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Facebook Yanks International Access to Scrabulous (12)
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The popular Scrabble knockoff, Scrabulous, may have been removed from the US and Canada last month, but it was still accessible to international users... until now. Facebook has blocked access everywhere except India.Read More...Shared by adam (1063) andré.friedrichs (57) angel (270) cheflove (256) GG (51) Hakicoma (13) Ken (1) Muhammad Saleem (246) Nate (32) Robert Shellson (10) Siddharth (14) Sportbuzz (0)- Nate said: Interesting. One wonders to what extent Facebook will be a "free" environment, if at all.
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Pitfalls to Avoid When Designing Forms (55)
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Many web forms are broken, usability-wise. Knowing these problems can make you avoid them when you design your own web forms, so here are some recurring usability pitfalls. 1. The risky reset button. In most instances, the form reset button is not needed, though it can almost always do harm if users accidentally click it – because it will empty the form without any confirmation box (in popular browsers and popular form implementations, anyway). Take ...Shared by AJ (190) ani625 (92) Antonio Volpon (27) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (60) Carl Fyffe (6) CD1 (14) chrissr (3) Christophe Maximin (15) ckaroli (45) Compuwizard123 (34) dew (31) Edin (13) Eugene Alvin Villar (13) gjort (7) Inetgate Writer (22) Ionut (9) Jeremy (91) Jonathan Bloom (3) Josh (5) justin (10) K-IntheHouse (20) Ken (1) khoyot3 (4) Kirby Witmer (20) Krishnamoorthy K (7) Lee (2) lejoe (8) Mark (39) Mark (16) mca (14) Michael (14) Mike F (466) nanabite (14) Nilay (14) Paul (19) Paul Capestany (4) pokpok (4) poorbird (23) Priyadarsan Venugopalan (17) Rakesh (9) Reder (1) Robert van Bregt (9) Sakib (15) SEMaven (41) Sheng (18) snake (2) Sneaky (18) sryo (19) Stanley C (9) travisccook (3) Vish (13) WindPower (28) xp (7) आलोक कुमार (9) 費里曼先生 (6)- CD1 said: dicas de como fazer bons formulários na Internet, que muito site por aí deveria usar...
- Rakesh said: Sensible tips - most experienced developers know these or should know these but you would be surprised how many don't or just get lazy...
- Vish said: and, when I make a mistake in filling your form, don't punish me by clearing the whole form.. please don't..
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Check In Early, Check In Often (80)
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I consider this the golden rule of source control: Check in early, check in often. Developers who work for long periods -- and by long I mean more than a day -- without checking anything into source control are setting themselves up for some serious integration headaches down the line. Damon Poole concurs: Developers often put off checking in. They put it off because they don't want to affect other people too early and they ...Shared by Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (61) Alan Dean (55) Alan Kelon Oliveira de Moraes (17) alex (3) Andrei (18) BabaSucks (3) Bartek (6) Bill (17) Bojan (7) Brit (24) Cade (7) Caiwangqin (11) Catto (8) Cem (12) chusemann (4) Claude (19) CMS (3) codefin (10) Compuwizard123 (34) David (11) Denis Gobo (29) Doug (26) Elijah Manor (3) Glen Horton (4) Gubatron (66) James Mead (0) James Socol (4) jasonb (13) Jeff (43) Jeffrey Vanneste (5) jerobins (15) Jim (19) Joel (2) jonezy (21) Jonjon (16) keith (76) Ken (1) Ken Sykora (2) kev (15) kidakaka (0) Kurt (2) lishevita (5) mathewbutler (6) Matt (6) Matthew J Hendrickse (0) Mike (6) Morton Fox (76) Mrinal (1) Nick Campbell (5) Nicolas Roberge (14) Nigel J (23) Page (9) PhatBoyG (14) Rich (7) Rob (132) robin (5) Ron (9) Roshan (9) Ryan Joseph (13) Saul (22) Sebastian (9) shivanand (4) Srinvard (68) Steve (15) Steve (5) Ted (17) tgeros (0) tim (35) Tim (54) TiTi (109) tOMPSON (5) Uri (10) Vashira (5) vevck (12) Vishy007 (5) Vodex (18) xrx (39) Yuvi (30) zapnap (34) Zoram (20)Explore read seven notes- Ken said: Atwood as usual with some excellent advice
- jonezy said: good advice for developers here
- Nigel J said: amen
- Vishy007 said: totally agree!
