Today is launch day for Windows 8 and the many laptop / tablet hybrids that will come along with it. The slightly in your face metro UI is a big gamble for MS but it certainly looks touch friendly so I ...Read More
Javascript Interfaces: Putting The Java back into Javascript
Object-oriented is mostly about encapsulation, but it's also about interfaces and inheritance. However, years of experience have caused most programmers to realize that class inheritance is mostly a bad idea; it breaks encapsulation while increasing cognitive load by introducing cryptic indirection. ...Read More
BladeRunner at SkillsMatter
Who Patrick Myles, Emin TatosianWhat BladeRunner: A Framework for Building Modular Enterprise-Scale HTML5 AppsWhere The Skills Matter eXchange, LondonWhen 23rd October 2012, 6:30pmCost FreeRegistration Please click here to register ...Read More
Velocity Day 3
And just like that Velocity Europe 2012 comes to an end. And I am completely exhausted. By the end of day 1 my mind was 80% full. By mid way through the opening plenary on the second day it was 100%. ...Read More
Velocity Day 2
Wow, so Day 2 of Velocity has just finished and I can't help but feel that I went to all the wrong talks. This is meant as a compliment, I can't believe the amount of talent going on at this conference ...Read More
Velocity Day 1
So the first day of Velocity London 2012 has drawn to an end. And what a day it was. Lots of cool talks, interesting people and plenty of food for thought. Slides ...Read More
Looking ahead to Velocity Day 2
Day 2 of Velocity has just started. After an exhilarating day of tutorials yesterday, we are about to start our first day of talks and we are all going to have to make some hard choice on which of the awesome talks we go ...Read More
Mutation Testing – Killed or Survived?
This blog is a follow up from "Why 100% Test Coverage is not enough". Mutation Testing is a method of software testing where the source code gets modified step by step. If there are ...Read More
Sketching – a creative problem solving tool (for everyone!)
As a designer who sketches daily as a fundamental part of my creative and problem solving activity I am still surprised how often sketching is discussed within the UX community - as if it's a 'new thing' that one really should be doing. ...Read More
The Pain of HTML5
One of the essential problems with any new technology is whether to adopt it and diabolically abandon users who are not able to upgrade or miss out on new possibilities and eventually become irrelevant. ...Read More