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Photo group on Flickr

2009-09-29T16:49:00.002+02:00

Just added a photogroup on Flickr called my.teleperformance.

Managers and Makers

2009-07-29T11:46:00.002+02:00

Paul Graham has written a great article about managers schedule and makers schedule.

10 important developers skills

2009-04-02T17:40:00.001+02:00

Justin James lists 10 skills developers will need in the next five years:

One of the “Big Three” (.NET, Java, PHP)
Rich Internet Applications (RIAs)
Web development
Web services
Soft skills
One dynamic and/or functional programming language
Agile methodologies
Domain knowledge
Development “hygiene”
Mobile development

Lambda functions in PHP 5.3

2009-03-23T08:17:00.003+01:00

I love it :) - it's like in javascript, so we can get a little closer to some real event-based programming (and callback functions)

Of Lambda Functions, Closures, and Traits

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CouchDB Talk

2009-03-16T08:22:00.001+01:00

Vidoop CouchDB talk by Chris Anderson

Vidoop CouchDB Talk

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Selenium to test web applicatons

2009-03-07T20:06:00.001+01:00

Selenium is a suite of toolsto automate web app testing across many platforms.

Selenium...

runs in many browsersand operating systems
can be controlled by many programming languages and testing frameworks.

2 Minute Intro

A nice alternative to the YUI Grids css

2009-02-28T17:13:00.002+01:00

Actually YUI Grids css was the only remaining useful item in the kit.

http://ajaxian.com/archives/nicole-sullivans-object-oriented-css

"Sometimes I’m so focused on JavaScript that it becomes a bit of a hammer for me that I try to use it on all problems. I forget about the power of CSS and what it can do. I recently met Nicole Sullivan at Web Directions North who is a CSS guru, especially around performance. She told me about an idea she’s been working on called Object Oriented CSS, and she’s just released open source code and documentation on the idea on github. From Nicole:"

Object Oriented CSS

View more presentations from Nicole Sullivan. (tags: modules blocks)

New trend in file uploading

2009-02-27T12:03:00.002+01:00

http://ajaxian.com/archives/multi-file-upload-in-the-flickr-and-gmail-house

They are using flash to upload multiple files at once. Nice workaround :)

Also great that you can see the progress.

I guess they use something like this:

SWFUpload is a small javascript and flash library to get the best of both worlds - The great upload capabilitys of flash and the accessibility and ease of html and css. It allows users to upload multiple files at once by ctrl/shift-selecting in dialog, no page reloads necessary. Users can also queue uploads, remove/add files before starting upload. On the other hand, we can style upload elements with XHTML and css as we like.

jQuery videos!

2009-02-19T08:42:00.000+01:00

http://ajaxian.com/archives/jquery-ajax-experience-framework-videos

From easy to advanced.

You got Flow ?

2009-02-16T15:10:00.001+01:00

A number of sources, most recently ProgrammingOutsideTheCube and the RingerTape page, say that many folk find it takes time to get into a state where work flows. Do you plan to get into flow, does it come upon you more as a kind of inspiration, or is it not necessary for you? Do you use tactics to improve your team's ability to flow? Which particular events disrupt flow the most, and how do you solve them ?

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?MentalStateCalledFlow

Lovely Charts

2009-02-12T08:45:00.003+01:00

With Lovely Charts's extremely simple and intuitive drag'n drop drawing mechanism, you'll be able to focus on what really matters. You won't have to draw boxes and arrows, you won't have to worry about what symbol to use.

http://www.lovelycharts.com/

http://www.lovelycharts.com/?page=gallery

http://www.lovelycharts.com/screencast.php

390 Screencasts

2009-02-11T10:25:00.003+01:00

Bill Scott has added 390(!) videos to Flickr, to illustrate design-patterns from his book.

[Source: http://designingwebinterfaces.com/screencasts-added-to-flickr]

Funny shit!

2009-02-10T18:00:00.004+01:00

This is _really_ funny, and a little bit embarrasing, because we've probably written software like that... Watching this makes me want to make a little more effort in the UI code... :)

Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work

Javascript

2009-02-10T09:29:00.001+01:00

Desinging Web Interfaces

2009-02-09T19:01:00.001+01:00

A great (also in size) slide about web interfaces:

Designing Web Interfaces Book - O'Reilly Webcast

View more presentations from Bill Scott. (tags: rich ajax)

Successful brainstorming

2009-02-08T14:33:00.002+01:00

To conclude this sundays list-o-rama blogs, I finish off with this one from the Webreakstuff blog

1. Keep things visual (See Solving Problems With Pictures)
2. Don’t be afraid of ideas
3. Bring fresh people into the idea
4. It’s never early for a prototype (or maybe a mockup atleast)

Read the whole blog here.