- Claude said: I thought I was crazy committing small chunks of tested work.
- tOMPSON said: I wish some of my colleagues would stick to this
- David said: That's where branching comes in and exclusive locks go out. Unfortunately for us at DTC, MKS is junk :)
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Battling pricy textbooks with open-source texts, social media (17)
onSpiraling textbook costs are yet another thing for students and professors to worry about. Will open access, open source publishing and social media tools come to the rescue?Read More...Shared by Adrian (19) Andy (4) arkiver (20) Chris Foresman (0) Christopher (65) Eugene (26) Gautam (16) GG (51) Gschultz (27) Jan Vazquez (4) Jen (48) Jesse James (4) Ken (1) metaeuphoria (20) rebrse (156) stantont (28) xeal (13)
- Jesse James said: interesting idea... Hope some of thisCan take effect before I go back to school!
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Mapping Facebook’s Growth Over Time (19)
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Using Google’s new Insights for Search tool, Inside Facebook has mapped Facebook’s US and international search growth over time from its launch in February 2004 to the present. Note that while these are not visits, searches and visits do generally correlate. United States April 2004 Facebook launches in February 2004 at Harvard University in Massachusetts. June 2004 It then opens to other Ivy league schools and Stanford University in California. August 2004 October 2004 December ...Shared by Adam (10) Adam (11) adamconner7 (32) Alex Ryan (17) atul (95) Axle Munshine (18) clq (13) David Henderson (4) DavidSS (7) DOCBook Howto (124) George Tziralis (9) junal (9) Ken (1) ltbeyer (11) MG (51) perspikace (26) Rajiv Doshi (10) Rick Turoczy (66) saul klein (2)Contribute comment -
Pandora can't make money, may pull the plug (37)
onPandora, one of the Internet's most popular streaming radio stations, may have to close its doors due to significant royalty payments owed to the music industry. One more last-ditch effort could save the day, but even Pandora's founder isn't optimistic.Read More...Shared by Aaron (23) Aaron M. (12) Alex Chapin (1) Alexandar (8) Andrew Terry (30) Ben (7) CJ (81) danb420 (18) Daniel (8) datax (11) Datch (19) David (20) digits12 (716) Dylan Tweney (23) Edward Vielmetti (8) Emmett (16) Eugene (26) IBCmass (185) Jacqui (2) James (19) Jay (10) jeff (8) John Scheeser (0) Ken (1) Kevin (8) Miguel Gonzalez (5) Morris (3) Nitya (3) Punzak (1) Qazwix (9) Roger Williams (8) Stephen (10) Tessa (1) trygve (11) War-N (5) Wayne (49) Wolfger (10)Explore read seven notes
- Wolfger said: Sad to hear. I don't actually listen to Pandora often, but I do love it.
- David said: This woudld be a bad thing for geeks if Pandora can't stay afloat. Hopefully something good will come out of the industry if it goes under though....Hopefully....
- Alexandar said: Noooo!!!! Why must we hurt the ones we love?!
- Emmett said: Please tell me who exactly are my elected officials representing again?
- War-N said: this angers me. greed all the way. double standards being inflicted by the copyright board
- danb420 said: Wow, this is pretty big news.. I know quite a few people that love Pandora and will not be happy if they have to close shop. I myself don't listen to Pandora. I'm a last.fm user and am happy with the service they provide. Maybe Pandora users should check out last.fm?
- James said: I buy a lot of music. If Pandora shuts down, I'm going to stop. The music industry long ago declared war on its customers. It's time the customers fight back.
