Argues for treating data like open-source code, with version control and community collaboration to improve quality and transparency.
A developer shares essential tools for working with colors, including Color Snapper and Alfred 2, to improve design and coding workflows.
Fixing the FindBestContentDatabaseForSiteCreation error when upgrading from SharePoint 2010 to 2013.
Fix for Work Management Service Application showing 'Last updated at 1/1/1901 12:00 AM' by recreating the service app.
Analyzes a TV clip to explain how open source contributions work, focusing on small fixes and effective contributor practices.
Explains Verilog naming conventions and safety practices to prevent hardware design errors like timing issues and clock domain crossing.
A tutorial on creating a Python bot that automatically posts hot Reddit submissions to a Twitter account, using PRAW and Tweepy.
Authors respond to critique of their computational linguistics paper on analyzing movie characters, discussing interdisciplinary research methods.
A simple two-stage list method to increase diversity among invited speakers at tech and academic conferences.
A technical hack to disable the auto-mute feature while typing during Google Hangouts calls using a terminal command.
A guide to using JSON operators and functions in PostgreSQL 9.3, covering data extraction and manipulation from stored JSON.
Explains a Windows Phone deep linking bug where Internet Explorer mishandles ampersands in URI query parameters, causing parsing errors.
A student's experience at PennApps, the largest student hackathon, where they built a universal uploader app for SoundCloud.
A technical guide on building an in-house slideshow service in Drupal by converting PPT/PDF files to images using open-source tools like Gearman and unoconv.
Explains how to use Drupal's Change Records to find API changes and updates when developing for Drupal 8.
OpenStack Ceilometer's final Havana development milestone released, featuring new API capabilities, storage backends, and bug fixes.
The author announces a hiatus due to preparing a 'Web Scraping in Python' talk submitted for PyCon.
Summary of Luke Wroblewski's 2013 talk on designing mobile web experiences for write/read interactions, focusing on one-handed use and simplified flows.
Argues that over-reliance on color pickers and palette galleries hinders learning and effective design communication.
A presenter shares a screencast of a TechEd Australia 2013 demo that had technical issues live, along with the source code.
