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#21: Floating navbars are an abomination and make your site incredibly frustrating to read on a mobile device -- especially in landscape mode. At least put an X button on that thing.
I think #8 is silly at best. I'm not even sure I know what is meant by "cooler," but whatever the definition the statement does not seem like sage advice from an elder. I am 32 now; I got over thinking about who was cool and who was not when I was 15. I would add something about not burning bridges.
It's just a different way of saying: Your network matters and is way more important than most geeks would like to think.
If I could go back to when I was 20, i'd have myself memorize this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnout_(psychology) Would have saved me 3 agonizing years.
#21: Floating navbars are an abomination and make your site incredibly frustrating to read on a mobile device -- especially in landscape mode. At least put an X button on that thing.
I thought this was going to be BS, as I do all numbered lists [1], but it's actually pretty good. Here's a TLDR, but the elaborations on each point are worth reading: 1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. 2. Do not have faith in institutions to educate you. 3. Read as much as you can. Learn to speed read with high retention. 4. Connect with everyone, all the time. 5. Don’t waste time being shy. 6. If you feel we…
Find people that are cooler than you and try to be even cooler than them seems like a particularly terrible command to give in general. So many of the people I admire the most just don't care so much about image. And I've met too many people who've exposed their own shallow foolishness trying too hard to be cool.
If it worked for the author, fine. And I'm sure there exist people for whom that is actually all right advice. But life is full of edge cases and exceptions, and no one should act like their life should be the prototype for everyone else's.
I think #8 is silly at best. I'm not even sure I know what is meant by "cooler," but whatever the definition the statement does not seem like sage advice from an elder. I am 32 now; I got over thinking about who was cool and who was not when I was 15. I would add something about not burning bridges.
#21: Floating navbars are an abomination and make your site incredibly frustrating to read on a mobile device -- especially in landscape mode. At least put an X button on that thing.
Edit: it's a good list, though. Content > presentation, when it comes to actual reading material.