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pruett··on A brief rant on the future of interaction design (2011)
Legend
pruett··on Natto.dev – A Canvas for JavaScript
This is killer! Awesome work.
pruett··on In defense of functional CSS
I think producing atomic css classes falls should be done by a computer. [Styletron](https://github.com/styletron/styletron) and [CSS Blocks](https://css-blocks.com/) comes to mind.
pruett··on Pai: Twitter Is Bigger Threat to Open Net Than ISPs
This logic is so flawed, it's a bit scary he has the platform to voice it.
pruett··on Tonka beans – A delicious flavour with a toxic chemical
exactly...we were watching dances with wolves the night before we got him :)
pruett··on Tonka beans – A delicious flavour with a toxic chemical
I adopted a pitbull whose shelter name was "Beans". Immediately upon adopting, I dropped the name "Beans" and gave him the moniker Tatanka. My wife occasionally calls him Tonka Beans for short...

He's my best friend.

pruett··on Show HN: roots - a toolkit for advanced front-end dev
well done, nice work...this looks like an awesome tool for building static sites
pruett··on Onword - a simple, distraction-free writing web app
looks fantastic no doubt. i am hesitant to click the twitter auth button, however. maybe some sort of app preview would cure my (and possible some others') paranoia?

looks great, well done!

pruett··on Bret Victor: Learnable Programming
i finally learned how to tie a tie, thanks bret!
pruett··on Why Responsive Design Is Not Worth It
couldn't disagree more with this article
pruett··on Show HN: My First Rails App (currentride.com)
@alex_g, thanks for taking the time to provide a very useful critique of the site. i appreciate you signing up and playing around with it a bit. i wanted to put it out early (flaws and all) to get just this type of feedback. so thank you. would love to hear some more thoughts. i'll follow up with an email if that's ok with you!
pruett··on Show HN: My First Rails App (currentride.com)
muchas gracias :)
pruett··on Show HN: My First Rails App (currentride.com)
@tzaman: you don't like super vague homepages? haha, no, you are completely right, thanks for checking it out...copy is something i neglected from the get-go
pruett··on Show HN: My First Rails App (currentride.com)
yup...agree 100%
pruett··on Ask HN: Non-technical people, how did you learn to code?
+1 are you planning on releasing a paperback version of the Ruby version?
pruett··on Employers Influence Job Hopping (Mark Suster's Take Is One-Sided)
right...mark did not touch on the topic of toxic workplaces. he focused solely (i guess) on these "good" or "utopian" work situations. that was another catalyst for the post.

however, in his latest blog post, mark addresses these issues. so i definitely credit him there.

pruett··on Employers Influence Job Hopping (Mark Suster's Take Is One-Sided)
couldn't agree more
pruett··on Employers Influence Job Hopping (Mark Suster's Take Is One-Sided)
compelling may have been a poor choice of words on my part. clearly, i felt strongly against his position to write about it. the filtering technique was what jumped out at me as plain wrong. not to mention the fact that it was coming from a completely polarized perspective. with all that said, i think i can see where he was going with his post. he's gotten a ton of shit from the community for it, which might have forced him to write his latest piece. have you seen this? : http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/04/25/job-hoppers-re...

what do you think about it?

pruett··on Employers Influence Job Hopping (Mark Suster's Take Is One-Sided)
you cannot deny that he doesn't make some compelling arguments. objectively of course.
pruett··on Fred Wilson Is The Truth
right...that's a valid concern. i think however, when weighing the options between releasing something that's fully robust and polished (say 12 months time) versus a minimum viable product (say 3 months time) most would lean towards the latter. there is just too much rapid iteration that can (and probably) will occur after releasing the minimum viable product. if you wait too long, you'll be behind in the race.
pruett··on How to Be an Angel Investor
Brilliant post. Lots of great information from a rarely seen point of view.