Apple recently released a new version of its iPhone Developer Program License agreement, and it has caused quite a controversy. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=2486&tag=nl.e055
Archive for the ‘Computer Programmer Stuff’ Category
Inside Apple’s insane developer agreement
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010If You Have a Website
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010To which you would like to drive more free traffic, watch this short video. http://www.ericstips.com/linkstrategy/
Important Web-Site Priority
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010Web users spend 80% of their time looking at information above the page http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html
Russian security firm rails against responsible disclosure
Thursday, January 14th, 2010A little known Russian security firm has taken the bold step of releasing details of zero-day exploits in business software every day for the rest of January, according to reports. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/164630,russian-security-firm-rails-against-responsible-disclosure.aspx
Systems suffer new year hangover
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Software systems across the world went haywire on 1 January because they were not programmed to handle the year 2010. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/164632,systems-suffer-new-year-hangover.aspx#poll
What Windows 7 means to developers
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009Wondering what Windows 7 will break in your applications? Justin James assures you that there’s not much need to worry. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=1819&tag=nl.e055
The Jakob Nielsen Alertbox for September 14 is now online
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Simple user testing with 5 participants, paper prototyping, and heuristic evaluation offer a cheap, fast, and early focus on usability, as well as many rounds of iterative design.http://www.useit.com/alertbox/discount-usability.html
Disabling automatic drive letter assignment
Monday, September 7th, 2009For certain situations, it may be necessary to tell Windows not to automatically mount new storage that become visible to the server. http://www.zdnetasia.com/techguide/windows/0,39044904,62057146,00.htm
Managing servers and other systems from the iPhone
Monday, September 7th, 2009Server administration can be a 24/7 job, but who wants to be tethered to a laptop all the time? http://www.zdnetasia.com/techguide/storage/0,39045058,62057245,00.htm
Researchers find large-scale XML library flaws
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Researchers in Finland have found a series of flaws in the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) libraries that could pose a serious security risk. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/152232,researchers-find-large-scale-xml-library-flaws.aspx
How Little Do Users Read?
Sunday, May 11th, 2008On the average Web page, users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average visit; 20% is more likely. more
Embarcadero buys CodeGear – Borland left to focus on ALM
Thursday, May 8th, 2008CodeGear, the development tools unit of Borland Software, has been acquired by Embarcadero Technologies. more
Google: Unicode vanquishes ASCII
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Unicode has overtaken ASCII as the most popular character encoding scheme on the World Wide Web. Also vanquished at almost exactly the same time was the Western European encoding. more
Type and Layout Design Principles
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Here is a link to a web design expert’s usability site. This week’s article features a couple of points near and dear to my soul. here
They exactly mirror the advice in a book I purchased twenty years ago called “Communicating or Just Making Pretty Shapes” by Colin Wheildon. It is a must read for anyone having anything to do with creating marketing or promotional material.
Cascading Style Sheet Tip
Monday, April 21st, 2008I am learning more about cascading style shhets and came across this post.
Bridging the Channel
Thursday, April 17th, 2008A reader writes: “I have four slots for DDR2 memory. How do you set up the system for dual-channel or single-channel? Which is faster?” here
What is cross-site scripting?
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Cross-site scripting, also known as “XSS,” is a class of security exploit that has gotten a fair bit of attention in the last few years. more
A great resource for web site planning
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Just read some posts on theming web sites over here
Intel details roadmap to more cores
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Intel has laid out its future product roadmap, including a forthcoming six-core upgrade to its Xeon processor line, details of its next micro-architecture codenamed Nehalem, future 32nm chips, and technology with which it plans to meet requirements for high-performance graphics and visualisation. more
Bridging the Designer–User Gap
Monday, March 17th, 2008Depending on how representative designers are of the target audience, a project might need more or less user testing. Still, usability concerns never go away completely. more