January 2005
I was in a situation recently where I was working remotely with none of my own equipment and had to edit a rather lengthy article supplied in Microsoft Word HTML. While Word is easily considered one... Read More
There is no simple solution to the complex task of requirements gathering for technical projects. There are, however, a number of key issues you should consider before you gather requirements for any... Read More
Object oriented programming, compared to procedural is typically seen as a trade off: increased “developer performance” through better modularity / re-use vs. slower processing, based on... Read More
I stumbled across a really useful article by Barbara Chaparro covering the ‘Top Ten Mistakes of Shopping Cart Design‘ this morning. The article was published more than three years ago,... Read More
My latest column on the Apple Xserve is up. The Xserve has been a bright spot in Apple’s more recent enterprise movements since 2002. In combination with the anticipated release of Tiger this... Read More
In the last blog (Part II: Equity vs. Cash), a reader who has given a start up reduced fees writes: I’m in a situation now where the client has engaged me in a startup project at about 1/3 my... Read More
The Apple Xserve launched in 2002 without much fanfare in the server marketplace. Two years later, the platform has gained more steam than even avid Apple watchers had anticipated. Blane explains... Read More
After a ‘sans-internet’ start to the year, I’ve spent most of the morning catching up. As the latest ALA article was published just before Christmas, I suspect quite a few people... Read More
The emergence and now near dominance of sophisticated WYSIWYG editors has been a source of pleasure and pain for web designers and developers. Tools such as Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive and... Read More
http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=222721 Three addendums to above blog: 1. One reader asks whether to work for free on startups as a loan (cash paid later with interest), if the startup... Read More
File this one away somewhere as it could make or save you lots of money someday. Seriously — this is perhaps the most valuable blog entry that I’ve written. Equity is coming back in vogue... Read More
I am sure just about everyone has heard about the proposed annual domain fees on .net domain holders, and ultimately .com, .biz and others from ICANN. In a recent story on CNet, it was reported 75... Read More
Been looking at some code recently that provides a mechanism to localize a user interface for different human languages. The mechanism for doing so looks something like this (repeated many times... Read More
The Web.config file can seem like a technical miasma - but once you delve a little deeper, with Ruben's practical guide, you'll be amazed at its flexibility and capabilities! Understand each section... Read More
