upgrade to the new version of PhpMyAdmin 3.3.4
Since 28th of June, the new version of phpMyAdmin 3.3.4 came out and here is how you can upgrade your previously installed version to the newer one. My setup is on Windows with Wamp so if you have another local host running, you’ll have to adapt to your way of working, but I’ll bet that
Designing the Obama Campaign by Scott Thomas
Very inspirational speech by Scott Thomas, lead designer on the Obama Campaign. Every designer and project manager should take a look at this video, superb. The ‘on it’ joke is one to remember, even the best make mistakes, roflmao!
Manage your directory structure for development
It isn’t easy to get your client data organized correctly and above all convenient. When you start out on a project you don’t need a complex structure, but as your project grows, you’ll see that your initial small structure grows very fast. Five years ago it might have been sufficient to just work with the
Book Review: Making things happen by Scott Berkun
I recently read a book by Scott Berkun, a ex-microsoft project manager (Internet Explorer), about the mastering of project management and I must say that I was pleasantly surprised with it. I have always been a bit skeptical about those kind of books, as most of them only contain a list of do’s and don’ts that everybody actually knows.
Programming Methodology Lectures
These are some interesting courses on programming methodology in Java, it’s nice you can follow them on YouTube. The teacher entertains us during the whole course and explains everything in a pragmatic way. Looking back at my own time in school, there where only 1 or 2 teachers giving me the same interest as he does.
Start drawing to solve problems
In my experience it’s true what Mr Roam is talking about, it is very important to use sketches and minimal drawings to explain what you are saying. Everybody will understand your problem a lot faster and it is a fact that next time someone has to explain this problem, he or she will automatically reuse the sketch initially used
A few things to think about
Thoughts on Google’s 20% time With the rise of Google, no single tactic comes up more in innovation circles than their concept of 20% time. Simply put, employees get 1/5th of their time to work on projects of their own choosing. (more info can be found here) And this: William L. McKnight (11 November 1887 –
Form building based on theory
Form building, not basic forms containing only a name and a description, but forms that have a variety of influences, is complex. Here is a presentation of Ryan Singer, about form creation based on a book by Christopher Alexander Notes on the Synthesis of Form. Ryan Singer, “Designing with Forces: How to Apply Christopher Alexander
Developers to follow…
If you are a developer, the best way to get the latest news or interesting links and references, is to follow some of the best developers around. I myself have a list of people I like to follow, some of them are quite known, others are not that famous but have some interesting things to
The Programmer Competency Matrix
It’s sometimes hard to know if you are up to date with all technologies that are out there. It might be even harder to know at what points your knowledge is just not enough. To help you on that point there is a matrix containing almost all general fields in IT that should be covered.
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