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Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
arimat: Yes.Facebook has progressively and consistently been trying to "slip under the radar" with privacy time and time again. This is not a one time thing, it's a habit and a consistent assault on users. They've never suggested they've ever "gotten" privacy and their flawed assumption that just because i'm on a social network means I want to share everything with everyone is pretty asinine.I've spent a long time messing with privacy settings and groups and i've never really gotten the results that I wanted. Social networks badly need to start getting the clue that people don't want to give up control over their information. All Facebook needed to do was look at the stories of people who got fired or never hired based on what was on their Facebook to learn this lesson, but they've proven they don't want to do it.Facebook has gone way off the rails and continues to go off the rails. One wonders whether anyone there is possessed of clue.
Who is already sick of all of these "Like" buttons plastered everywhere?
imurray: I added the following rule to Adblock plus: * facebook.com/plugins* The iframes disappear seamlessly.
server/computer naming schemes
iamdave: Interstates.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
jorgecastillo: I signed once, I checked the settings and had a quick glance but didn't add people. After that I canceled my account and whit recent developments I think I will never again make a FB account.If something like XMPP was made for social networking it would be awesome and if data portability was added it would be even better.<will probably never happen>Lots of independent social networks that are compatible with each other so that you only have to be a member of one but can still interact with everyone you wish to and can easily switch to another network.<will probably never happen>This open source project might be (or not) a good start.http://elgg.org/
ASK HN:Good web design?
msencenb: Previous comments are correct in that interaction design/ design is a very deep field. There are some general ideas (Fitts's Law is a very basic one), however I would like to point out that really the user dictates good design.Do A/B testing, as well as physical user tests. Two types of user tests I find most helpful are the following:1) Let the user use your website/product but don't necessarily give advice unless he/she is really struggling. Afterwards you can interview them and ask questions such as trouble spots and/or anything confusing.2) Have a user "think aloud". This is one of my favorite because it allows you to more easily see what is going on in a users head (although its a far from perfect technique). The general idea is to have the user say aloud everything that pops into their head. Anything from "How do I find that link?" to "I liked that feature".While I don't suggest you do backflips for your users I am also of the opinion that good design can't be done totally behind a desk. You have to get out there and talk to your users!
Best way to accept online payment from Egypt?
dxjones: I received email from someone at MoneyBookers. Apparently they can do a Bank Transfer to a US or Canadian bank for a flat fee of 1.80 Euro (about $2.40).Just in case anyone else wants to accept online payments from locations where PayPal is not available.-- dxjones
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
arihant: Not deleted account, nor planning to. Just clicking logout button does it. Now, I just login once every 2 days to interact, also saves time.
Why is HTML so complicated?
rradu: Personally I've used it for so long that it's just become second nature. Can't even imagine anything else.Still way excited about HTML5. I'd like to imagine how HTML6 will be like...
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
endtime: Nope. I've been a member since 2004, when they opened it up to my school just before my freshman year. I just keep in mind that Facebook isn't private and I can't rely on anything I put on it to be private. But even under the stipulation that everything I put on Facebook is public, it's useful to me.
ASK HN:Good web design?
bwh2: Many software engineers make the mistake of treating UI design like configuration - the more configurations options, the better. Do not fall into this trap. The mark of good design is not when there's nothing left to add, but when there's nothing left to remove. Turn every configuration option into a sensible default value.Some designers think good UI design is about polish. This is where Smashing Mag, PSD Tuts, CSS galleries, etc. come in. But often, that's putting lipstick on a pig. I bring this up because you mentioned drop shadows, rounded corners, gradients, etc.I like to recommend Don't Make Me Think! and Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox articles (useit.com). Research things like the golden ratio, grid layouts, principal of least astonishment, etc. Those will really help understand the low level considerations that go into good UI design.One thing I've learned to appreciate is that at a low level, good design isn't very brand or time specific. It's timeless. At a high level, it's very specific to the brand and current trends. The HN high level design (color, brushes, gradients, somewhat typography) wouldn't work for most companies, but the low level design would work. Too many people get caught up on the high level details (the "web 2.0" look), and fail to see much deeper and more important low level design flaws.
I could use a few more Erlang/Lisp/Scala/Node.js/Haskell articles please
mmphosis: I feel sad that I found this submission by doing a find for "lisp" on each Hacker News page.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
ihodes: Yes, I really am. The only use I will miss if being able to contact a targeted group of people when I make my own ads. Which is a sick reason to not want to leave.But I feel as though my rights as a user of their service have been violated not just this time, but many more (the frequent privacy policy changes, Beacon, now Connect etc etc.)It's bullshit.(Plus keeping in touch with people is easier on Facebook, I suppose. And it's a sort of asynchronous chat toy as well, which is fun.)
Who is already sick of all of these "Like" buttons plastered everywhere?
metamemetics: Simple solution: Complainbook.com. The web is viewed through a frame that that adds Dislike buttons to every piece of content. It aggregates what people are disliking and recommends things to the user that they will be sure to hate. It will instantly gain a high market share amongst content degregators, and Facebook will see everyone disliking their Like buttons with the Dislike button and be less evil.It would also include location based features where users upload geotags of places they've never been, nor would want to go to.
