Last week I got to see Jay Pipes speak at a local PHP users group meeting. He did a 2-part talk on optimizing SQL (Join-Fu, as he calls it). I managed to keep up and follow part 1, but I have to admit that part 2 was largely over my head. Below [...]
Google recently unveiled Google Doctype. It’s an online encyclopedia for web developers. Many aspect of development are covered such as CSS, Javascript, security, and performance.
Google Doctype is basically like Wikipedia for web development. Anyone with a Google account can add content. So the site will get better as more people contribute. [...]
Firefox is a great web browser, but it also makes for a great development environment. With the right extensions loaded, you can really save some time tracing through code, finding bugs, and optimizing your site. Below are the extensions that I have loaded in Firefox.
ColorZilla
This extension puts a little eye dropper tool in [...]
Many months ago, I linked to a video that tried to answer the question, “What is Web 2.0?” Recently, someone asked Google’s CEO “What is Web 3.0?” Here is a 2-minute video of his response.
Key points from his definition:
Applications that are pieced together
The data is in the cloud
Can run on any device
Very fast, [...]
“How can someone make a living from writing open source or free software?” I get questions like that a lot when talking about open source. Coding Horror has a recent post that’s a great example of how one can profit from free software. It highlights the flash-based game Desktop Tower Defense and [...]
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