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November 29, 2009

How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)

I’m fairly happy with this method. When I’ve skipped parts, I’ve ended up with bad hires who eventually had to be let go. But when I’ve followed it, I’ve ended up with people I like so much so that I actually feel bad I don’t get to work with them anymore. I’m amazed that so many companies use such silly hiring methods instead.
via aaronsw.com

The interview process described is similar to the one used by the company which got me my first job in IT over ten years ago. It works ;-)

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November 28, 2009

Build a Twitter Web application Using Django and jQuery

Learn how to create a Twitter-enabled Web 2.0-style application using Django, jQuery, and the python-twitter wrapper that you can easily use and plug in to your own Django project. With this application, you'll be able to see recent tweets, post updates, and show your friends and followers.
via ibm.com

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November 24, 2009

National Geographic's International Photography Contest 2009

National Geographic's International Photography Contest attracts thousands of entries from photographers of all skill levels around the world every year. While this year's entry deadline has passed, there is still time to view and vote for your favorites in the Viewer's Choice competition. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose a few of their entries from 2009 for display here on The Big Picture. Collected below are 25 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual photographers. (25 photos total)
via boston.com

Amazing photos!

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November 24, 2009

Why is Ebay written eBay when the logo clearly says ebaY?

Filed under  //   What?!  

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November 24, 2009

Ghost on Toast

via cuteoverload.com

Made me think of that Jesus on toast that was sold on eBay.

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November 17, 2009

Load and Performance Testing from the Cloud

SOASTA CloudTest addresses a wide variety of test types, such as load, performance and latency testing, which are designed to determine system limits and measure user experience. Tests can also be designed to identify break points, measure capacity for planning purposes and validate the ability for an application to handle sustained load.
via soasta.com

Filed under  //   Dev   Software   Web  

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November 17, 2009

The worst things startups do

Robert Scoble lists 12 worst things startups do.

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November 16, 2009

Google Wave: Theory vs Reality
via frkncngz.com

Have seen this pic in many places lately, don't know if I'm crediting the original source. Anyway, funny and true. It reminds me, maybe I should go and check my waves.

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November 15, 2009

How to setup up a Mac Mini as web server

 

The MacFreeBlog has a video series where they show how to set up a Mac Mini as a web server. The episodes are:

  1. Using Your Mac As A Server
  2. Initial Set Up
  3. Enable The Web Server
  4. Setting Up VNC On Your Mac
  5. Setting Up FTP On Your Mac
  6. Setting up PHP and MySQL
  7. Hosting Multiple Web Sites on a Single Mac
  8. Enabling SSH On Your Mac Server
  9. Setting Up A VPN On A Mac With Hamachix
  10. Install Wordpress On Your Mac Using MAMP
  11. How To Monitor The Bandwidth Usage
  12. Configure Two IP Addresses On One Mac
  13. How to create an SSH tunnel for a secure VNC connection
  14. Getting The Mini In A Data Center

A related post is: A Few Tips For A Better Mac Mini Server

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November 15, 2009

The Twimline has been compromised

via stephenfry.com

Stephen Fry is a genius. Congratulations to 1 million followers!

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