What skills can a someone develop to become a great hacker?
kasharoo: Smoke 3 packs a day. You'll be hacking in no time.
How to find side project friendly companies?
corruption: If I thought your side project could interfere with your work, I wouldn't hire you. I've done that before, it did, and it was a problem.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
raintrees: I just went back into my profile and deleted all of my personal/bio info, and made sure my settings were as tight as I could make them.Two older acquaintances were still able to find me, so success.I should also point out that I use it mostly to keep up on family reunions, and classmates, etc. and frequent the site maybe twice a month?And I have always considered it public, so I have posted accordingly. And chided my "friends" to do the same.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
HowardRoark: I deleted my Facebook account yesterday. I quit Google search 2 years ago. With Wikipedia, Stackoverflow, Github and Bing, I don't miss Google search much.
I could use a few more Erlang/Lisp/Scala/Node.js/Haskell articles please
davidmurphy: Personally, I feel the opposite. I wish there was a Hacker News for entrepreneurship stuff, and a separate Hacker News for coding....
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
there: Anybody else never join Facebook over privacy concerns?
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
jrockway: I stopped using Facebook because it's useless. If I want to talk to my friends, I just msg them on IRC. Why bother with ads and "identity verification"!?
ASK HN:Good web design?
vitovito: Practice.If a designer asked you for good tips on how to program, you'd say it's not simple, recommend some books, and tell them to just start writing programs, and reading programs, and writing programs in other programs' style, etc.So it is with design.I favor traditional design (as in art) texts, because many people who consider themselves designers today don't have any training; they just know how to manipulate Photoshop. It's the design equivalent of cut-and-paste programmers.Look at the reading list of a design class from your local community college. You'll find introductory texts new and old, like "Design Basics, 7th ed." and "The Art of Color and Design (1951)," but they'll all cover the same things: line, direction, shape, size, texture, value, color, repetition, alternation, harmony, gradation, contrast, dominance, unity, balance, proportion. Take the class and you'll do exercises that let you practice each one.Learn layout and composition. There are community college classes for that, too. I have "Editing by Design," a newspaper layout guide, and other newspaper layout books on my Amazon Wishlist. Lay out text and design elements on paper. Cartography is also good: it's information design and layout and presentation and art all together.Learn copywriting. Writing is design: the right word can explain a concept better than a big, shiny icon ever could.Good web design is good design first, with accommodations made for low-resolution text, small viewports, backlighting, scrolling and pointers. Just as with programming, you can't learn it just by reading about it: you have to practice it.If you're in Austin, TX, come out to a design workshop. I hold them every other week and we practice various elements of design (using the term broadly): http://vi.to/workshop/If you're not, maybe there's something similar in your area.Finally, I've recently come to believe that you're not a modern interaction or user experience designer unless you're testing your work. As a programmer, you might understand this better than traditional designers. UX designers aren't making art; it's not subjective. Once you get past color and composition and layout and into interaction, there are objective purposes in what we do, and we can create testable hypotheses around our craft and see the results and tweak it. A/B test your interactions. A/B test your colors. A/B test your layouts.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
keefe: I was on facebook for a while. One day, I realized I was publicly linked to my boss, my colleague, all my x's and everyone I went to high school with. The next day, I deleted my account. I was never particularly interested in it in the first place.
Features of a Facebook alternative
lenley: facebook in 2007
Does comment editing on HN cause bad habits on the web?
TotlolRon: Yes. Edit: Maybe.
Which feed count is more accurate - Feedburner or Wordpress?
niyazpk: The numbers fluctuate for larger blogs too, but they become less noticeable. For example if you have 10 readers, feedburner may show anything between 5-20. At the same time, if you have 100 readers it will show something between 90-110.Anyways don't fret over these numbers. For the most part, they don't mean anything.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
aj: I am. I'm done. Tried suicidemachine.org but that service seems to be spotty. Did not work twice and now apparently I don't have slots.Will have to do it manually.. But I am going to do it.
What are your thoughts on Facebook's Open Graph concept?
korch: I think open graph is going to be a bitter poison pill for Facebook, and once they see what users actually do with it they will have no choice but to cripple it. Though I'm glad to finally see Brad Fitzpatrick's open graph idea from years ago on Livejournal come to fruition.Tucked away in the announcements was a policy change to allow 3rd parties to now store Facebook user data for more than 24 hours. Facebook now wants every web site to embed their widgets, so to do that, they have to make their data freely available. Facebook might be a far better walled garden than AOL ever was, a truly wondrous Hanging Gardens of Babylon; but open graph turns them inside out.Now what's to stop the rest of the web from just looting all of Facebook's data?Some will argue that this is a similar pattern to being indexed by Google—trying to lock down content backfires, because if you give it away, the traffic Google brings you more than makes up for whatever you lost. So too for Facebook—they get more traffic back by giving away data compared to forcing everyone to facebook.com.Everybody knows Facebook will become the next Myspace(Friendster, yadda, yadda), even if nobody knows quite how it's going to happen. (Kind of like how everybody knew the housing market was in a bubble, yet kept playing it up.) Blowing open the gates on data sharing is going to hurt Facebook more in the long term, because it opens up new opportunities to leverage user data across the whole web ecosystem in ways which Facebook cannot control. It's inevitable that someone is going to build a popular service on top of Facebook's user data; structued in such a way that Facebook itself couldn't clone it internally without compromising their other products and partners. While this itself is great for users and the whole web, it's not going to be so great for Facebook.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
bradgessler: I've always viewed Facebook as a self-updating address book. I never got into all the other crap it offered and I loathed at their app platform when it was released years ago.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
ElbertF: I canceled my account this morning. I never had any information on there that I wanted to be completely private but I don't like where Facebook is going.
