In the past year, I’ve had to come to the rescue and clean up several websites that were hacked and then used for spreading computer viruses to their unsuspecting visitors. Here are some tips that should help prevent that from …
After my last color-related thoughts, here’s another great tip that I wanted to share. You see, I am a developer, not a designer. Although I can recognize and appreciate good designs, I am not that great at creating them, and …
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In my work, I have often had to develop web-based tools that allow the user to create their own content for printing, web, or mobile. This almost always involves letting them choose colors for their text, background, etc. As you …
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Today I am going to point you to a very useful open source tool that helped me take my baby steps in mobile app development. Functionally and structurally, many mobile apps are much like interactive websites, but with the ability …
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley My rating: 5 of 5 stars I like the ambivalence in this book. Huxley shows us a meaningless consumerist world where individuals mean nothing and people live a drugged existence; and then the other …
The Zahir by Paulo Coelho My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the first book by Coelho that I have read. I have ambivalent feelings toward it. On one hand, I really enjoyed many of the messages about love …
What is HTML 5? Well, for those who are not computer guys, let’s start by explaining what HTML is. (Naturally, if you already know that, go ahead and skip this explanation.) HTML stands for “HyperText Markup Language”. It is basically …
HTML 5: what people talk about, what looks cool, and what I actually use Read more »
The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism by David D. Friedman My rating: 4 of 5 stars A rather interesting work in defense of free market anarchism; I liked Friedman’s pragmatic, down-to-earth approach for explaining how such a …
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