After talking to thousands of people over the last few years, I’ve learned that there are a lot of misconceptions floating around the cloud. Some of this is due to the inherent unease that many feel with anything new. Other misconceptions reflect the fact that all the technologies are evolving […]
Tips n Tricks
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Dragging and dropping files from your desktop to a browser is one of the ultimate goals for web application integration. This is the first in a four-part series of posts which describes how to: enable file dragging and dropping onto a web page element analyze dropped files in JavaScript load […]
As I look at the clutter that’s become my desk, I remember how meticulously my desk was organized when I worked at ATT—so organized that more than one sales manager commented on it. And today I sit here wondering … what the heck happened? I also wonder why my desk at home […]
Have you met the developers of all the Gems you’re using? Do you know their personal stance on security and whether they use strong passwords or reuse their pet’s name on every website? Artists Rendition: Me deploying I don’t know if I’m the only one, but when there are updates […]
Pongo is an app for Linux (Ubuntu definitely, not sure about other distros) which allows you to record your screen, voice and webcam at the same time to create a smart-looking screencast. Pongo – Screencasting for Linux (posted from ZooTool).
I’ve been using a computer daily since the early 1990s, and inevitably some parts of my body have reacted badly to this. My right wrist started hurting sometime in the 2000s, and last year that pain extended further up my arm. RSI had become a problem that I needed to […]
Essential reading for any UI designer, this is a thorough and highly useful foray into different screen patterns. A Collection of Screen Patterns (posted from ZooTool).
The challenge is to come up with a way of marking out the importance of a bug, without having to spend time thinking about important levels. A simple one to five or one to ten system is quite vague, and one person’s 4 is another person’s 2. So numbers aren’t […]