What skills can a someone develop to become a great hacker?
rick_2047: have fun
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
ErrantX: Nah, I made a concious decision to open up my Facebook account "publicly" about 18 months ago. So in my mind it is just like my public facing blog (with a handy added address book).Once you have it in your mind like that it is easy to remember not to post private stuff in there.
Language & web framework advice?
sqrt17: If you're a perl head, try one of the modern web frameworks for Perl, such as Catalyst http://www.catalystframework.org/ As a long-time pythoneer, I first had a look at RoR, but not being able to reuse old code and programming prowess is a letdown, so I tried Django and I liked it.tl;dr: There's rails-like frameworks for many languages now. If you're heavily invested in one programming language, try the web frameworks there.
How does Facebook prevent websites from clicking the "like" button?
gojomo: Looks like there's a bunch of arbitrary session/key info in the IFRAME that the parent window can't predict/access.
Who is already sick of all of these "Like" buttons plastered everywhere?
aw3c2: I have iframes globally disabled with only few websites allowed to use them. Try it.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
raquo: In the internet only Facebook can quit you. All your data are belong to Zuck.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
shadowsun7: I joined Facebook this year for a class in Facebook app development. I never really wanted to join the network - like some of the posters here, I saw something like this coming and told myself it wasn't worth the investment to join Facebook.After four months of using it, I've come to several conclusions.1) Facebook is a huge timesuck. Time I used to spend reading on the Internet, or programming I now spent watching stupid videos on Facebook itself. What Facebook needs is a noprocras feature (but even then - the content isn't worth the time).2) Related to point 1: I began to think that what Facebook really does is to use my need for connection to keep me returning to the site. And I didn't like that. It felt as if ... well it feels as if they're trying to use my friends for their benefit.3) Superficial communication != valuable communication. There is no centralized discussion on FB, and your profile page tends to be this highly decentralized echo chamber. How many people, if ever, argue against your (bad) ideas on your very own profile page?4) Privacy has always been and will always be an issue on a social site this big. It's too easy to mess things up.And so, after four months: I'm quitting.
Who is already sick of all of these "Like" buttons plastered everywhere?
andrewcooke: You can block them in Firefox by using the RequestPolicy plugin. At least, I assume that you can, because I am not actually seeing any ;o)https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9727At first it seems like overkill, because it blocks sites from accessing data from other sites, but you can enable certain sites (either globally or on a per-site basis) and it remembers those, so after a little playing around, sites you visit frequently look quite normal.It's also very interesting seeing how people assemble sites these days...
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
piguy314: As long as facebook maintains some semblance of a concern about privacy and allows people to opt out of their invasive and intrusive new features I will stick around. It's a great way to keep in touch with old/current classmates and family members. I of course don't allow facebook applications to share any of my info, have all my settings on "friends only," and have all applications blocked except the baseline/stock ones (calender, etc...)
What does it mean to have a 4.0 GPA?
jaekwon: 4.0 means he got the best grade for each class that he took. You can fail a test and still get an A, depending. I believe you can retake a course to get a better grade in my school. 3.5 is fine. 3.0 I guess might be average or not stellar.
What does it mean to have a 4.0 GPA?
th: The letter grades A and A+ are equivalent to 4 "grade points." A- is 3.7, B+ is 3.3, B is 3.0, B- is 2.7 and so on. If someone has a 4.0 this means they received an A/A+ in every class.Depending on the university and the professor, this can mean different things. If the class is curved, one third of the class will probably receive A-/A/A+ range grades. If the class is not curved, anywhere from 85% to 95% may be considered an A depending on the professor, class, and university. Most commonly a 90% range is considered A- and up and 80% range is B- and up (assuming no curve).The overall GPAs themselves are usually calculated by taking specific units of each class into account to give some classes more weight than others. For a 4.0, all grades must have been A anyways so this detail is insignificant.3.7 and 3.5 are often considered very good GPAs in university. Receiving an overall 4.0 GPA is fairly rare at many schools as an receiving even one A- or below would ensure less than 4.0.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
retube: I just spent 30 minutes going through all my privacy settings and switching everything to "Friends only". It was time consuming, and given the number of config pages, I'm sure I've missed stuff. And there's still stuff visible on my profile.I'm just so pleased I signed up with an alias. Only my actual friends know it's me.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
ritonlajoie: Do you know what was the name of this project which lets you, with a firefox extension, post your facebook messages using PGP or something similar ? I can't find it again, still there was some buzz about that some months ago..edit : this software was aimed at creating short life messages. After some time the data was deleted from the net.. It was using some P2P technology
Lisp development for Android?
Zak: I have no experience, but I believe Kawa Scheme was the first Lisp to demonstrate the ability to run on Android.
