Discusses how cloud platforms like Windows Azure are democratizing IT, enabling rapid, scalable application development for startups and large organizations alike.
A guide to using GNU screen for managing persistent Linux terminal sessions, with examples relevant to OBIEE and Exalytics setup.
Analyzing the impact of custom jQuery code on Google Analytics metrics like bounce rate and user engagement tracking.
A Ruby programming tutorial on how to write a program to check if a sentence is a pangram and find missing letters.
A critique of Microsoft SharePoint as a collaboration tool, arguing for better alternatives and modern approaches to document management.
Explores teaching approaches: starting with general rules vs. specific cases, using regex quantifiers as a primary example.
Overview of new features in scikit-learn 0.11, including non-linear models, semi-supervised learning, and sparse models for Python machine learning.
Explores using WordPress as a central collaboration hub for teams, extending it beyond traditional web publishing.
A detailed exploration of advanced PostgreSQL features like concurrent indexing, transactional DDL, and foreign data wrappers.
Introducing a Groovy scripting add-on for Hippo CMS, allowing admins to run dynamic scripts against the repository directly from the CMS interface.
A tutorial on building a basic web scraper using the Nokogiri gem in Ruby to parse HTML and count word frequencies.
Explores the CSS animation-direction property, its values, and a proposed syntax change for better control over animation iterations.
A developer explains the benefits of learning PowerShell for automation, deployment, and working with complex environments like IIS and AWS.
Introducing Recall, a web app aiming to improve bookmark management by understanding the semantic meaning of saved content, not just URLs.
A guide offering feedback to conference organizers on timelines, sponsorship, and speaker experience to improve tech conference planning.
A tutorial on using D3.js linear scales to map data domains to visual ranges, demonstrated with a Fibonacci sequence chart.
A developer shares a minimalist iPhone lock screen design using a custom template and discusses UI design for iOS.
Critique of non-standard CSS text masking and advocacy for using SVG as a standards-compliant alternative for text effects.
An introductory guide to understanding and using scales in the D3.js library for data visualization.
Announcing BDConf:focus, a one-day conference in Minneapolis dedicated entirely to responsive web design, featuring expert workshops and presentations.
