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Bookmarks for June 11th through August 20th

Posted on 20 August 2010 by Demian Turner

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Bookmarks for June 2nd through June 8th

Posted on 09 June 2010 by Demian Turner

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Bookmarks for May 31st

Posted on 31 May 2010 by Demian Turner

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  • While You Slept, They Hacked #tcdisrupt – Watch the video, some interesting hacking projects
  • Google i/o 2010 – GWT + Spring – This is one of the more impressive videos from this year's Google I/O event, here you can see how VMware (of all people) organised an effort to combine the predominant backend Java framework, Spring, with the leading frontend framework, GWT, and came up with quite a harmonious result – recommended watching

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Bookmarks for May 28th through May 29th

Posted on 29 May 2010 by Demian Turner

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Bookmarks for May 26th through May 27th

Posted on 28 May 2010 by Demian Turner

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PHP interns in Paris required

Posted on 13 April 2010 by Demian Turner

Soluo is looking for an intern in PHP Web Programming to join the development team in Paris. The focus of this internship will be the core developement of a SaaS Web Application. The intern should start by April 2010.

You will be involved in Web Application design and development, third-party integrations (Social Networks such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook) via Web Services / API / XML, development and integration of reporting tools, design and implementation of SQL databases.

We are offering an enriching experience, within a small and agile team, mentored by a senior architect. And hey, maybe you could end up joining the team? Forgot to ask how good is your sea-legs as you will be working in an amazing boat on the Seine. But don’t worry, you should get used to it within 2 weeks.

In this internship you will:
• develop sclalable, secured and reliable Web Applications
• integrate third-party applications
• use Social Web platforms to enhance the App (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, …)
• learn to optimise and enhance through iterations
• get satisfaction in seeing the product launch before the end of your internship
• learn and implement development best practices

You are:
• passionate about Web Application Development
• curious and proactive
• constantly reseraching innovative solutions
• enthusiastic about getting involved in a startup

You have:
• strong skills in PHP5 and MySQL and knowledge of at least one php framework
• experience in OOP, Test Driven Development and Agile Methods
• good system administration skills
• a good level of English

You like:
• being autonomous in your work
• working in small teams
• to speak/write English obviously
If you think this is you, just drop us an email at recrutement*_at_*soluo.fr, specifying the reference webdev1003.

Tell us about a challenging project you are proud of which you have realised in the framework of your studies. We will get back to you.

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Mobile workers can discover best places to work

Posted on 28 December 2009 by Demian Turner

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. London has been launched first. San Francisco, New York, Berlin, Madrid and several other cities are on the way in the coming weeks

Covered recently in Web Worker Daily, check out the video to see the app in action.

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Factors affecting Google Search position

Posted on 22 December 2009 by Demian Turner

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 that what browser you’re using affects the result position?

Here are the variations I’ve seen so far on searches for the phrase “financial training uk”:

  • customer logged in, result position #2
  • customer not logged in, result position #40
  • me logged in (different Google acct), Safari: #37
  • me logged in (different Google acct), Firefox: #40

When you’re using a Safari browser, Google adds a client param to the url, ie, client=safari, however for firefox the param is not added.

Go figure.

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Making the web more readable – in one click

Posted on 20 December 2009 by Demian Turner

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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 :-)

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How to Block Flash

Posted on 20 December 2009 by Demian Turner

ClickToFlash IconI 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 at 100% nor mindless distractions when you’re trying to absorb valuable content.

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