What skills can a someone develop to become a great hacker?
hga: A truly great hacker will have enough facility with abstraction and clarity that his code will be understandable by others, including himself 6 months later.He'll program in such a way that he can debug the hard bugs.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
weixiyen: I tried to quit last year and then my wife started an argument with me, rationalizing that people would think she's single if I quit. I'm still on Facebook, it's still completely useless, and and I still want to quit. However I need some ammo if I'm going to approach this subject with her again.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
loup-vaillant: Not sure this counts, but I quit Gmail over privacy concerns. My mail and my web site are currently hosted on a remote virtual machine on which I am root. But this is not enough. I eventually plan to use a real personal server, one that will be locked behind my walls.Of course, I won't ever use Facebook.
Lisp development for Android?
hga: Here's an HN discussion from a month ago on the general topic: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1217845A Scheme running on top of Dalvik or on the "bare metal" (if that's allowed) strikes me as probably the best bet for now.
Where the hell is all this recent hate on Gen Y'ers coming from?
julius_geezer: The other year an in-law remarked that "kids today" were unwilling to do the group house thing. I asked whether n years ago he ever imagined himself using the expression, and got laughs from his sister and wife, and a rueful one from him.How does JC get off? Well, what are going to do? Boycott him? Challenge him to a duel? A mixed martial arts match? Regard him as background noise, a minor nuisance like a loud, smelly bus stop, and move on.But remember this in 10 or 20 or 40 years when you are tempted to say bad things about the young of that day.
How do Startups Look for Employment Candidates?
hga: In my experience:Their network. So you're doing well there.When that's exhausted, if they can't afford recruiter fees, classified ads. I would assume Craigslist nowadays.Only if and when they can afford recruiters fees and there is one good one in their area do they turn to them. My last experience there, in 1997 or so, was that only 1/2 of the resumes sent to us by one of the two best in the D.C. area were potentially viable (I can't remember how many we made that judgment about before or after the interview).Outsourcing candidate placement ... yow. I don't know. If a company takes recruiting seriously, its top people are going to spend the time it takes to do it right. To the extent you could off load some of that burden it would be great, but for technical staff you're going to have to get a good programmer in your team, someone who can administer the "can you program your way out of a paper bag" tests. Ditto for systems, unless you've developed enough skills on the side in that area.Good luck; this is a field that is not done well and needs all the help it can get. I'd recommend spending a lot of quality time on this site http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/ for some additional tips and such.Pay particular attention to this essay, "Death by Lethal Reputation": http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/halethalrep.htm"On the surface, the company's problem was a nasty reputation for a number of bad hiring habits. At a deeper level, the problem was a lack of pride and a lack of concern about how it presented itself to its professional community. If the company had been able to shake the bad habits, it might have been able to regain the respect of its community."To the extent you can help companies avoid problems of this nature while they're in furious heads down startup mode you could add serious value to your services.
GeoAPI or SimpleGeo?
haxplorer: I haven't used both these apis. But from what I see, GeoAPI seems to provide writable layers if you would want to augment their data with your own data which would be available just to you, while simplegeo doesn't provide it yet. On the other hand, Sinplegeo seems to give an API that enables you to query for predicted population density in an area. Simplegeo seems to provide history for the users or objects that you are tracking while geoapi doesn't seem to provide. See which of these features matter to you and which don't. These are from what I understood by going through the docs in a few mins just for answering this question since geo is one of my interests. So, I may have overlooked something. Please verify these yourself once.
How to find side project friendly companies?
hga: One thing, echoing HN user corruption, is that you need to look for companies that can afford your not devoting 99% of your technical time, effort and attention to their needs.I doubt Google had its 20% policy when it was moving from its Stanford lab foundation to establishing the company, I would think that had to come later.Even if a company is profitable, that doesn't mean it has this sort of luxury, but you should probably start out with profitable ones.I don't think on its face that your desire is crazy, people like you can provide all sorts of benefits to the company they're working for (e.g. your network, recognition (would Transmeta have had the slightest chance in the marketplace if they hadn't hired Linus?), etc.). But raw survival comes first.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
Kilimanjaro: It is not what you post, it is what they post about you.A friend of mine decided to give facebook a try and he was received with a warm welcome of "Bring the cocaine, snuffy is here finally!"Closer to home, a cousin went to a bachelorette party and posted pictures of her and everybody doing their stuff, you know, sucking fake cocks and stuff. Totally inappropriate for the world to know, but they thought that was just funny.See? you can't control what they post about you.
