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There’s Nothing Functional about a Functional Spec

// August 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // General

Don’t write a functional specifications document

These blueprint docs usually wind up having almost nothing to do with the finished product. Here’s why:

Functional specs are fantasies

They don’t reflect reality. An app is not real until builders are building it, designers are designing it, and people are using it. Functional specs are just words on paper.

Functional specs [...]

Article: On jQuery & Large Applications – rmurphey

// August 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // General

On jQuery & Large Applications – rmurphey http://rmurphey.posterous.com/on-jquery-large-applications

On jQuery & Large Applications – rmurphey

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about JavaScript applications. As my skills have evolved, I’ve had the privilege of working on more actual applications, and I’ve gotten further and further from clients who want to add a bit of Ajax or bling [...]

Don’t split into silos…

// August 26th, 2010 // No Comments » // General

I never believed that a developer (in this example) should be a front-end/back-end ONLY guy…
There’s no such thing and in my opinion if you’re hiring in this way you’re not doing yourself a favour and sure won’t be your smartest decision!
Was reading the “Getting Real” ebook by 37signals…when this topic came out so [...]

I’m looking to hire a Unicorn

// August 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // General

When I was reading this, I was simply smiling for the entire post! 
Everyday since some time ago, when they ask me to hire people… I’m looking for something mythical in nature.

So why it’s a good idea to be a JavaScript developer and what it takes to be one?

You need to know HTML. You need [...]

My best ideas come to me when I’m in the shower

// August 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // General

I think most people have one top idea in their mind at any given time. That’s the idea their thoughts will drift toward when they’re allowed to drift freely. And this idea will thus tend to get all the benefit of that type of thinking, while others are starved of it. Which means it’s a [...]

They Will Steal Your Idea. They Cannot Steal What Really Matters.

// July 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // General

I just came across this…
 
and doesn’t matter if you’re planning your own revolution, if you’re thinking of starting your own business, if you’re stuck in a business that is not yours or if you’re simply happy where you are…
 
…you gonna love this!
 
http://jasonlbaptiste.com/startups/they-will-steal-your-idea-they-cannot-stea…
 
 
They cannot steal your long term vision
They cannot steal your domain expertise
They cannot steal [...]

Optimizing javascript/jQuery loading time!

// July 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // General

So you created that nice website or web application and would like to go a step further in optimizing the front-end loading time? With some great free tools you can easily optimize your javascript to load 2 or 3 times faster if you are willing to trade the regular way of embedding javascript file in [...]

Subversion Re-education

// July 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // General

I will be never too tired of keep reading this great article!
Question:  Do you write perfect code the first time?

If you answered “Yes”, you’re a liar and a cheat. You fail. Take the test again.
New code is buggy. It takes a while to get it working respectably. In the meantime, it can cause trauma for the [...]

Outlook’s broken… someone fixed!

// July 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // General

Thanks God & Brian Thies, finally a solution to the most annoying thing ever (if one day you’ll have to create email template and make it work in the bloody Outloouk 2007).

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=14197

They manage to fix the stupid issue of Outlook 2007/2010 not been able to display background-image!!!

Replace your <html> tag with:

Code:

<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml">

Add this style in [...]

The Omniture Summit EMEA 2010

// May 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Education & Training

With the explosion in social, video and mobile content, and the continuing shift of ad revenue online, today’s marketers are faced with their greatest challenge: proving that digital content is the most effective way to engage and acquire customers.
At Omniture Summit EMEA 2010, you can learn how Omniture, An Adobe company, will enable you to [...]

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