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The Perils of FUI: Fake User Interface (60)
onAs a software developer, tell me if you've ever done this: Taken a screenshot of something on the desktop Opened it in a graphics program Gone off to work on something else Upon returning to your computer, attempted to click on the screenshot as if it was an actual program. And let's not forget the common goating technique where you take a screenshot of someone's desktop, make it the desktop background, then proceed to hide ...Shared by abhi (2) Adam (18) AdmOd (1) AJ (190) Alexandru Savu (36) Amit (16) andrin (0) Anu (5) Arik (10) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (60) BuildMaster (11) Burad (17) Catto (8) darkeye11547 (247) Darrin (0) Dedalus (22) Denny (15) Fernando (27) fmavituna (25) Heather (38) HejGustav (32) Imran (2) James Socol (4) Jamie (1) János B (11) Jeff (43) Jesús Dugarte (3) jmvidal (15) John (21) Justin Yost (81) Ken (1) lishevita (5) LouCypher (57) Mark (16) mathewbutler (6) Maurice (18) Michael Kuhn (4) Mike (6) Mike F (466) Morton Fox (76) muchio (0) Nikola (9) Olivier Favre (Innovablog) (31) Phillie Casablanca (11) poorbird (23) Richard Bradshaw (15) Roberto (21) Scott (5) Srinvard (68) Stuart Maxwell (3) sumidiot (5) Tanel (22) Todd (10) tOMPSON (5) TroubledWine (10) turker (9) Uri (10) Vashira (5) Vipul (42) xeal (13)Contribute comment
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Testing The Speed Of "Spooky Action At A Distance" (1)
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Another extremely important and elegant experiment on quantum entanglement out of the University of Geneva. This time, Nicolas Gisin group[1] tried to put a lower limit on the speed of any possible signal (still undetected, if any) that communicates between a pair of entangled photon.Abstract:Correlations are generally described by one of two mechanisms: either a first event influences a second one by sending information encoded in bosons or other physical carriers, or the correlated events ...Shared by Ken (1)Contribute comment -
US Air Force puts Cyber Command into hibernate mode (3)
onThe Air Force has suspended its much-hyped Cyber Command program as the top brass evaluate its intended structure and mission.Read More...Contribute comment
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12 Unit Testing Tips for Software Engineers (61)
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Unit Testing is one of the pillars of Agile Software Development. First introduced by Kent Beck, unit testing has found its way into the hearts and systems ...Shared by Anol (6) Benno (5) Cale (10) Cem (2) D. Lambert (2) Derivadow (7) Derrik (37) dgdeschenes (11) Dimitar D (37) dobata (385) Eduardo (2) Georgene Nunn (6) gms8994 (2) guttertec (50) Guy (789) Haidong (0) Ignacio (14) Ike (6) imabonehead (74) James Carlos (15) james young (26) Janyne (11) Jason Delport (4) Jeff Poetker (8) Jeffrey Canton (9) Jimmah (13) Josh (2) Keith B (3) Keith Bradbury (3) Keith Casey (0) Ken (1) Leena (1134) Leyla Bonilla (91) ligAZ (12) ManiacD (30) Markos (5) Matt (16) ming (6) nicedexter (13) Pat (59) paul (0) pepitogrilho (12) Peter Hoffmann (26) pflix (6) PJ Kix (6) Rae Gross (0) Rahim (10) Ricardo Cabral (14) Richard Olsen (3) Rob (1) Robin Dindayal (0) Scott (0) Sheng (18) Shrike (4) smdahlen (12) Stoneford (1) Thai Son (1) Themba (5) Yanting (4) yoshy (342)- Haidong said: seriously, we need unit testing
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12 Unit Testing Tips for Software Engineers (60)
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Unit Testing is one of the pillars of Agile Software Development. First introduced by Kent Beck, unit testing has found its way into the hearts and systems of many organizations. Unit tests help engineers reduce the number of bugs, hours spent on debugging, and contribute to healthier, more stable software. In this post we look at a dozen unit testing tips that software engineers can apply, regardless of their programming language or environment. 1. Unit ...Shared by _dot_ (0) [Curtis W] (25) 100rabh™ (9) Alex C (30) Andrew Boardman (69) Anol (6) atul (95) b-rad (14) Benno (5) Bruce (3) bussiere (44) Cale (10) CannonGod (243) Cem (2) D. Lambert (2) Derivadow (7) dgdeschenes (11) dobata (385) Drew Olanoff (144) Eduardo (2) Edwin Khodabakchian (20) Edwin Khodabakchian (0) gms8994 (2) Haidong (0) Ignacio (14) Ike (6) james young (26) Janyne (11) jccamus (15) Jeff Poetker (8) Jimmah (13) Josh (2) Ken (1) ManiacD (30) Markos (5) mathewbutler (6) ming (6) Paul (9) pepitogrilho (12) pflix (6) Rahim (10) Rakesh (9) Richard Olsen (3) Rob (1) Rob (132) Robert Scoble (74) Scott (0) Shrike (4) smdahlen (12) Stoneford (1) Thai Son (1) Themba (5) Tim (54) Tony Duckles (7) Varun Mahajan (27) William Cui (21) Yanting (4) zoby (0) Zsombor (16) zuzur (9)- Haidong said: seriously, we need unit testing