A tool to analyse the orders of growth
sqrt17: You may be starting from wrong assumptions. Asymptotic analysis of algorithms is useful when you want to extrapolate to larger datasets, since it helps you figure out what, if the data grew enough, would become the bottleneck in your source code. A profiling tool is useful for getting at the actual time consumption. So what you'd want is to run your code under profiling, using a realistic amount of data. (Use a sampling profiler if the instrumented source code is too slow). Anything that looks bad at the scale that you're aiming at is something that you'd (eventually want to address). Another method would be to run the profiler twice, once on a small-ish dataset and once on a large-ish dataset (where large-ish doesn't have to be the full size) and then subtract the small-ish times (cumulative or self) from the large-ish times so you get rid of the startup time and see more clearly where the non-startup portion is spending its time.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
Ascendancy: jQuery, hands down. It allows for so much functionality with such small amounts of code.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
CulturalNgineer: The individual in a tribe of hunter-gatherers has a very different concept of privacy. In his/her world everyone pretty much knows everyone else's 'business'.The whole concept of privacy is relatively new to humanity. This doesn't mean its not important. Its actually an emergent property of a scaled civilization.Its an unavoidable situation there but, of course, in that case 'everyone' is a fairly small number.The Internet is revolutionizing privacy and proximity for the FIRST time since the rise of organized agriculture.This isn't going to be an easy transition and will require revisions in law, credit-creation and finance, governance and especially cultural norms.I don't know how it will turn out but I suspect it will be a deal 'maker or breaker' for humanity's future development and the role and rights of the individual.It's a true evolutionary landscape and its design whether arising by accident or intent will determine the nature of our future evolution.How would hunter-gatherers run the world? (pssst... They Do!) http://culturalengineer.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-would-hunte...The Problem in Scaling Altruism: Where's the Intelligent Life? http://culturalengineer.blogspot.com/2010/04/problem-in-scal...On Social Energy, Enterprise & Expanding the Technology of Money http://culturalengineer.blogspot.com/2010/01/on-social-energ...Unhindered Speech and Association must be maintained as inherent qualities of this developing landscape. And the information inherent in this speech and association, if it is to have ownership at all...Must be owned by the Commons!The Individually-controlled / Commons-dedicated Account, I believe is an essential element necessary as part of this transition.But I'm an anthropologist and not a computer whiz just trying to understand this new landscape and provide a suggestion or two...
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
jamesbond: You might want to take a look at qooxdoo: http://qooxdoo.org/demo
How do you get started in enterpirse Java development?
plinkplonk: "How do you get started in enterprise Java development? What is the best way to gain experience without giving up on the current day job that pays the bills?"Find a small business that needs a web app and build it for them using your favorite technology stack. That's how I started. Show your interviewers the code - shuts off a lot of stupid gotcha/trivia questions.(due disclosure: Though I worked on enterprise dev for 10 years I haven't done it in the last 8 years or so. I got completely bored and the projects all started to blur into each other and so I shifted to algorithm intensive AI/machine learning sw. But it was kinda fun for a while and I worked with some great people and companies. I recently talked to some of my ex colleagues and nothing much has changed in enterprise dev.)
How do you get started in enterpirse Java development?
hapless: Job postings are built something like children's wish lists for Santa. Your kid doesn't actually expect a pony AND a nintendo AND a dog AND a trip to disneyland. Entry-level job postings don't actually expect 3-5 years of experience.It's normal to be ignored over and over and over when you submit resumes. It's the hardest road to employment. Because 99% of applicants are crap, no one applicant gets a lot of attention. Tweak your resume, make more phone calls, keep trying.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
samd: Maybe you mean something different, but I'm pretty sure both SproutCore and Cappuccino don't demand your back-end be written in JavaScript, or any particular language.Also, your framework choice is going to depend on what you want to do. SC/Capp are meant for building webapps, not websites.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
flavoie: You can also take a look at qooxdoo. http://qooxdoo.org/It's feature rich (more than cappuccino at this time), it has good documentation, it provides a nice unit test framework and it's easy to use.One thing that worth noting, is that framework like capp/sproutcore/qooxdoo are design with all the widget in mind(not the case with jQuery). That provide a more coherent api, everything is test against each other, it's easier to build, maintain and update. But all of this at the expense of being a little bit bigger (kb).One advantage of cappuccino is the GUI builder Atlas, but only if you're on a Mac and all your team members are on a Mac. There is no announcement yet if or when it will be available on Windows and Linux.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
arihant: Shutting down FB account might be a solution to privacy issues, which can be easily solved by starting to use FB from something like TweetDeck. That's not big of a deal.But, the mere fact that people are feeling "friction" from shutting accounts leads to a more profound problem here - portability of personal data on the cloud. For a 'social' web to happen in reality and for 'everything to move on cloud' to happen anywhere out of Web 2.0 conferences, this feature is required.You can't shift 'everything on cloud' when 'everything' is tied to one privately held entity. This goes for every 'social' services provider out there. If I can change my cellphone provider, why not my social network provider?
Who is already sick of all of these "Like" buttons plastered everywhere?
elblanco: I wish there was a "Like" button on this post.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
wycats: ExtJS has repeatedly claimed that their Open Source license does not apply to an application in which any part (including the backend) is proprietary. I don't personally agree that that's how the GPL works wrt JS, but if you can't afford the commercial license, be aware that the owners of the project don't think you can use the OSS license on a non-OSS app.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
plq: Depends on your requirements. JQuery is great if your goal is also to maintain a progressive experience that somewhat works without javascript.If you're after a feel closer to desktop apps, or a high level of interactivity, and also don't care much about users who don't sport a modern browser, I think the best library is Ext, both in terms of community size and widget features. But, qooxdoo would be a better choice among free alternatives, (i.e. Sproutcore and Cappuccino)In a nutshell: In case of Sproutcore, I don't think Sproutcore's widget set is great. As for Cappuccino, I'm not sure about running code over an "Objective-j" layer on top of javascript, which is slow enough. And, I'm not a mac guy at all.Qooxdoo has introduced some support for progressive pages as well, but it's nowhere near JQuery. I'm also maintaining a project called JsQt, that converts .ui files from Qt Designer to qooxdoo code. See http://to./3t6p to get a quick feeling of what works and what doesn't. So you also have a basic gui-designer support for qooxdoo as well.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
davisml: Cappuccino is my favourite, although the included AppKit framework is large and slow at times. If you rebuild AppKit without Aristo and all the default images it loads quickly.
