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February 27, 2009

Visual Hierarchies

via ignorethecode.net

In this great article, comment is made on Apple's proper use of visual hierarchy in the new Safari 4.0 (although having tabs in title bar has raised eyebrows). ALSO: Panic's Coda visual hierarchy is examined in the same light.

If you design apps, read this article in its entirety (link in "via" line above), as well as Steven Frank's (engineer at Coda) follow-up article via this link.

Tip of the hat to John Gruber for his coverage of this in his blog Daring Fireball.

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February 18, 2009

Stuff every software architect should know

This site/anthology is becoming a book. But you can read it here for free.

A taste:
  1. Don't put your resume ahead of the requirements by Nitin Borwankar
  2. Simplify essential complexity; diminish accidental complexity by Neal Ford
  3. Chances are your biggest problem isn't technical by Mark Ramm
  4. Communication is King; Clarity and Leadership its humble servants by Mark Richards
  5. Architecting is about balancing by Randy Stafford
  6. Seek the value in requested capabilities by Einar Landre
  7. Stand Up! by Udi Dahan
  8. Skyscrapers aren't scalable by Micheal Nygard
  9. You're negotiating more often than you think by Michael Nygard
  10. Quantify by Keith Braithwaite
  11. One line of working code is worth 500 of specification by Allison Randal
  12. There is no one-size-fits-all solution by Randy Stafford
  13. It's never too early to think about performance by Rebecca Parsons
  14. Application architecture determines application performance by Randy Stafford
  15. Commit-and-run is a serious crime. Respect your Colleagues by Niclas Nilsson
  16. There Can be More than One by Keith Braithwaite
  17. Business Drives by Dave Muirhead
  18. Simplicity before generality, use before reuse by Kevlin Henney
  19. Architects must be hands on by John Davies
  20. Continuously Integrate by Dave Bartlett
  21. Avoid Scheduling Failures by Norman Carnovale
  22. Architectural Tradeoffs by Mark Richards
  23. Database as a Fortress by Dan Chak
  24. Use uncertainty as a driver by Kevlin Henney
  25. Scope is the enemy of success by Dave Quick
  26. Reuse is about people and education, not just architecture by Jeremy Meyer
  27. There is no 'I' in architecture by Dave Quick
The list goes on to 99, actually, and there is an article for each one of these babies.

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