Planet Mozilla
I've talked about this previously, but let me state it again before I introduce the tools. One of the most common issue I witness in web applications out there is their inability to cope with backend issues. For example, if you are using a MySQL database,…
27 December 2012Macworld
There are plenty of iPhone apps that improve or expand on the basic camera built into the iPhone and iPad. You can think of BlueStone Pond's SetMyCamMx 1.0.3, on the other hand, as a $4 app designed to replace the old-fashioned depth of field calculation…
27 December 2012Planet Debian
One of the nicest developments in the cloud arena is the increasing adoption of standards. This, of course, will impact on maturity and market confidence on such technologies. Amazon, as one of the pioneers, made a good choice on their offering design by…
26 December 2012Planet Mozilla
25 December 2012Planet Mozilla
For jobs other than technology jobs, applying for a job and creating a resume hasn't changed much in the past decade; if you're a tech person, however, recruiting developers certainly has changed. Some prospective employers advertise on LinkedIn or…
24 December 2012Planet Mozilla
Emptying an array is a common JavaScript task but too often I see the task performed in the incorrect way. Many times developers will create a new array: myArray = []; // bad That isn't the optimal way to get a fresh array; to truncate an array, and…
24 December 2012Planet Mozilla
"Gamification is the use of game-thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts in order to engage users and solve problems" -- wikipedia Gamification sneaks into a software developer's life whether he/she likes it or not. Some work for me, some don't.…
21 December 2012Planet Ubuntu
I’ve been looking around for a possible way to connect to the IPv6 internet for some time now and given the fact my provider didn’t allow me to run IPv6 natively I had to find an alternative solution. Hurricane Electrics (HE) provides (for free) five…
21 December 2012Neglected Potential
We previously looked at how to peek inside app bundles to get an inside look at how they might be handling data. Another important element to an app’s security is how they handle data externally. You can read through Terms of Service and Privacy Policy,…
20 December 2012Planet GNOME
The main concept behind Getting Things GNOME is that everything, absolutely everything is a task. Writing a book is a task. Developing an operating system is a task. Climbing mount Everest is task. Taking out the trash is a task. Everything. I agree. It's…
19 December 2012