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Apple Now Worth More Than Google (26)
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Digital Daily notes that Apple's market capitalization at $159.37 billion is now worth more than Google's which is at $157.56 billion. Apple's market cap first exceeded $100 billion in May of 2007. Apple was included into the S&P 100 index at that ...Shared by a48 (11) Alexander Vetter (0) Andrew Ruess (121) Bwana (74) Dave (1) David (21) David (1) Eric (3) Jason (3) Jill (70) Jimmy (4) Kells Nollenberger (4) Ken (1) Lloyd Doppler (8) Lons (3) louisgray (150) Mike (0) Mohamed (5) Paolo (12) Peter (7) rossboardman (8) ryan.capote (100) shadowstorm (6) Steve Rubel (31) Summer Ordoñez (1) Wesley Donehue (231)- Jason said: kick ASS
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The End of Usenet? (5)
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Sascha Segan posted one of those link baiting posts, with a title like that for this post, in which he heralded the end of something – in this case, Usenet: R.I.P. Usenet 1980-2008. How wrong he was! As Mary shows, the data actually points to July 2014! Check out Mary’s post for the details (and caveats).Contribute comment - ESPN - Rangers vs. Red Sox - Recap - August 12, 2008 (1)
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Sources: Best Buy to sell Apple's iPhone 3G nationwide (6)
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Best Buy Co., Inc. is expected to announce as early as Wednesday plans to begin selling the iPhone 3G next month, making it the first independent U.S. reseller to offer the the coveted touchscreen handset outside of Apple and AT&T. People familia...- Zach said: Wow, no way?!?! Not that I reported that almost two months ago or anything... http://bit.ly/olPk ;)
- James Dorminey said: Hopefully this will make them a little more abundant.
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Google Maps: Unusually Similar Trees = Black Helicopters (41)
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I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for Google Maps getting all clone-happy in this part of Holland. It's probably just a secret alien landing site or something.The whole area is full of Photoshopped artefacts. Theories welcome. Thanks to MK!Shared by Aaron H. (24) adam (25) Andrew Taylor (40) Arkante (2) Arrigo (2) Bill (8) Carl (18) Daniel (8) Darky (10) Dave (48) Del (12) erikeric (18) FINiK (0) Greg (9) heather (4) Hrafn Th. {hthth, raven} (4) J. James B (41) Jayce^ (5) Jon Winstanley (1) Jonathan Bloom (3) Kelly O (3) Ken (1) Kenny Eicher (0) Liam (10) Nat Torkington (28) Nick (13) OwlBoy (1) Pascal (1) phillip (21) Scribeoflight (20) Sheena (3) Shelton (51) Spery (7) Stephen DesRoches (11) Steve (11) subsky (24) Tatsuhiko Miyagawa (53) Tony Ruscoe (14) Veronica (6) Vodex (18) Zef (8)Contribute comment -
Photo Albums in Google Docs (61)
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Google Docs will expand beyond documents. After adding support for storing PDFs, Google Docs will provide ways to create photo albums. It's not very clear if you'll be able to access the photos stored in Picasa Web Albums or create different photo albums, but GDrive is certainly here and its name is Google Docs.The first screenshot has been created using information from Google's code, which already includes an icon of the photo section. The other ...Shared by 4braham (2) Adam (18) Ameer (18) Aranittara (7) avilnid (2) Behnam . mk (5) Ben Shoemate (23) Bhavesh (36) Brad Davis Seal (28) CannonGod (243) CB (13) Creeva (41) Darkwookiee (1) dccrowley (6) Doris (3) elias (5) ema (3) Fran Correas (10) Gilles Meiers (10) Greg (9) Hervé (17) hosein (38) Huacn Lee (16) Inman (2) Jason Nielubowicz (17) kcearns (15) Ken (1) kmohr25 (22) kskobac (17) Leon Ridge-Cooke (42) Martin (4) marxwang (43) Mike (13) Mike (44) NanoTech (5) Navid (72) OrchardKeeper (13) outlanderbz (0) papiyoon (60) patarakin (22) Patty (264) paul (2) paul.grayson (13) perspikace (26) petehobbit (1) Pvw (9) Rishi Talrej
