to is the UI, the aesthetic design, layout and features that lends itself to an effective UX. They work hand-in-hand; like the OP had stated (paraphrasing), coming up with the simplest and shortest path to your goals that works, is important for the UX, and knowing your goals and how you want to reach them will help guide the UI.

It's tough to find someone who can focus on UX or to find someone who can translate the UX to a great UI. But it's the toughest to find someone who can do both. It's even harder to become that person.

However, to HuffPo & TNW's credit, they do have original content that is mildly interesting. Mashable's original content is laughable at best.

I might have to steal/quote that last line.

"Move fast and break things. Edit later." Perfect.

It would be sort of funny if you included copy/pasted comments from HN in your PR-cleanup post.

Miso is actually raising funding just fine.

There's nothing wrong with badmouthing brogrammers, true story.