Seven steps to remarkable customer service

2009-02-08T14:23:00.003+01:00

Joel Spolsky has written over 1000 articles about software development on his blog, and also has 7 or 8 things to say about customer service:

1. Fix everything two ways
2. Suggest blowing out the dust
3. Make customers into fans
4. Take the blame
5. Memorize awkward phrases
6. Practice puppetry
7. Greed will get you nowhere

Bonus:

8. Give customer service people a career path

Read the whole article here

Ten books for the working programmer

2009-02-08T14:19:00.002+01:00

1. Agile Software Development
2. Working Effectively With Legacy Code
3. Refactoring
4. The Pragmatic Programmer
5. Code Complete, 2nd ed
6. Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
7. Mastering Regular Expressions
8. Pragmatic Project Automation
9. The Algorithm Design Manual
10. The Art of Project Management

Source: http://www.dehora.net/journal/2007/03/ten_books_for_the_working_programmer.html

12 Ways to Keep Sane While Working from Home

2009-02-08T11:36:00.005+01:00

1. Clearly define your work space
2. Take a walk
3. Take a nap
4. Have lunch with a friend
5. Join a local user group
6. Engage with a community online
7. Use Twitter
8. Subscribe to a trade magazine
9. Keep work and personal contact info separate
10. Get a cat (or a dog)
11. Take regular breaks
12. Schedule time off

For a more filling explanation of each point, check the source article by Josh Catone.

Source: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/12/19/12-ways-to-keep-sane-while-working-from-home/

John Resig's new Google Talk

2009-02-07T23:12:00.002+01:00

Author of Jquery, speaking about new browser features, future of javascript

2 interesting things for me:

remote XHR (set header for it).
increased usage of javascript Canvas - real client side drawing possibilities, interactive charts, layers.

Slides also avalable separatly

Performance Improvements in Browsers

View more presentations from jeresig. (tags: javascript dom)

Say NO to Smarty

2009-02-07T22:52:00.001+01:00

Not a campaign, but I felt it interesting - They even made a site for this statement.

http://nosmarty.net/

Classic Mistakes Enumerated

2009-02-07T21:00:00.012+01:00

People-Related Mistakes

Process-Related Mistakes

Product-Related Mistakes

Technology-Related Mistakes

1. Undermined motivation

2. Weak personnel

3. Uncontrolled problem employees

4. Heroics

5. Adding people to a late project

6. Noisy, crowded offices

7. Friction between developers and customers

8. Unrealistic expectations

9. Lack of effective project sponsorship

10. Lack of stakeholder buy-in

11. Lack of user input

12. Politics placed over substance

13. Wishful thinking

14. Overly optimistic schedules

15. Insufficient risk management

16. Contractor failure Insufficient planning

17. Abandonment of planning under pressure

18. Wasted time during the fuzzy front end

19. Shortchanged upstream activities

20. Inadequate design

21. Shortchanged quality assurance

22. Insufficient management controls

23. Premature or too frequent convergence

24. Omitting necessary tasks from estimates

25. Planning to catch up later

26. Code-like-hell programming

27. Requirements gold-plating

28. Feature creep

29. Developer gold-plating

30. Push me, pull me negotiation

31. Research-oriented development

32. Silver-bullet syndrome

33. Overestimated savings from
new tools or methods

34. Switching tools in the middle of a project

35. Lack of automated source-code control

Read the whole blog article by Steve McConnell. This stuff relates also well to the Mythical Man-Month.

Source: http://yoavs.blogspot.com/2009/02/book-review-mythical-man-month.html

Building a Flickr Slideshow with PHP

2009-02-07T19:17:00.001+01:00

Justin Bolter shows off the new PHP features of NetBeans IDE 6.5 by walking through building a simple application to access Flickr. You will then see how to turn your Flickr images into a simple slideshow using JavaScript and CSS.

http://www.netbeans.org/kb/docs/php/flickr-screencast.html

Solving Problems With Pictures

2009-02-07T18:45:00.005+01:00

Watch this video of Dan Roam, of how to solve problems with pictures. There is also a book, The Back Of The Napkin