Category: Quick Posts
TorrentFreak – Author Slams eBook Piracy, Son Outs Her As a Music Pirate
Turns out she pirated 1800 songs and purchased knock off Prada bags.
Both Sides of the Table – Design for the Novice, Configure for the Pro
It’s easier to say than to implement but probably the most important aspect to implementing a well designed application.
The Word of Notch – How piracy works
Wouldn’t the world of copyright be a lot simpler if people followed this train of thought?
Vitsoe – Dieter Rams: ten principles for good design
His ten principles for good industrial design plus ten drop dead gorgeous products to go along with each principle, what more could you want?
52 Weeks of UX – Keeping Safe Those Things We Hold Precious; Our Memories
Building any web application or website comes with a certain responsibility not just to keeping data safe but also movable and usable down the road.
Geek Juice – Journalists need to learn what a ‘hacker’ really is
Journalism unfortunately by it’s nature leads people with limited training in any area other than writing to report on areas upon which they have no or limited knowledge thus leading them to say incorrect/stupid stuff.
The Economist – Another WikiLeaks inkblot: American exceptionalism, American hypocrisy
This is probably the best explanation as to why the Wikileaks story is so polarizing.
The Associated Press – Respected media outlets collaborate with WikiLeaks
This is an interesting aspect to the story of Wikileaks and the document dump it’s performing.
Mark Story – Getting PHPUnit setup from Git
In case you ever want to work on PHPUnit through Git.