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Re: What's New in Laravel 5.4: Blade Components and Slots

amsoell — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 07:25:46 -0000

It's worth noting that the syntax you use with @include directives, appending an array, will work here as well. So you can absolutely do something like this:


@component('partials.modal', [ 'id' => 'notes', 'title' => 'Add a note' ])
    @slot('header')
        // header content
    @endslot
    @slot('footer')
        // footer content
    @endslot
@endcomponent

...and the $id and $title variables will pass through as expected.

Re: No hospital trips this summer

amsoell — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 21:52:19 -0000

Congrats, buddy :)

Re: Business decisions, and deciding what not to do

amsoell — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:36:42 -0000

This is a fantastic article—I feel like you reached into my brain and wrote down the philosophy on coworking we're implementing at The Salt Mines.

Re: L.B.: 21 days

amsoell — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 17:10:02 -0000

I'm a decade late on this comment, but you're referring to the Apocalypse of Peter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Re: Private: Device Lab

amsoell — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 09:09:41 -0000

Thanks for the input, Tom! We'll keep an eye out for Android handsets running something that fills that gap.

Re: “How I turned an empty coworking space into a coworking community”

amsoell — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:54:51 -0000

Susan is right, this site is a treasure trove for people starting coworking spaces. Specifically, check out http://dangerouslyawesome.c... and http://dangerouslyawesome.c...

Re: How Coworking Helped My Freelance Career

amsoell — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:56:43 -0000

Not easy, but immensely rewarding. Looking forward to the day a collaboration like Harpoon comes out of our community.

Re: How Coworking Helped My Freelance Career

amsoell — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:19:06 -0000

You nailed it, Andy. I admit, before I got involved with coworking I was absolutely in it just for the cheap office space. I was amazed at how great all of the other aspects of coworking could be, even for a confirmed introvert like myself. If you're involved in any sort of work-from-home profession, do yourself a favor and give coworking a try.

Re: Making Remote Work Work - Learning - Source: An OpenNews project

amsoell — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 10:58:21 -0000

Great article! I've worked remotely for ten years—both in a freelance and telecommute capacity—and it's definitely a learning process. The only thing I would add is to look into joining a local coworking community. Working by yourself can be extremely lonely, even if you're frequently participating in video conferences. It's not the same, and you start to miss the casual interactions and socialization that comes from being in an office setting.

Re: “Open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of hell” and other similar nonsense you might read about trends in the workplace

amsoell — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:00:44 -0000

Anytime you put a label on something you are—at least unwittingly—forcing things to be binary. Adding "ambiverts" to the conversation just shifts it from binary to ternary. So I'm not arguing that people are definitely one or the other, just as you aren't arguing that people are one or another or a third. I'm really just trying to tie the introvert/extrovert into a practical application of what we're really talking about (in this context at least) when we talk about introverts/extroverts, and that is "how do different people like to work." Similarly, it's a spectrum. Some people like open offices, some people prefer private ones, some people like some combination of both.

But really, I think we're off on a red herring here; Again, haven't read any studies and have only my own anecdotal evidence to support the claim, but I would put good money down that there's very little correlation between introversion/extroversion and preference for open/private offices.

Re: “Open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of hell” and other similar nonsense you might read about trends in the workplace

amsoell — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:28:49 -0000

I don't know... Reading that, it still feels like the author is just describing social introverts. Again, I'm not super knowledgeable on the studies, and I agree that personality—like most everything—is a spectrum. But I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with categorizing intro generalities here as edge-cases are taken into consideration when doing anything practical with the data. In my experience, people who adopt the term "ambivert" are just introverts who don't want to be lumped in with extreme introverts.

Re: “Open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of hell” and other similar nonsense you might read about trends in the workplace

amsoell — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:17:35 -0000

It's definitely a spectrum, no argument there. The main indicator that I have used to talk about introversion and extroversion, though, is how an individual "recharges." Introverts, like myself, expend energy in social situations and require time alone to "recover." That's not to say they don't do well in social situations, or even enjoy them—they just need to get away after a time to "recharge." Extroverts, on the other hand, lose steam as they spend time alone and need to be around people to feel comfortable again.

