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I have to agree with the frustration of the apparent minority. We've been using HipChat corporate-wide, and the subset of users that have been using Screenhero aren't going to be a…

I work from home and brew my own beer. (home -> home -> home -> home)

The airlocks are not at all of the terminals, so it's not surprising you didn't see it. Here's a PDF explaining the airlock rooms at PHL (they call it a "secure exit lane system") …

Philadelphia airport has been like this for years already. The "airlock" isn't a single-person, but a small room that can lock a handful of people in as they pass individually thro…

The aggregation framework is ideal for answering these kinds of issues. Mongo has a bunch of aggregation routines that are useful for producing reports on demand, but not on the fl…

I was on a team that built a web app for primary school standardized testing. The amount of data presented and collected per student per test is large and perfect for a document st…

Is it just me, or should this title be "Zero-Day Attack"? What's the "Under" all about?

Useful, maybe. Constructive, no. Especially to someone who didn't understand enough not to do this in the first place. Just because you should expect the internet to be full of dou…

It's ownCloud, but SaaS. Wait... That IS Dropbox.

It's a byproduct of a one-size-fits-all-content design for a CMS that all of their output looks like the same drivel. In contrast, if a designer had the opportunity to hand-design …

He makes a good point in that design generally sucks on the web, though I disagree with practically everything else in this article, which seems to lay all of the blame for bad des…

Better yet, put the stuff that's not related to what's on the tab (like bookmarks) OUTSIDE of the tab. Then I don't have to explicitly hide my bookmarks every time I capture a scre…

In the Introduction, under functions: f = m*a f(20) = 20a Which is ok, but then farther down: f(a) = m*a f(20) => 20a This seems incorrect, since I was expecting m*20. On a separat…

When you write an authentication system with username and password you never display an error like "that password is incorrect", because then the attacker knows that the username i…

There are plenty of free and full yet simple CMSes that also fully integrate these features, for no monthly fee.

There is clearly a niche for these small "CMS" tools, but let's be real about what these CMSes are generally not offering: User authentication, localization, custom field indexing,…

This seems especially difficult for a web-based model, and I've personally questioned why anyone would want SaaS when: 1. The company already pays for and supports infrastructure. …

What is of interest to me in this crowdfunding of celebrity projects is that it gives the impression that crowdfunding could be a way to "solve" the general issue of content only c…

I was disappointed by this headline. After resetting my Evernote password this morning, I was looking forward to reading about a new technique that would allow me to avoid password…

A more sensible rule: If I'm wearing headphones in/over both ears, it's possible I can't hear you, so you might want to make sure you have my attention before you talk to me from b…

Properly indented code is like properly layered design graphics. It should be a habit such that you're unconsciously doing it all the time, regardless of whether you're otherwise d…

To be sure, it makes sense to ship over making everything perfect under the hood. But to many who would read this post, it's granting implicit permission to write code that is utte…