Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category
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The Cloud is a Lie
Posted on March 3, 2010 by snipe in Web Development
Okay, the cloud (or grid or whatever they’re calling it now) isn’t exactly a lie, but at least on a retail level, it hasn’t held up to the hype.
Sexy, Cheap and Easy: Not Your Mom, Your Wireframes
Posted on February 6, 2010 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
I’m a planning whore. It’s true. I’m one of those weirdos that really enjoys creating data flows, use cases, wireframes, and functional requirements documents. My bizarre predalictions aside, wireframes are a critical part of planning any website or web based application.
An Open Letter to Rackspace Cloud Hosting
Posted on January 28, 2010 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
I just received an automated email from Rackspace that made my brain melt. It’s no secret that a lot of websites have been hacked lately.
One thing they seem to have in common is that they’re all running Wordpress, and a lot of them are hosted at the Rackspace Cloud.
When Your Wordpress Blog Gets Hacked
Posted on January 25, 2010 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
It happens to most bloggers at some point – your Wordpress blog gets pwned, and you’re not sure where to even start. I’ve gone through this process enough times, helping friends restore their blogs after a hack that it seemed like it might be helpful if I wrote an article about it.
Fixing Comment Count Bug in Disqus on Wordpress
Posted on December 31, 2009 by snipe in Web Development
My final post for 2009 should probably have been more climactic. If I had planned it right, the Death in the Digital Age post should have been my last for this year. Oh well.
Death in the Digital Age
Posted on December 31, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Life Tools, Web Development
Because it’s New Years Eve, and I’m kind of a morbid asshole, I thought I’d harsh your alcohol-induced buzz with some grim reality by asking the question: What happens to your online content when die?
Twitter Retweet Contests: Viral Marketing or Social Media Spam?
Posted on December 22, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
Those of us who eat, sleep (and occasionally — oh nevermind) on Twitter have noticed an increase in the Twitter “RT Contests” being promoted by companies in an effort to leverage folks who want free shwag to whore out their promotion.
Find the Perfect Web Icon Every Time
Posted on December 7, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Freebies, Graphics
As much as you may hate the phrase “Web 2.0″, you have to admit, websites and web applications look a helluva lot better now than they did just a few years ago. But what if you’re a better programmer than you are a designer?
Microsoft Web Developer’s Summit 2009
Posted on December 5, 2009 by snipe in Featured, PHP/mySQL, Web Development
I had the opportunity this week to go out to Redmond, Washington to attend the Microsoft Web Developer’s Summit at the MS headquarters. For this summit, about 25 leaders in the PHP (and PHP project) community were invited out to sit down with members of the MS product development teams and provide critical, honest feedback [...]
Web 2-Point-Owned: Apple.Com’s XSS Exploit
Posted on November 3, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
Earlier today, we got a glimpse of what happens when a big company forgets to cross their t’s and dot their i’s. And in programming, that means failing to validate user-entered data before displaying it on-screen.
Big Changes to the Facebook Platform
Posted on October 29, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
Last night, during a webcast, Facebook announced some upcoming significant changes to the Facebook platform. Most are good, a few may be frustrating, but here they are. These changes will start to be rolled out in November & December and will continue into the first and second quarter of 2010.
