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Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

Tiny Content Framework

About the project

This is a tiny content strategy framework focused on goals, messages, and branding. This is not a checklist. Use what you need and scrap the rest. Rewrite it or add to it. These topics should help you get to the bottom of things with clients and other people you work with.

Give me feedback on Twitter (@nicoleslaw) or by email ([email protected]).

Make it useful

Install Package Control. For SublimeText 2, paste the following in Terminal:

import urllib2,os; pf='Package Control.sublime-package'; ipp = sublime.installed_packages_path(); os.makedirs( ipp ) if not os.path.exists(ipp) else None; urllib2.install_opener( urllib2.build_opener( urllib2.ProxyHandler( ))); open( os.path.join( ipp, pf), 'wb' ).write( urllib2.urlopen( 'http://sublime.wbond.net/' +pf.replace( ' ','%20' )).read()); print( 'Please restart Sublime Text to finish installation')

From here on out, use Package Control to install everything. ⌘+Shift+P, then type Install to get a list of installable packages you can 'livesearch through. After installing plugins, they should be running.

New computer setup

a/o 2020-05-29

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Format the drive

Restart with Cmd-R or Cmd-D
Erase drive / 3x if second-hand
Reinstall MacOS

This is my default career advice for people starting out in geo/GIS, especially remote sensing, adapted from a response to a letter in 2013.

I'm currently about to start a Geography degree at the University of [Redacted] at [Redacted] with a focus in GIS, and I've been finding that I have an interest in working with imagery. Obviously I should take Remote Sensing and other similar classes, but I'm the type of person who likes to self learn as well. So my question is this: What recommendations would you give to a student who is interested in working with imagery? Are there any self study paths that you could recommend?

I learned on my own and on the job, and there are a lot of important topics in GIS that I don’t know anything about, so I can’t give comprehensive advice. I haven’t arrived anywhere; I’m just ten minutes ahead in the convoy we’re both in. Take these recommendations critically.

Find interesting people. You’ll learn a lot more from a great professor (or mentor, or friend, or conference) o

Prolog

Google Chrome Developers says:

The new WOFF 2.0 Web Font compression format offers a 30% average gain over WOFF 1.0 (up to 50%+ in some cases). WOFF 2.0 is available since Chrome 36 and Opera 23.

Some examples of file size differences: WOFF vs. WOFF2

TTF to WOFF2 converting

http://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator

	/* ---------------------------------------------------------- */
	/* */
	/* A media query that captures: */
	/* */
	/* - Retina iOS devices */
	/* - Retina Macs running Safari */
	/* - High DPI Windows PCs running IE 8 and above */
	/* - Low DPI Windows PCs running IE, zoomed in */
	/* - Low DPI Windows PCs and Macs running Firefox, zoomed in */
	/* - Android hdpi devices and above */

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
	</head>
	<body>
	<div>
	<h1 class="ex1">mask-image</h1>
	<h1 class="ex2">mask-image</h1>
	<h1 class="ex3">mask-image</h1>

	#!/usr/bin/env perl
	#
	# http://daringfireball.net/2007/03/javascript_bookmarklet_builder

	use strict;
	use warnings;
	use URI::Escape qw(uri_escape_utf8);
	use open IO => ":utf8", # UTF8 by default
	":std"; # Apply to STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR

	// Declare colours
	$_color-base-grey: rgb(229,231,234);
	$palettes: (
	purple: (
	base: rgb(42,40,80),
	light: rgb(51,46,140),
	dark: rgb(40,38,65)
	),
	grey: (
	base: $_color-base-grey,