How do you get started in enterpirse Java development?
bad_user: > How do you get started in enterprise Java development? What is the best way to gain experience without giving up on the current day job that pays the bills?Those jobs postings are usually written by HR people that have no idea what they are talking about.My advice ... apply for that job anyway, even if you don't meet the requirements.But you should be careful ... don't lie about your expertise. In good companies your interview will be done with other developers. If you are indeed capable, but you get rejected because you don't meet that checklist, you should be grateful for that.
How do you get started in enterpirse Java development?
zackola: Build something slightly enterprisey but really simple. Make sure it uses lots of enterprise buzzwords like XML, LDAP, SOAP, and UML. You could make something pretty simple that an enterprise client might find useful, like some sort of process management tool, otherwise known as flowcharts. Generally the only difference between enterprise software and not is the price tag. Surely there are exceptions to this.I'd also suggest that before you dedicate a significant part of your life to learning something because there is currently a high demand for it in your geographic area, you may want to consider reading the excellent:http://www.pragprog.com/titles/cfcar2/the-passionate-program...Check out the reviews on amazon - might also be helpful to look at reviews for the out of print My Job Went to India. The passionate programmer is the 2nd edition of this book I gather.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
pwpwp: gwt
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
evo_9: Jquery by a mile, for all the reasons others have mentioned + I'm also using jqueryUI which supports the newish Theming framework and is a great way to bring a consistant Ui feel to your app. the online theme generator is very slick and is designer friendly too.
Anybody else quitting Facebook over privacy concerns?
stcredzero: Thinking about it.I think Facebook has peaked. It's bloated, ripe, and everything that can be extracted from it is being extracted.(I may be wrong, and this is only a local maxima. That's also a disturbing thought.)
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
slantyyz: UkiJS (http://ukijs.org/) is pretty nice too.I took a serious look at SproutCore and Cappuccino for a web app (not site) that I'm building, but jQuery is so damned easy to use, that it was not easy to justify spending a few days learning yet another framework.The thing that made me totally drop any further investigation into SproutCore and Cappuccino (and UkiJS, for that matter) was the JQuery layout plugin (http://layout.jquery-dev.net/). It makes your GUI construction super simple, and then you can cherry pick the jQuery UI elements that work for you.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
eli_s: ExtJS is my personal favourite - amazing collection of ready-to-go components, very good doco, a strong community, loads of extensions etc. The performance is also very good.There have been some issues regarding licensing with some OS purists feeling that Ext 'tricked' its early adopters. Personally I couldn't care less. I treat it as a commercial product for which i'm more than happy to pay $300.
How do you get started in enterpirse Java development?
raju: I work using the Enterprise Java stack. This may be obvious, but let me start here - Java Enterprise involves understanding the spec (essentially the API) and then understanding how a vendor implements the same (e.g. JAX-RS vs. RestEasy).Furthermore - the Java ecosystem is huge. There are multiple vendors for each API, and trying to find a starting point can prove to be overwhelming.My advice - start with something small and move from there. The Spring Framework (which at it's core is merely a Dependency Injection framework and does not implement a J2EE API) is something a lot of Java shops use to wire their applications together, and can be used even on a stand-alone Java/Swing application. The Spring documentation is pretty comprehensive.After that - try to implement persistence - This will introduce you to JPA (Java Persistence API and potentially EJB) and a persistence provider (like Hibernate). Again, go lightweight using a in-memory DB like HSQLDB or H2 so you don't spend time tweaking a DB).Then you are ready to take on something a little bit more complex like a web-app. Look into the Servlet API (this forms the basis of a lot of front-end technologies in Java like JSPs).This should be a good starting point. If you need something more, drop me an email (in my profile) and hopefully I can help.Good luck.
How do you get started in enterpirse Java development?
patio11: Learn a model/view/controller framework like CakePHP or Rails. It will make enterprise Java development much easier, since you'll know the core concepts in a language that you don't have to fight every step of the way to do things in. (I say that as a former Big Freaking Enterprise Java developer.)Learn core Java, paying particular attention to how to use CS101/201 stuff like loops and collections. Know how to work with HashMaps. Creating hash maps, passing them around, iterating over their keys, etc, is going to be a huge portion of your life.Then start learning Spring, Hibernate, and the rest of the J2EE alphabet soup. You don't have to know everything on day one: if your job needs a lot of SOAP, read up on SOAP, if they need web services implemented in a reasonable amount of time, read up on RestEasy, etc etc.You'll also want to pick up the usual web dev breadbasket if you don't already have it: HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL, basic Linux system administration, basic system architecture, etc etc.Also: Java code monkeys are cheap, domain experts who can code are expensive, optimize accordingly.
