
Are you using Wordpress for your blog? Who isn't :-) But a fairly simple sounding task like tracking conversions for Adwords campaigns actually requires a bit of work.
This comic perfectly captures that elusive but all-important question: what are the universal hallmarks of good quality code.
From the recent BusinessWeek article, I found the 'lessons learned' snippets at the end of these finalists very insightful
It's taken quite a while and a combination of apps but I finally have a really good sync setup between the iPhone and my contacts and calendar.
Some great jquery form tips from Laszlo, I also used the jQuery form plugin in the recent comment2 module.
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In this video we see Hitler castigating his core dev team for failing to to be true to Agile methodologies and cutting corners on their testing.
Some interesting slides from Mack Collier
This is pretty good ![]()
via David Heinemeier Hansson at Startup School 08. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Ruby on Rails framework and Partner at 37Signals gives insight into creating a profitable startup company.
Check out the whole Startup School ‘08 Series.
Posted on 30 December 2009
A very nice matrix exploring programmer aptitude. Continue Reading
Posted on 28 December 2009
Thanks to Pam for the heads up about this new app in the app store, WorkSnug. WorkSnug uses Augmented Reality to connect mobile workers to the nearest and best places to work in the city. We’ve visited and rated hundreds of workspaces, assessing noise levels, power provision, community feel, even the quality of the coffee. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 22 December 2009
I thought it was strange when I noticed that the search result position of a customer’s site, Eureka Financial, varies depending on whether the customer was logged in or not to their Google account. It should be noted the customer is running Adwords campaigns for their site. But it gets even stranger – can you believe [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 20 December 2009
The Readability bookmarklet is by far the most useful bookmarklet I’ve used. A must try for anyone who spends an inordinate amount of time reading stuff on the web Continue Reading
Posted on 20 December 2009
I wish I hadn’t waited so long to install the ClickToFlash plugin, it totally improves the web experience. The idea is simple, all flash animations are paralyzed by default To view flash, including videos like youtube, etc, you have to click to play. A lot healthier for the laptop, no more CPU running [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 09 November 2009
I’ve written about this before, but since the interactive mode of PHP (php -a) seems to be broken on OS X, I think it’s worth singing the praises of Jan Kneschke’s php shell project once again. It’s a piece of cake to install the tool with the PEAR installer, and since I last used it 2 great [...] Continue Reading