Patience

I like this quote from a recent 37 Signals post

“At 37signals, we focus on lean features, short iterations, quick wins, small improvements, and the satisfaction of “build and release.” Paradoxically, all this quick movement and quick satisfaction rests on a foundation of patience. Most of our ideas are never implemented. Our products are never finished. Doing what’s in front of your nose, doing smart work that makes an impact today and leaves space for changes tomorrow takes patience. I’m glad Langacker’s book pointed this out.”

Designing databases for flexibility

This post by Eutrilla makes some very interesting points about how relational databases can be designed to be more flexible and dynamic

http://lateralprogramming.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/designing-databases-for-flexibility-ii-relationships/

Building a file service

A lot of our applications require functionality to upload and store files. I found this post by Kane and Nina which offers a very helpful approach to managing files within web applications

http://www.kanebarton.com/Samples/FileService/

The Crowdsourced workforce

I’ve built applications that leverage the wisdom of the crowd. Applications that allow individuals to freely collaborate and the synergy or this collaboration produces an output that is far more than each individuals input. Here is a list Read Write Web of other crowd sourcing applications that are worth looking into.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/crowdsourced_workforce_guide.php

Nice time recording application

I stumbled upon this application called Tempo. Its a really simple and effective take on time recording/management based on twitter. They have done a very good implementation of building an application which leverages the easy and simplicity or twitter

http://keeptempo.com/tour

 

Awesome web development and design articles

I really like Jankos blog and on this post he has listed some really great articles (worth checking out) which have helped him with web development and design.

http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/post/2008/05/30/Awesome-web-development-and-web-design-articles-and-sites-in-May-2008.aspx