iCloud, perhaps more than any Apple software product, is meant to "just work." When Apple introduced iCloud, it made clear its hopes to eradicate settings menus and file systems in favor of automation.
Reasonwell vs Github and Stack OverflowI love Github and Stack Overflow – for code. Democracy needs tools for policy debate. Many of us sense that Github and Stack Overflow have desirable attributes that are missing from the way we do democracy today.
How Getting Married and Having Kids Made Me a Better ProgrammerIt may seem counterintuitive to think being married with children could have a positive impact on your programming. Yet, that is exactly what has happened to me. First, there’s the obvious way. Motivation. It has been said that the world belongs to those who hustle.
Fallback HTML5 audio tags for a simple MP3 podcast are harder than you'd thinkI've been spending the evenings and weekends lately redesigning the blog and the Hanselminutes podcast site. I hadn't realized how cheesy looking the podcast site was all these years. I'd like to get the show expanded to a wider audience as I feel that listenership has kind of flattened lately.
My Least Favorite Interview QuestionThere is one type of interview question I see pretty frequently that drives me absolutely bonkers. I’ve never actually been given this queston myself, but I’ve worked at a lot of companies that like to ask it (I’ve been lucky).
Design Eye for the Developer Guy // Speaker DeckOther Presentations in Design Featured Presentations
The Rules of Optimization ClubThe first rule of Optimization Club is, you do not Optimize. The second rule of Optimization Club is, you do not Optimize without measuring. If your app is running faster than the underlying transport protocol, the optimization is over. One factor at a time. No marketroids, no marketroid schedules.
Numbers Everyone Should KnowThis group of numbers is from Brett Slatkin in Building Scalable Web Apps with Google App Engine. This group of numbers is from a presentation Jeff Dean gave at a Engineering All-Hands Meeting at Google.
The 5 laws of API dates and timesLet’s say you’re building your first API. Be it public, private, or some hybrid thereof, don’t be surprised if your first defect is date/time-related. Do not underestimate how much trouble you can get into when it comes to handling date and times.
What Do Programmers Want?I got an e-mail last week from three students at Halmstad University doing a three month project on what programmers want in a job, and how companies can attract talented programmers. Here are my answers to their questions, in order of importance.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.