Nearsighted Business
Discusses the pitfalls of short-term, quarterly-focused business strategies in tech companies and the advantages of long-term planning.
Discusses the pitfalls of short-term, quarterly-focused business strategies in tech companies and the advantages of long-term planning.
Blog author announces switching to English posts and previews attending the SpringOne tech conference in Antwerpen.
A review of Douglas Crockford's book 'Javascript: The Good Parts', analyzing its focus on the language's best features and advanced concepts.
Developer modifies TinyMCE plugin for b2evolution to add callbacks, enabling automatic integration of Gallery 2 image insertion.
A tutorial on creating a custom GridView extension method for ASP.NET MVC using C# lambdas for templating, paging, and editing.
Analysis of Adobe's strategic moves in 2007-2008, including acquisitions and new web-based products like Photoshop Express and Acrobat.com, showcasing their competitive push.
An analysis of 'sympathy crunch' and work-life balance issues at video game developer Bioware, based on archived forum posts and employee accounts.
Analyzes if Web 2.0 can become profitable by moving beyond simple ads to targeted, data-driven referrals, using Mint.com as a key example.
A developer's experience attending Google Developer Day 2008 Japan, focusing on learning Google App Engine and building a simple prefix expression evaluator.
A developer's review of NDepend, a tool for analyzing code dependencies, metrics, and quality using visual diagrams and a custom query language.
Announces ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 release, detailing key changes like new controller action returns and routing updates.
How the developers used Pylint to refactor and clean up the codebase for the Entertainer media center software.
A technical guide on implementing Google Analytics for mobile websites using server-side PHP, focusing on tracking without JavaScript.
A reflection on the balance between consuming and creating content in the tech industry, and how information accessibility changes expertise.
The article explores Web 3.0's core goal of reducing online noise, which requires users to trade personal data for personalized filtering and transparency.
A developer discusses the pros and cons of using code libraries and frameworks, focusing on JavaScript and CSS, and advises on when to use them.
A technical guide on building a custom ViewEngine for the ASP.NET MVC framework, detailing the process from theory to implementation.
Explains why Twitter is important for businesses, enterprises, power users, and consumers as a communication and feedback tool.
A critique of CSS transitions in WebKit, discussing their cool features but questioning if they blur the line between presentation and behavior.
Discusses the scalability advantages of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, using examples like Facebook and Salesforce.