Abhishek Tiwari
JUNE 21, 2010
The Bloom filter was originally developed by Burton H. Bloom back in the seventies and for long time it was there without any major application. Google is credited for making Bloom filter popular again. Only after the Google used Bloom filters for their BigTable database system , the idea started grabbing the attention of larger and diverse audience.
Tim Kadlec
JUNE 28, 2010
Andy Rutledge wrote a post that is frighteningly on target. He argues that the “quality of your client experiences is directly proportional to the quality of your professionalism” He goes on to state that if your clients are “stupid” you may want to take a step back and consider who may truly be responsible for these failed interactions.
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The Agile Manager
JUNE 26, 2010
A software application is not a collection of features that create business value. It is a portfolio of business capabilities that yield a return on the investment made in creating them. This isn't semantics. There's a big difference between "business impact" and "financial returns." Some software requirements have a direct business impact. But not all of them do, which we'll explore in a little bit.
Sutter's Mill
JUNE 10, 2010
I forgot to blog about this until now because of focusing on the Effective Concurrency course in Stockholm a few weeks ago, but to answer those who wonder if I’ll be giving it again in North America too: Yes, I’m also giving the public Effective Concurrency course again at the end of this month at the Construx facility in Bellevue, WA, USA. This will be the full four-day version of the course.
Tim Kadlec
JUNE 27, 2010
For the second time this year, I’m launching a redesign of this site. Shortly after putting the last redesign live, I started wishing I’d have allowed for a little more flexibility in the types of content I produced. While I still enjoy writing full, detailed posts at times, there are a lot of times I just want to share a quick thought, or pass along a quote from an article I found particularly good.
Tim Kadlec
JUNE 17, 2010
According to an article on Information Week , Google classifies mobile users into three behavior groups: The “repetitive now” user is someone checking for the same piece of information over and over again, like checking the same stock quotes or weather. Google uses cookies to help cater to mobile users who check and recheck the same data points.
Tim Kadlec
JUNE 16, 2010
Derek Powazek shares his thoughts on turning off comments: I turned off comments in the last redesign of powazek.com because I needed a place online that was just for me. With comments on, when I sat down to write, I’d preemptively hear the comments I’d inevitably get. It made writing a chore, and eventually I stopped writing altogether. Turning comments off was like taking a weight off my shoulders.
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Tim Kadlec
JUNE 4, 2010
Nick Carr makes a very interesting and compelling argument for “delinkification”: Links are wonderful conveniences, as we all know (from clicking on them compulsively day in and day out). But they’re also distractions. Sometimes, they’re big distractions - we click on a link, then another, then another, and pretty soon we’ve forgotten what we’d started out to do or to read.
Tim Kadlec
JUNE 2, 2010
There’s been an ongoing debate in the world of mobile development as to how mobile apps should be distributed, via an open system or a closed system, and consequently, how one should approach mobile development. We could probably also call this debate “Apple versus everyone else” The issue has been brought up many times, usually right after Apple announces some change in the way they accept applications into their store.
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