FNN Issue 17
No. 17 A different perspective
Sunday, 28th November 2010
There are some things that make you wonder, make you dream and think in new ways. Yes, most of them are distractions. Wonderful distractions.
Here is a collection of random things and hopefully some of them will make you wonder...
An awesome thought
Well, this has nothing to do with technology, but it's a rather interesting thought and also there are things that the true nerds can relate to — jet powered unicorns for example!
Quite different to a raptor-shark, this in fact is a children's book. It's called An Awesome Book.
Where do we fit?
There are different ways to think about the work around us. This a fascinatingly convenient way to look at the scale of things around us!
See the scale of things: http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/
The JavaScript career tree
Okay, getting back to action with JS awesomeness. This is how you can see the career grow (the career of somebody else that is).
See it in action: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/15/career-tree.html
Success is no accident
While some work for Google, in the real world, we do simple things like designing a web page and developing it. We consume a lot of coffee and invent new swearing techniques in the process of doing so. Speaking of design, here is an example of a design by a major player in the internet industry — Twitter.
Well, this derives from the golden ratio or the golden spiral and Fibonacci numbers ... or heck, we can't even get the overall with right at times.. we'll just leave these to the experts.
Original: http://www.flickr.com/photos/twitteroffice/5034817688/
Have a great fortnight folks!