By that measure—which I acknowledge may not be the best one—I've found that nearly everyone does fall in one of those two categories. Ambiverts, then, tend to be introverts who just don't understand that enjoying being in social situations and being an introvert aren't mutually exclusive.

Re: “Open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of hell” and other similar nonsense you might read about trends in the workplace

amsoell — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:52:36 -0000

I preface this by saying I have not done any extensive study on the topic (beyond what was written in Susan Cain's Quiet) but I'm of the knee-jerk opinion that "ambiverts" don't really exist. Aren't they really just people who don't really understand what an introvert is?

Re: “Open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of hell” and other similar nonsense you might read about trends in the workplace

amsoell — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:50:13 -0000

Not a huge leap at all. Fact 1: I'm an introvert. Fact 2: despite this, I like being around people and working in an busy atmosphere. I'm not saying it's for everyone, but I am saying that your suggestion that introverts as a whole don't work well in open office plans just isn't true. I don't know where the snark is coming from, so I'm just going to bow out of the conversation with that. If you are interested in a productive conversation, though, you might try coming at it a little less defensively.

Re: “Open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of hell” and other similar nonsense you might read about trends in the workplace

amsoell — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:00:05 -0000

Introversion has nothing to do with preferred environment. I could be the poster boy for the typical introvert, but I far prefer working in an open space with activity and buzz going on around me. Just because I don't want to interact a lot of the time doesn't mean I don't want to be around community that is interacting.

Re: Moving Day

amsoell — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:34:54 -0000

Thanks Don, it was great running into you this evening! We're excited to be in the neighborhood, and glad we aren't the only ones who thought the spot was perfect for coworking.

Re: Doubling Down

amsoell — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:46:09 -0000

Ha! Great catch, Rob. We try to stay pretty productive, but that's a bit too ambitious for even us :)

Re: Why You Should Be Your Own Platform

amsoell — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:33:33 -0000

This is certainly true, but how is this different from any other platform? You could say the same of Twitter, Squarespace, Facebook, etc.

Re: Why You Should Be Your Own Platform

amsoell — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:38:01 -0000

I guess I don't see the problem with Medium. I read the terms of service — the author retains ownership of whatever the write, so you're always free to re-post elsewhere. Additionally, every account includes an "export" feature that will allow you to download all of your articles, with included images, whenever you want. What am I missing?

Re: On Serendipity

amsoell — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 07:49:55 -0000

You got that right.

Re: Great guacamole recipe

amsoell — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:06:46 -0000

Yeah, I usually stick it in a tupperware container that is only as big as necessary to minimize the air inside. I've had slightly better luck with ziplock bags, but that's harder to work with when filling or emptying it. I've also tried covering it with lime juice, but that usually ends up leaving the guac too sour tasting the next time I go for some. Catch-22, I suppose.

Re: Great guacamole recipe

amsoell — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:57:20 -0000

Just a day? I'd love to be able to keep some around for at least 2-3 days. Is that a possibility, or do I just need to learn to eat more guac?

Re: Great guacamole recipe

amsoell — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:00:31 -0000

Here's the real question: Best way to keep guacamole from going brown? I love it, and it's not particularly *hard* to make, but if I have to make it every time I want to eat it I'm not going to eat it very often. Any tips or tricks?

Re: Google Analytics for Status Board

amsoell — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:33:58 -0000

Grr.... I'm running 1.8.6, and apparently I need 1.8.7, which I can't seem to figure out how to upgrade to. I'll have to do more investigation. Thanks for all the legwork you've done, though!

Re: Google Analytics for Status Board

amsoell — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:24:43 -0000

God bless you sir. I'm fairly geeky myself, but haven't touched Ruby. My server apparently doesn't have the "gem" package installed on it, what's the best / easiest way to get that on there? I tried `apt-get install gem` and it didn't do the trick.