I wrote earlier about why it’s wrong for websites to force links to open in a new tab or window , but it’ll probably be at least a few years before the majority of clients and web developers finally come around. In the mean time it’d be nice for users to have a way to prevent their browsers from implementing the practice, but surprisingly there aren’t any Chrome extensions. You… [more]
Check out A Tour Through the Visualization Zoo for a good introduction to the concept of data visualization and some interesting examples of the more exotic techniques being used to describe complicated data sets.
PoducateMe has created a comprehensive guide to podcasting that covers planning, equipment, recording, editing, hosting, feeds, etc. I think it’s just the right depth of information to get started with; it touches on all the major topics and gives some practical recommendations, but doesn’t overwhelm you with too much information. Update: The Reel Reviews podcast has an episode dedicated to how the show is recorded , and… [more]
Nikolay Bachiyski gave a good talk at this year’s WordCamp San Francisco about unit testing WordPress plugins . His method uses PHPUnit , which is an additional PEAR package you have to install on the server. You can then use MockPress to simulate WordPress in the tests. Another option is the SimpleTest for WordPress plugin , which uses SimpleTest instead of PHPUnit, doesn’t require installing a PEAR… [more]
“The Web evolved into a powerful, ubiquitous tool because it was built on egalitarian principles… If we want to track what government is doing, see what companies are doing, understand the true state of the planet, find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, not to mention easily share our photos with our friends, we the public, the… [more]
I’ve been tracking projects on a spreadsheet for awhile in order to make sure I’m on time/budget, but I also recently started using a timeline application to help visualize the scheduling, and that’s been a huge improvement. You get a much better picture of what’s going on at any given point when you’re looking at… [more]
