As anyone who has been writing code for a while can attest, keeping track of reusable code snippets is a must in terms of speeding up development. After all, who wants to waste time writing the same code over and over when you can simply copy and paste?

I've finally gotten around to picking up a copy of The Mythical Man Month, a collection of essays on software engineering written by Frederick Brooks which was originally published in 1975. While the majority of the book has stood the test of time remarkably well, Chapter 3, entitled "The Surgical Team," especially intrigued me.

I have spent the last few days redesigning my personal blog from scratch with a totally new look and feel. The motivation for this came from multiple sources, including the desire to practice my design skills by creating something new (which was not fully satiated by designing my new mini-site recently).

If you are building an iPhone web app, chances are you have gotten a bit tired of relying on your device for testing changes. It can definitely be tedious to upload your changes, pick up your device, and refresh Mobile Safari each time you make a change to your code. Here's a way to use your Mac to eliminate the device (and even your internet connection) from the process.

So you built a website. The design is beautiful, the content is filled in, and it has been submitted to all of the major search engines. Maybe you have even purchased a bit of ad space on Google or another PPC network. So why is no one visiting your site? Turns out that there's a lot more that goes into bringing visitors to your site (and keeping them there) than what many people initially realize. 

"Remember the days before spam?" I barely can, but this slogan for Akismet might really hit home for some. Spam has become quite a nuisance for just about everybody who uses the Internet, not to mention the added trouble for those who run websites.

Molly Holzschlag's talk tonight has given me some much-needed inspiration for my (now late) weekly blog post. Some of the things that she had to say about Internet Explorer 6 have prompted me to cogitate on the way that we treat this dinosaur of a browser at my company.

The Interwebs have been ablaze over the last few months with articles and commentary regarding HTML5. While this is remarkable in and of itself given that HTML5 will not be officially ready until the year 2022, the fact that browsers are starting to implement some of the features from the current draft of the language has triggered some interesting comments.

The world of iPhone and OS X development is not an easy one to break into. There is a steep learning curve involved even for those who have experience developing on other platforms, not to mention the time it takes for a relatively green developer to learn the ropes. For this reason (among others), iPhone developers are able to charge great rates when they are commissioned to create apps.