Working with really smart dedicated people make projects so much more enjoyable. I get really excited to know that there is no problem that someone I work with cannot figure out. The current team working on a Facebook application really rocks. It shows when people really care about what they are working on. I have worked with may smart individuals in the past, but right now, I feel like its everyone. It’s awesome. Everyone is super excited to work together, and do whatever it takes to get it done.

I recently attended the Phoenix Facebook Developer Garage, there were some great presentations. Dave Morin from Facebook talked about the platform, Chris Johnson talked about Marketing Applications, and Joel Neubeck talked about Application Development.

One of the guys I have learned the most from recently is Joel Neubeck. He recently wrote about Link Tracking in Facebook (which blew my mind, because of what data he was able to track). Joel has done a ton of Facebook work lately, and I find myself daily saying ‘Dude, that’s awesome’, in regards to some of the stuff he has figured out how to do.

So to celebrate the awesomeness, I snapped the photo above. This is the group working in our main office, a mix of Production and Development. From left: Steve, Mike, Rob, April, Ritchie, Myself, and Justin.

It’s November 26th, 2007 - Blue Beanie Day.

Blue Beanie Day? Yeah, I know it’s super geeky, and lots of people will think its weird. But today I am supporting web design done right.

Check out the Facebook Group, as well as the Flickr Pool.

Yay for web standards.

So, I have been trying to keep a good to do list for a while now. I am big fan of GTD, but haven’t really found something that works really well for me. The three main things I need are - online, available anywhere, free, and simple. Well I was reading Subtraction today and found a really cool tool. Here is what Khoi Vinh has to say about it:

On the other hand, I’m enjoying Todoist quite a bit. As a relatively new product it’s far from perfect and it’s missing a few key features, to be sure. At the same time though, it’s a sparingly designed, lightweight online application that takes literally moments to understand and master. And its interface is not only pleasingly minimal but the design also smartly eschews the ‘Web 2.0 look.’

The tool is Todoist, and its awesome. I just started using it about 20 minutes ago, and I am really loving it. Maybe I will touch base in a couple weeks and let you know how its going. Well, go check it out. And let me know how it works for you, or if you use anything else to do the same thing.

One of my daily reads - Smashing Magazine. I love it. Tons of great info, and sweet links.

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If you have not visited yet, DO IT. Some of my favorite posts are the ‘Best Of’ for each month. There is always a few things they put in that I missed during the month, and get so excited they highlighted.

Check out the past 3 months worth:
Best Of October 2007
Best Of September 2007
Best Of August 2007

Give them a read and let me know what got you excited.

Href’s, they are everywhere, you cannot escape them. I have noticed a couple people talking about them lately, April put together some good links - Happy Hyperlinks & Link Love. Some good reading. One of my favorite things mentioned in the Coding Horror article is - Don’t radically alter link behavior. Classic. I really hate it when sites do that kind of stuff. April also touched on the use of ‘Click Here’. One of my other favs. I came across this article Does Telling Someone to “Click Here” Actually Matter? over at copyblogger. It is a great read. I get super annoyed with somebody telling me where to click, but I guess it works. BUT you will not find me using it.