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Why your internet marketing team needs to move in with your IT team

Posted March 14, 2013 - 8:00 am

We have a running joke at the office that our marketing department and IT department are mortal enemies. We imagine that each is a fortified tower waging war on the other through long ranged ballistics and industrial espionage. In reality this couldn’t be further from the truth. For other companies, this is an under-exaggeration.
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Religion, politics and coding indentation style: the three great debates

Posted March 5, 2013 - 1:15 pm

Forget abortion and gun control; if you want to get programmers arguing at your next party, bring up tabs versus spaces when indenting code
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6 good things about being a programmer

Posted February 21, 2013 - 12:46 pm

Even this jaded former coder can find some things he liked about the job
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7 frustrating things about being a programmer

Posted February 13, 2013 - 12:30 pm

Like any other job, programming has its frustrating aspects. Here are seven things that drove me nuts
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Open-source mobile platforms are tricky, Ch. 23: The Android SDK Blow-Up

Posted January 4, 2013 - 4:35 pm

Some Android supporters think it's Gone Corporate and should just go ahead and move to a McMansion in the suburbs. Explaining why the change was made doesn’t do much good, either.
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Mark Zuckerberg is coding again

Posted January 3, 2013 - 12:07 pm

The Facebook CEO gets back in the programming game by helping to write Facebook’s new Poke app; but is that really a good idea?
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Android should collect and share information on third-party 'skins'

Posted December 3, 2012 - 4:59 pm

Samsung and its competitors, working with the carriers, want to differentiate their individual phones, and they do so by adding things, as one might do with stickers on a laptop.
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A fantasy version of Google I/O, full of little things

Posted June 26, 2012 - 9:17 pm

The nature of big annual conferences run by big companies means that when the time comes for the keynote, something big must emerge. What if it didn't?
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Advice for iPhone and iPad developers

Posted June 13, 2012 - 10:30 am

Development for iPhones and iPads gets the 'Lists of X Things You Need to Know' treatment, proving app development has gone mainstream.
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Developer outsources his startup programming

Posted June 11, 2012 - 11:28 am

Developer Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli outsourced development after eight months to focus on marketing, and says others should consider the same step.
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Coders: use ISO8601 for dates and time

Posted May 22, 2012 - 10:44 am

Exchanging dates between computer systems is tough, but it doesn't have to be if you follow ISO8601.
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How to frustrate programmers

Posted May 18, 2012 - 11:03 am

Here's one way: take six days to change one line of code, even after the company president requests the change.
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New tech advice: don't learn to code

Posted May 15, 2012 - 11:17 am

Jeff Atwood says "Please Don't Learn to Code," for a variety of reasons. Angry commentary erupted immediately.
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Why are software projects so hard, and still hand-crafted?

Posted May 7, 2012 - 10:28 am

Software runs the modern world, yet every program is essentially hand-crafted. Is this why software projects are so hard to get right?
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Patrick Wied, web coder, tries passive income experiment

Posted May 4, 2012 - 10:59 am

Web developer and QR code programmer Patrick Wied decided to search for a passive income stream. Tough job.
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Goodbye websites, hello apps?

Posted April 24, 2012 - 10:54 am

Browse eBay and you get the same painful interface. The eBay app, however, works great. This trend is growing.
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Speed up your website

Posted March 2, 2012 - 11:47 am

Slow websites lose credibility and user interest, and are even judged less attractive than comparable sites. Here's how to zoom it up.
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Windows 8 needs to succeed on desktops to succeed on mobile

Posted December 9, 2011 - 10:38 am

Microsoft needs to balance its existing .NET developers and newer, web-thinking app makers. What it needs is commitment to making Windows 8s Metro system its A-1 priority.
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The biggest legal danger for open source?

Posted April 4, 2011 - 9:30 am

There is an undercurrent of legal issues troubling the open source world these days. While things are going great in some aspects--cloud, mobile, server--there is a definite potential for trouble from litigious attacks on any of the successful technologies open source has helped create.
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Security Manager's Journal: Helping in-house developers

Posted March 28, 2011 - 4:01 pm

This week I found out that my company is developing software in-house. Until now I hadn't known that we were a software development shop, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Most companies that I've been with have developed their own software for one purpose or another. I only learned about this software development project when one of the programmers approached me to ask about the best way to store usernames and passwords in the application's database. Yes, that's right -- they built the authentication right inside the application, instead of calling out to an external authentication source.
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App developers double down on Android tablets, says survey

Posted January 25, 2011 - 3:02 pm

A poll of some 2,200 developers found rapidly growing interest in developing applications for Android-based tablets.
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Microsoft adds to security tools for developers

Posted January 18, 2011 - 6:35 pm

Attack Surface Analyzer security development lifecycle verification tool offered along with consulting services for secure development
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Devs nervous about Apple's new Mac App Store

Posted January 5, 2011 - 5:51 pm

Some long-time Mac developers have reservations about Apple's Mac App Store, the online market set to launch Thursday.
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Why Microsoft is Being Nicer to Open Source

Posted August 30, 2010 - 12:34 pm

Companies and independent developers have been using open source for years now, with little regard to the old FUD that said "if you use this software, little Stallman-like demons will eat your soul!" But the growth of open source has led to some interesting scaling problems, and the reason why Microsoft no longer openly uses such FUD.
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The Last Temptation of the Linux Application Developer

Posted August 27, 2010 - 2:33 pm

Revenue, a Linux-based platform, and corporate backing. Will the desktop Linux developer be ultimately lured away by the promises of Android and MeeGo?
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