2012.12.28
from http://skillcrush.com/2012/12/19/landing-on-your-feet/ a good lesson for me:
Don't overwhelm yourself, but it's critical to also stay out of your comfort zone. It's really easy to keep doing what you know, because it makes you feel great about your ability. While I agree that this is a good confidence-building approach, it prevents you from learning new things. "Stay out of your comfort zone" implies being in a state of discomfort, and sometimes it's true! This pain is a path toward gaining new knowledge and confidence.
The Calvinball of Chess:
I was reminiscing just the other day.
Man, making a library to be jQuery-independent reminds me of how nice and useful jQuery's syntax is for basic DOM manipulation!