A guide on implementing startup metrics using Google Analytics, focusing on custom goals, events, and reports to track key performance indicators.
Explains how to use Google Analytics event tracking and fake pageviews to gain deeper insights beyond basic website metrics.
Analysis of U.S. government domain seizures for copyright infringement, highlighting due process concerns and technical misunderstandings.
A guide on converting a simple bookmarklet into a Chrome extension, covering manifest.json and background scripts.
Explains how to instrument OBIEE to pass user and session details to Oracle Database for enhanced query tracing and performance troubleshooting.
A guide on integrating the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) with ASP.NET MVC 3 using the MefContrib library and NuGet packages.
A programmer's personal reflection on improving focus by dedicating a week to a fun Perl IRC bot project.
A Vim user's personal journey and initial thoughts on learning Emacs to adapt to a school environment where it's the standard editor.
The article discusses the declining practice of reading open source code and proposes adding direct source links to Python documentation to encourage developers to engage with source.
The article discusses the importance of owning your own data to avoid loss from centralized services, advocating for a decentralized 'indie web' approach.
Author seeks votes for their ASP.NET MVC 3 and MEF session proposal at the MIX11 tech conference in Las Vegas.
Analyzing the unofficial XML API behind George Washington University's course schedule and campus map iPhone app, with provided endpoints and a PHP wrapper.
A technical guide on converting and loading UK postcode geographic data into SQL Server using a .NET library for spatial queries.
A tutorial on creating a custom Twitter widget for the Orchard CMS, including setup, module creation, and widget development.
Introducing VCS Translator, an open-source tool to convert commands between different version control systems like Git and Mercurial.
A preview of PyCon 2011 highlighting great talks, the hallway track, sprints, and urging early registration.
A student reflects on learning Ada programming and the concept of being a 'great programmer' after a teacher's provocative question.
Discusses the W3C's new HTML5 logo and the debate over using 'HTML5' as a buzzword for a broader set of web technologies, analyzing its impact on developer clarity.
A guide on configuring MongoDB to run as a Windows service, including command setup and troubleshooting tips.
A CSS technique using :nth-child and :nth-last-child to style elements based on sibling count with improved efficiency.