What do you think of our demo website?
pedalpete: I like the look of the site, and I found it to be quite speedy as well.I use memcache on one of my sites, and never found the need for anything else.Clearly, you felt there was an opportunity in that space, and maybe there is. But to me it wasn't obvious.That may be a bit of a stepping stone. you're like memcache but...!I don't know that 'faster' is the main target (though I could be wrong). Lots of sites seem to be quite happy with memcache. But if you can show a savings of x over memcache due to server resources or speed, etc. you might be on to something.
What do you think of our demo website?
akirk: It sounds like you keep the URLs in memory. What do you do if the power goes out?
What do you think of our demo website?
vyrotek: Does it only work on a single machine? Or can it be used distributed across multiple servers?
How to find side project friendly companies?
donw: On one hand, time not spent on product is time not improving the bottom line. Period. For a small company, that can easily mean instant death.On the other hand, I've regularly taken a day or two off at times when I needed a break from working on our primary product, and ended up writing stuff that either massively improved my programming abilities, or contributed in a huge, but non-obvious, way towards improving our app.Working on those side-project has helped to keep me energized and focused; you can't spend all day making license plates.So, I'd hire someone who had a side-project, provided that it didn't conflict with what the company is doing, and that they were professional enough to not work on their 'side project' at the office.I'd also want to be kept in the loop on what the side project is, because I want to make sure there isn't a conflict of interest. And also because, if it turns out that this project could be productized or would otherwise benefit the company, I could offer to buy it and put them to work on it on company time.Alternatively, if an employee's 'side project' turned into their own scrappy startup, that's fine too, but at that point they really need to leave and focus on building their own company; it's just too big of a legal risk to keep them on as full-time employees.
What do you think of our demo website?
taykh: clickable link: http://wrp.me/
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
scorpioxy: Depends on how complex the application is.-JQuery UI for simple widgets to make the UI a bit more functional with JS- ExtJS for when the whole web app is a JS application with rich, desktop-like interactivity. Use mostly JSON for communication with the ASP.Net MVC backend.- YUI for anything in between those two points mentioned above.I haven't really tried anything else so far. But I'd like to look at GWT when I can.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
asnyder: If you don't limit yourself to a strictly JS UI library, you can try NOLOH (http://www.noloh.com). NOLOH stands for Not One Line of HTML and allows you to work on a single language on the server-side without ever having to deal with the client. Unlike SproutCore, or Cappuccino, which are fat-clients, NOLOH is lightweight and on-demand. This means that your application loads instantly (noloh.com is a noloh app), and there's never any unnecessary code loaded on the client at any time, either on the server, or client. Best of all this is done automatically for you completely transparent to the developer.Furthermore, all the native widgets & core for that matter are completely skinnable, extendable, and modifiable as you can see from the vast visual differences and feel in the numerous NOLOH applications.NOLOH also allows you to easily use most 3rd party JavaScript widgets & components out of the box, without a single line of modification to the 3rd party library. You can see how easy that is at http://github.com/noloh, take SyntaxHighlighter for example. If you have large set of legacy HTML, no worries, NOLOH allows you to work with that and seamlessly communicate with the server check out a demonstration here: http://www.youtube.com/phpframework#p/c/C102458C2FFD8ACF/5/i...Also, unlike Sproutcore or Cappuccino, the client is only used for rendering and not a store of your business logic. So all your valuable application logic is completely protected from prying eyes.For all that are wary about NOLOH, give it a watch at http://youtube.com/phpframework to see simple and efficient it really is. We've been around since 2005 (though only available to the public since last year) and have a growing set of articles & videos. In the coming month we'll have more demos than you'll know what to do with.Disclaimer: I'm a co-founder of NOLOH.[edited for clarity]
What do you think of our demo website?
carbocation: From your FAQ:"Will wrpme be open source?No, users will need to purchase a license to use the software except for evaluation and educational purposes."Sounds like you guys must have done something pretty impressive to warrant such a statement! Can you tell us a bit about what differentiates your offering enough from memcached? Are performance comparisons available?
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
mattberg: No mention of YUI yet? I have been using it for years and can't imagine using any other framework.YUI can be somewhat low level, but YUI 2 has grown to provide many impressive components like layout manager, menus, data tables, rich text editors, tree views, tab views, and more. Not to mention one of my favorite parts of YUI, the CSS font and reset files.YUI 3 is much more reminiscent of jQuery, but doesn't quite have the component list of its predecessor (YUI 2). The YUI community is very active and the people behind the project are very communicative.Anyways, just thought I would throw in my vote for YUI.
What do you think of our demo website?
motvbi: It would be hard to pay for something that I know very little about. There isn't much information about the cache engine itself on your website. How does this compare with memcached? Numbers on the performance would give us more insight.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
richcollins: You don't have to write any of your backend in Javascript w/ SproutCore or Cappuccino.My favorite by far is Cappuccino. It designed almost exactly like Cocoa, which is a fantastic framework for writing apps with UIs. It comes with a ton of components that are already designed for you. You can completely skip the cost of a graphic designer (you still have understand interaction design).
