This makes intuitive sense to me, but I’d love to see someone create example code that can demonstrate the performance differences.

And I don’t think twice about shoving it in my bag when I take off for the day (as I sometimes do with my iPad when I have my laptop with me).

This is the reason I’m excited about a smaller tablet. Paper convinced me I want a digital sketchpad with me all the time, but the size and weight of the iPad is an impediment. There doesn’t seem to be an elegant cross-platform syncing sketchpad/note app out there – there definitely should be.

One of the best explanations/presentations I’ve run across on this topic.

That “PHP Versions” chart is making me sad.

Donnie makes a ton of sense here.

Two tips I learned in this show:

1. Check the box in iTunes to encrypt your local iOS device backups so that passwords are saved as part of the backup.
2. Use Due instead of a calendar event for garbage/recycling reminders. I already use Due as a “saved timers” app for everything from grilling to icing after a workout. I find it way too slow for entering new reminders, but for setting up saved, recurring reminders it is working out great.

I had been missing about 40-50 tweets from my personal archive (via Twitter Tools), I now have a complete archive. w00T!

We honestly have no idea how to handle much of this yet…

Delegation is hard. I’m finding delegating well to be much more challenging than doing things myself. Leading purely by example just requires effort and a willingness to do things that aren’t fun or glamorous, and as the leader you’re usually the most incentivized to get those things done. But effective delegation requires much more than mere will, it is a skill set developed with patience and learning and painful trial and error. It requires finding great people, training them in the skills you need them to have, motivating them to share your goals, empowering them with the resources and information to be successful, trusting them to do their jobs, and then giving them feedback on how to improve.

I’ve come to realize that hiring is probably the hardest and most important part of my job (and we are hiring). As my team grows and we are doing more and more, I’m finding myself having to make more choices about where I spend my time. If I have to let something go, I want to be damn sure it’s in good hands when I do.

#26 looks like the biggest burrito ever. (thanks The Verge)

The plain and simple fact is that they’re too busy or too important to talk to us,” he said.

Technology has allowed small teams to serve large customer bases in ways previously unimaginable. To assume that this would have no impact on the way these businesses are able to interact with their customers is foolish.

(thanks Ethan)

Dear brain, it’s time to turn off now…

I found it gratifying to be able to read this while nodding and saying “yep, yep, yep” – this is very consistent with the approach we take at Crowd Favorite (for most of the reasons Greg eloquently explains).

Most people respond quickly to me, so if I respond quickly, I generate the endless back and forth of email. When this doesn’t necessarily show it, I know that when I slow down, there’s less email coming back my way.

The feature I want most from my email client/service: delayed send. That way I can write replies, get them out of my head, but not have them sent until the time I specify.

A very pragmatic approach. I wonder if anyone on my team will try this. (thanks Steve)