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philipthrasher··on Why I switched to Spine.js
Your collection view should render multiple item views. You pass the model instance to each item view, and then the view handles all the event bindings, and the model is scoped to `this`

EDIT: This way if you update that one model, you're only calling one view's render method. Each view sets up it's own bindings, and when the view is removed, it can remove just the bindings on itself.

philipthrasher··on Kckr, a file change watcher in node.js
Also, cross platform. Will run anywhere node.js runs.
philipthrasher··on Tell HN: I just open-sourced the e-mail client I spent 2 years of my life on
Could it be? Someone has finally made an aesthetically pleasing Windows App?

Thank you for being design conscious. If only more developers like you existed on that platform.

philipthrasher··on Ask HN: Better to be pretty good at a few things or really good at one thing?
I think this really depends on your goal. Do you want to excel in a particular field? If so, you should pick one thing, and focus on it. Do one thing well.

Being a jack of all trades, and master of none is more suitable for managers.

I wrote a blog post about being an expert at something, if you're interested: http://philipthrasher.com/2010/04/11/want-to-be-an-expert.ht...

philipthrasher··on SproutCore 2.0 Beta 3 Released
Really awesome reboot, guys... Keep it up. I'll let you know when I've got my cool sproutcore app out in the wild.