David Ernst A personal site

Upgrading Democracy

How Voting Could Work Now, 240 Years Later

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Idea: A Distributed Autonomous Alert system

Like a programmatic phone tree.

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Open Think Tank

For a while now, I’ve been interested in the idea of a global, free & open think tank.

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How idea adoption works

Reposted from Seth’s blog:

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Favorite quotes

For some time now, I’ve been making a collection of my favorite quotations. And now I’ve set up a page to view them one-by-one: dsernst.com/quotes

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Node + Mocha + Travis + Istanbul + Coveralls: Unit tests & coverage for your open source project

Unit tests & code coverage metrics make it easier to work with your open source project. It (1) signals to users that the project owner cares about stability, (2) helps contributors feel confident about submitting patches, and (3) makes for easier development in the long run.

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How to use distinct npm packages across a host & VM when using a shared project folder

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How to make programmatic Google Forms

Let’s pretend you’re making a survey. And you want to ask the same thing many times, with only the slightest modification.

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Most interesting new technologies

These are some of the software ideas I’ve been most excited about recently.

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SETH GODIN - The Art of Noticing, and Then Creating

I found this well worth my time to listen to, and maybe you will too: http://www.onbeing.org/program/seth-godin-on-the-art-of-noticing-and-then-creating/5000

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