Posts that have been gingerly restored from the depths of the Wayback Machine.
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I just wrote a bit of AppleScript to handle simple tickler functionality in the OS X Mail.app. Grab the source here, open it in Script Editor.app, and export it as a .app. Thanks to Andy Warwick for his GTD Tickle Email script. This script began life as a
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I was just chatting with my friend Björn about what makes a good programmer tick - what motivates them, engages them and makes them happy? We got into the discussion because the Mayflower/ThinkPHP team is looking for skilled PHP programmers who are willing to come to Munich and work
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Another hard session to blog - I have been laughing too much. Saul Griffith has been showing off the great things that are happening at HowToons.com. Just go: visit, read, watch and build. :) Quotes: "A dime moving at 200 miles per hour hurts." "What do you
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Just sitting in the very engaging "Creating Passionate Users" session by Kathy Sierra. Frankly, I was too engaged to blog during the session - in general, Kathy's points were roughly (from my point of view): * Create an experience that engages the user emotionally - this makes
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I just wandered into this session after catching a few words. One of the interesting things discussed so far relates very much to the Grokster case (http://www.google.com/search?q=grokster+decision) A key part of the court decision is: The introduction of new technology is always disruptive
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Notes from Eric Baum's "What is Thought" session at Foo Camp 24.
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A plant-based twist on the classic butter chicken recipe, featuring candied papaya and Chinese persimmon.
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On Wednesday, December 17th, I will be giving a presentation to the Salt Lake Linux User Group at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The session will focus on demonstrating the new features of MySQL version 4.1. Details for the meeting can be found here.
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MySQL AB is pleased to announce that the Call for Participation for the 2004 MySQL User Conference is now officially open. We encourage every MySQL user with something to say - from grey-bearded hackers and peach-fuzzed power users to corporate code wranglers and veteran DBAs - to drop by http:
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George, Torben and I have started gearing up for the second edition of the PHP Functions Essential Reference. Everyone seems quite excited to be working on the project. Torben and I are eager to apply what we learned from the first edition to the second edition. We are also glad
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Georg, Sandro and I followed one handwritten sign that pointed to another til we soon found ourselves in a cozy little bar hidden away at the back of an industrial space. In the corners and near the bar, a few groups of people chatted easily. A projector waited on one
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Software and Support Verlag (publishers of the German PHP Magazin and the excellent International PHP Magazine) have just announced the call for participation for the Spring Edition of the 2004 International PHP Conference. Visit http://www.phpconference.de/kt/input/ before December 30th to submit your session ideas. The conference