reading-notes

Notes from books and other interesting things that I've read.

Why?

Our Pointless Pursuit Of Semantic Value

Allow me to paint a picture:

1. You are busy creating a website.
2. You have a thought, “Oh, now I have to add an element.”
3. Then another thought, “I feel so guilty adding a div. Div-itis is terrible, I hear.”
4. Then, “I should use something else. The aside element might be appropriate.”
5. Three searches and five articles later, you’re fairly confident that aside is not semantically correct.
6. You decide on article, because at least it’s not a div.
7. You’ve wasted 40 minutes, with no tangible benefit to show for it.

When You Learn Something, Write About It!

1. Publish what you learn.
2. Why did they become successful? Because they published what they learned.
3. Don’t Be Afraid To Make Mistakes: you will get better when you make mistakes and correct them.
4. Comments Are Part Of The Content
5. Teachers Learn By Teaching
6. GitHub Gets It Right
7. Blog Posts Should Be Like GitHub Repos
8. The “TL;DR” Conclusion