"The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."
— ~Theodore Roosevelt (via karmaboomerang)
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
— ~ Albert Schweitzer

Love this quote!

mdubakov:

My new article about process changes in our company. 

uxrave:

Codepen Beta by Chris Coyier, Alex Vazquez and Tim Sabat is live! Design Shack calls it “Dribbble for coders”. Use it to experiment and publish front-end code + find inspiration from others in the community.  Similar to JSFiddle, JSBin and Dabblet. uxrave:

Codepen Beta by Chris Coyier, Alex Vazquez and Tim Sabat is live! Design Shack calls it “Dribbble for coders”. Use it to experiment and publish front-end code + find inspiration from others in the community.  Similar to JSFiddle, JSBin and Dabblet. uxrave:

Codepen Beta by Chris Coyier, Alex Vazquez and Tim Sabat is live! Design Shack calls it “Dribbble for coders”. Use it to experiment and publish front-end code + find inspiration from others in the community.  Similar to JSFiddle, JSBin and Dabblet.

uxrave:

Codepen Beta by Chris Coyier, Alex Vazquez and Tim Sabat is live! Design Shack calls it “Dribbble for coders”. Use it to experiment and publish front-end code + find inspiration from others in the community.  Similar to JSFiddle, JSBin and Dabblet.

Great benchmark and resource for writing copy for applications.

ryanleecarson:

I think there’s something messed up about the startup culture in the USA. The belief is that you have to work 6-7 days a week and spend all your mental cycles on your company. Nothing but pledging your soul to your startup yields success, right?

Not in my experience.

We work a 4-day week at

ryanleecarson:

We’re just about to hit 40 full-time employees at Treehouse and I’ve noticed that the urge to go “vanilla” is pretty strong.

As companies grow they seem to have a natural tendency to move from creative, fun and adventurous cultures to safe, systemitized “vanilla” cultures. They’re safe and…

dennismfactory:

Whenever we run user testing sessions for apps, we always test and re-test log-in flows. And as simple as we can make them, at a basic level, they annoy people, particularly on phone apps. Inevitably a user will turn to us and just say, “it’s my phone, why do I have to log in? It already knows who I am.” Facebook Camera might just be the first app that cracks that. Very nifty. 

Was watching a kid show with my daughter and another pet, toy, stuff animal of some sorts commercial appears. I was pleasantly surprise to see a pairing with the iPad to build an augmented reality to animate characters and bring the kid..or kids into the experience ala accelerometer and camera. Brillant blend of technology that brings joy!

These animations not only execute the basics, but there is a nice attention to detail on the animations that set them apart from others.