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8 months in Microsoft, I learned these

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:48:55 -0600

I decided to summarize a few points I learned so far in this job during last 8 months. This may sound like the the way things work are crappy, it is not. I learned that one will see this sort of problems in all large scale companies. Most of them are not specific to Microsoft at all.

Taming the Lawless Web with Feature Detection

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:16:00 -0600

Taming the Lawless Web with Feature Detection:

While atrocities like table-based layouts are quickly becoming a thing of the past, other old habits have chosen not to go as peacefully. One that has managed to stick around for some time is user-agent sniffing; the practice of inferring a browser’s abilities by reading an identification token.

TLDRLegal - Open Source Licenses Explained in Plain English

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:51:46 -0600

TLDRLegal - Open Source Licenses Explained in Plain English

Build your own Google TV Using RaspberryPi, NodeJS and Socket.io

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:46:36 -0600

Build your own Google TV Using RaspberryPi, NodeJS and Socket.io

5 HTML5 Javascript APIs to keep an eye on

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:40:17 -0600

5 HTML5 Javascript APIs to keep an eye on:

In my last post, i have talked about HTML5 APIs, so thought it will also interesting to write about some new old Javasript APIs. Since CSS has been improving over the time and today you can achieve what was only done with Javascript with CSS only, on the other side Javascript have to improve and follow the evolution, so today Javascript can do a lot of things, like accessing hardware(camera, microphone, gamepad, GPU), accessing the filesystem and websocket.

Statistical Formulas For Programmers

Wed, 29 May 2013 13:05:57 -0600

Statistical Formulas For Programmers:

As my modest contribution to developer-kind, I’ve collected together the statistical formulas that I find to be most useful; this page presents them all in one place, a sort of statistical cheat-sheet for the practicing programmer.

Chrome reload options

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:10:49 -0600

Chrome reload options:

“Today I randomly discovered a very convenient and extremely well hidden feature of Chrome…”

How to Create a GMail Filter Based on Reply-To

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:42:50 -0600

How to Create a GMail Filter Based on Reply-To:

“…lets say you want to filter messages with a Reply-to: address of ‘me@sample.com’. Here’s how you do it…”

Getting the MBP touchpad to work after a Win8 Bootcamp upgrade

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:56:50 -0600

Getting the MBP touchpad to work after a Win8 Bootcamp upgrade

Microsoft Closes Silverlight.net

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:00:21 -0600

Microsoft Closes Silverlight.net

Console.ReadKey .NET 4.5 changes may deadlock your system

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:11:17 -0600

Console.ReadKey .NET 4.5 changes may deadlock your system

Must Have Git Aliases: Advanced Examples

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:24:45 -0600

Must Have Git Aliases: Advanced Examples

JS adolescence

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:49:15 -0600

JS adolescence:

“Today I present a short list of JavaScript practices that once seemed right but I now deem foolish (in most situations)…”

Programming Isn’t Hard, It’s Just Frustrating – This is Why There is a Shortage of Programmers

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:34:22 -0600

Programming Isn’t Hard, It’s Just Frustrating – This is Why There is a Shortage of Programmers:

“If the problems programmers had were logical issues, then I think it’s more intriguing for them. Those are real challenges. Figuring out why get_user doesn’t work the first time is frustrating. This is why people don’t want to code.”

Learn a Programming Language Faster by Copying Unix

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:38:02 -0600

Learn a Programming Language Faster by Copying Unix:

“Reproducing these tiny programs in your language of choice has the amazing benefit of helping you learn about the classes and functions of that language.”

The Truth about NuGet and its Future

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:58:40 -0600

The Truth about NuGet and its Future:

“…there are some dramatic changes needed for NuGet to continue to grow into a great open source project. In this post, I’ll cover some of these misconceptions and draw an outline of what I hope to see NuGet grow into.”

Alexis Ohanian and the Open Internet

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:02:15 -0600

Alexis Ohanian and the Open Internet:

“…Alexis hopes to show lawmakers that internet regulation is a horrible idea because for what little good it might do, it will necessarily destroy the free flow of information on which these emerging businesses depend.”

JavaScript Made Everyone Crazy

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:53:44 -0600

JavaScript Made Everyone Crazy:

“…the Web needs something else which is not sugar… what we need are developers that know [JavaScript], use it properly, and move the web forward, rather than being stuck with sugar and sugar and sugar and sugar…”

Web Page Screenshot with PhantomJS

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:49:48 -0600

Web Page Screenshot with PhantomJS:

“…PhantomJS can render a web page almost as good as what is expected from a web browser. This feature turns out to be quite useful to programmatically capture the content and save it as an image.”

This is not OK

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:22:19 -0600

This is not OK:

“There are speakers, and then there are respected thought leaders. The keynoters, the language designers, the authors of seminal texts. Where are the women there? Can you name one in this millenium?”