Category Archives: Software Development
Built It or They Won’t Come
‘… Most of the successful versions of HTML have been “retro-specs,” catching up to the world while simultaneously trying to nudge it in the right direction. …
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That’s not to say that all shipping code wins; after all, … Code is … Continue reading
Also posted in Quote, Web Development
Tagged HTML, Mark Pilgrim, Release Often, Software Development, Specifications, Standards
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SEO Experts and the Complex Web
This could go on for days:
SEO Guy: I do x, y, and z, how is that bad?
Derek Powazek: X, y, and z isn’t SEO, it’s making good websites.
SEO Guys, please change your titles to Good Website Makers. I don’t care … Continue reading
Also posted in Web Development
Tagged Cory Doctorow, Derek Powazek, Evildoers, Google Consultants, Jason Kirk, Job Titles, Search Engine Manipulation, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, SEO Alchemy, SEO Experts
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Export, the Second Feature
I used to joke that the second feature to write is export. I don’t joke about it any more. Export is the 2nd feature you should implement for your software or web service.
There is nothing that says you care about … Continue reading
Also posted in Web Development
Tagged datacide, Export, Features, Implementation, Import, Open Web, Software Applications, Software Design, Software Development, Software Products
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5% of Nothing
Makes me laugh and cry a little.
This alert is likely meant to warn that a whole lot of data is being added, modified or deleted as part of a sync. It’s an “oh crap, likely either you are doing some … Continue reading
Also posted in Mac
Tagged Alert Box, Apple, Apple Mac, Aza Raskin, Consumer Software, Daniel Jalkut, Design Bugs, Interface Design, iPhone, iPhone 3.0, iTunes, iTunes 8.2, Mac OS X, Mac Sync, QA, Software, Software Design, Software Development, Sync Alert, Synchronization, UI
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Gmail’s Opportunity to Help Protect Against Tagged.com Mistake, Spam, and Phishing
Now for the part of the Tagged.com story, I really wanted to tell. As I mentioned in “Tagged.com Spam? Phishing? Nice Guys? My Personal Story” I try to look at situations and problems from different angles.
There is a clear opportunity … Continue reading
Also posted in Web, Web Development
Tagged Address Book, Andrew Cuomo, Cloud Computing, Email Addresses, Email Spam, gmail, Hotmail, New York Attorney General, OAuth, phishing email, Social Networking Sites, Tagged.com, Yahoo! Mail
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SourceForge Projects Moving to WordPress
Open source project hosting has long been a topic that interests me. I stopped recommending venerable SourceForge.net some years ago, as it’s proprietary stack (open source prior to 2001) became crufty and fell behind some of the newer and more … Continue reading
Also posted in Open Source, WordPress
Tagged dotProject, Git, MediaWiki, Mercurial SCM, Open Source, Open Source Project Hosting, phpBB, Software Development, Software Development Tools, SourceForge.net, subversion, TaskFreak!, Trac, WordPress
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Java Developers, If You Say “Works on Mac”
Please Play By the Mac OS X Rules
Today, I’ve been trying various password managers — seems like thousands of mostly complete solutions, all lacking polish. One of them was JPasswords, after I tried it I found a lone file in … Continue reading
Mozilla SEO & Firefox Tips & Tricks Web Page Bugs
Update Thurs, May 7th (2 days later): Mozilla is working on the issue for Mozilla.com “Bug 491985 – Title tag changes for select product pages on Mozilla.com to help SEO rank “. To clarify, the improvement is more search … Continue reading
Also posted in Mozilla, Web Development
Tagged Copywriting, Firefox Tips & Tricks, Mozilla, SEO, Title Tag, WordPress, WordPress.com
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Trying a little Objective C – Cocoa – Mac OS X
As well as surely-but-slowly working on a little web project, I’m trying to learn a little Objective C – Cocoa – Mac OS X.
My motivation is two folds:
Create some small (open source) Mac Apps to solve my own itches.
Exploration of … Continue reading
Open Source Software Project Management Web Service?
Wow, the title “Open Source Software Project Management Web Service?” is a mouthful.
Working on a small project with a friend (mentioned in “Learning by doing something else“) is a great opportunity to check out tools in other parts of the … Continue reading
Also posted in Open Source
Tagged Open Source, Project Management, Software Development, Software Project Management, Web Services
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