What do you think of our demo website?
olegkikin: Boring. There are hundreds of sites like that already.I also tried submitting the same URL over and over again, and I get new shortened URLs. Seems like a waste.http://wrp.me/99Jaahttp://wrp.me/99Maahttp://wrp.me/99Oaa
What do you think of our demo website?
moe: would you be interested (read: ready to pay for) a high performance cache or this need is just the fruit of our imagination?You mean instead of just using memcached, redis, varnish or squid? All of which are peer reviewed, battle tested, free, and optimized to perform about as close to the metal as it gets?Sorry, but I'd lean towards "fruit of your imagination".
What do you think of our demo website?
kylebragger: I'm curious how this will stack up against free, open-source libraries such as memcache and redis.
What do you think of our demo website?
javery: How is this better than redis? I can't imagine needing something higher performance than redis, especially if I had to pay for it and it was closed source.
What does it mean to have a 4.0 GPA?
lsemel: 4.0 means you got an A in every course, and in each course the grade is usually based on a weighted average of tests and papers. You usually don't have the opportunity to redo work or retake tests.I spent 2 years at a good state university and 2 years at a top private university, getting 4.0 and 3.97 respectively. I think getting the 4.0 at the state school was harder as there was less grade inflation.You do not need to be a super genius to get a high GPA. It's a combination of intelligence, interest in the subject matter, hard work, and priorities. Looking back, I thought getting a very high GPA was essential, but now I don't think it matters all that much, nor was it worth the effort.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
chengas123: I love Google Closure. It's a huge library with tons of different modules. Much different than jQuery which is smaller and lighter but great for DOM selection. You could probably use the two of them together.
Any good email reminder startups?
medianama: Mailchimp
Any good email reminder startups?
aj: Why not use Google Calendar? Or perhaps http://rememberthemilk.com?
How do you get started in enterpirse Java development?
umjames: Here's what I did back in 2001. I already knew my way around the Unix command line, so if you don't, that's obviously a first step. I learned the following technologies in order:1. HTML (basics, you won't need to know every tag) 2. CSS (basics again, you can fill in the holes as you come across them on projects) 3. JavaScript (bare bones, no frameworks, you'll learn them later for actual projects) 4. Servlets (you'll need to also learn a servlet container at the same time, I recommend Tomcat. You can use JBoss when you understand the basics of Java web app deployment and configuration.) 5. JSPs (since they are shorthand servlets at runtime) 6. Basic database administration and SQL (I chose MySQL here) 7. JDBC (the core of all database access in Java)At this point, I started to branch out. There's an endless number of web frameworks out there, I don't know which is the most popular now for Java, but pick something you like. You'll also want to learn an ORM like Hiberenate.You will need to know some supporting technologies and some alternatives. For example, you'll need to know Ant as most Java projects are built using it. Velocity is a popular alternative to JSPs. Just make sure you don't ever stop learning new things.One last bit of warning: If you ever find yourself bored or frustrated with enterprise Java development (especially if you end up on an enterprise portal project), don't think you have to stick with it. Always invest some time in something outside of the technologies you use everyday. That way you'll always have options.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
arijo: javascriptmvc - (http://www.javascriptmvc.com) is built on top of jquery and is most effective in a project when jquery doesn't cut it anymore.
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
brunoc: jQuery UI:If you're building a "web 2.0" type web application, jQuery UI is a good fit in my experience. It is lightweight for a UI library and if you're already familiar with jQuery you'll feel right at home. I'm working on such an application right now.I have to say that the documentation explaining how to create your own widgets is sorely lacking. I hope to write something soon on this subject.Ext JS:If you're building a monster web app for intranet / corporate use with a 'desktop application' type of GUI rather than a web friendly interface, Ext JS is an extremely powerful solution. It has ridiculously powerful widgets (the Grid for example). Everything is event driven and class based. Making new widgets or extending core ones is easy through inheritance.I've worked on 3 such applications so far and it's been great. The documentation is top notch and it's actively supported.It is however VERY heavy. Both in terms of size and in terms of the markup it generates. Like I said, not for lightweight apps. Build your application completely in JavaScript and forget about html with this one.
Any good email reminder startups?
Serene: - http://www.youbookin.com/ (online appointment scheduling) - https://etacts.com/ (mass messaging to multiple contacts) - http://snoozester.com/ (scheduled telephone reminders) - http://www.fyiremindme.com/ (automated reminders) - http://www.logicalware.com (Mailmanager by Logicalware) - http://www.spyvo.com/ - http://mailmelater.com/
How do you get started in enterpirse Java development?
jbooth: Read Effective Java by Josh Bloch -- take those lessons to heart and prepare to be dismayed at how poorly designed 7 figure "entreprise" software really is. Then struggle against it for a few years until you say "screw it, my next job will only involve the Collections API, util.concurrent and nio libraries".
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
Smuggler: The YUI3 based Alloy UI looks awesome: http://alloy.liferay.com/demos.php
What is your favorite Javascript UI framework out there ?
johnyzee: If you use Java it is a no-brainer: GWT. You can check out our app for an example: http://demo.teampostgresql.com. It is a fairly complex AJAX app written 99% in plain Java. GWT automatically compiles the source to JavaScript targeting different browsers. Awesome.