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Big plans for Windows 8 on mobile?
So this Monday I caught a headline that stuck out like a sore thumb. Of course I’m just now getting around to writing about it, so I could be a little behind the curve, but it intrigued me enough to still blog about it despite the amount of time that has elapsed since the article. [...]
Cash Rewards: Gamification Gets Monetary
Gamification is a concept that has been around for awhile. The gist of the idea is that if you wish to encourage a group of people to do something, then an excellent way to do that is to give them points and/or awards of some kind for doing whatever it is that you want them [...]
Hello, IFTTT: Introduction to Internet Automation
So, you guys know that I’m a fan of doing as little work as possible. So naturally when I hear about a service that could do some of my menial labor for me – such as syndicating the content of my blog posts – I’m all in. Enter a new service called “If this, then [...]
Some Tips on Good Code Review
So, for those who may not know already, about a month ago I joined the team at OpenStudy. So far, it’s been a pretty excellent ride, and I’m excited for what is ahead. Over the past several weeks I’ve gotten to dive into learning Scala, developing Lift-powered applications, using Comet for real-time interactions, and a [...]
Free Speech on the Internet is in Trouble
Congress is considering the Stop Online Piracy Act this week (SOPA) this week. This bill represents the most dangerous piece of legislation that has ever come before congress in our lifetime. Depending on what side of the aisle you sit, you probably thought the PATRIOT Act or the Obama stimulus and healthcare bill were bad. [...]
In re: The Future of Interaction Design
My last semester at UGA I took a class called Human-Computer Interaction, or HCI. The entirety of the class was studying what we in the industry call “User Interfaces” or UIs – the glue that allows you to interact with your computer. Most of the time, when people talk about UI they are referring to [...]
Birthday Change Limit?
Before you decide to pull a funny by changing your friend’s birthday after they left their Facebook logged in, take pause. Your change could be there for awhile. I opened my news feed, and found this story among the updates that Facebook felt pertinent for me today: Ooops. It seems the quote from their help [...]
A Tribute to Steve Jobs
I can’t deny that tonight, the world has lost a visionary who was largely responsible for the personal computer as we know it today. I for one will miss the hilarious emails that come from his personal email account. For those who didn’t know, Steve actually answered emails from the public. Regularly. Here’s a short [...]
Practical Git Strategies
I’ve always been a proponent of version control from my very first interaction with CVS. And although the concept of using CVS on a project nowadays makes me shudder, I can’t deny that I have respect for its role in introducing me to version control. When I was working for the University of Georgia, I [...]
Some Thoughts on Steve Jobs’s Retirement
As a Mac user for five years now, I’ve had some interest in Steve Jobs to say the least. He managed to orchestrate leading Apple from the nearly bankrupt skeleton that it was when he returned to the company to an industry leader in the mobile device market. This is a feat that’s not easy [...]
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