#work

Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring. ↗

— Jesse James Garrett

#building #coding #debugging #hard #hard work

At Adaptive Path, we've been doing our own work with Ajax over the last several months, and we're realizing we've only scratched the surface of the rich interaction and responsiveness that Ajax applications can provide. ↗

— Jesse James Garrett

#ajax #applications #been #doing #interaction

But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources. They're also valuable communication tools. ↗

— Jesse James Garrett

#also #communication #despite #forget #handy

My job involves a lot of different skills now - I'm as much entrepreneur and management consultant as anything else these days - but IA is still my favorite part of the work I do. ↗

— Jesse James Garrett

#consultant #days #different #else #entrepreneur

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#build #few #gift #gifts #hard

Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them - which of course you have! ↗

— Ina Garten

#dinner #feel #guests #guilty #hard

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. ↗

— Bill Gates

#chances #end #nerds #nice #up

The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work! ↗