It’s fairly technical, but goes into some detail about how YourTrove works and some of the decisions and challenges we have to tackle in searching social content. So if you’re curious, check it out! YourTrove Wonders: Is a tweet a … Continue reading
The startup I have been working on (and being less social because of) officially launched today: YourTrove! Continue reading
Most of the time, when you start coding against an API, either with or without an API client, you end up producing enough errors that your error-checking is fairly robust. However, sometimes most or even everything “just works.” Which produces … Continue reading
I don’t generally care much at all about the deaths of famous people, but I feel profound sadness at the passing of Steve Jobs. As I type this on my Macbook Air and my iPhone buzzes next to me with … Continue reading
This is the easiest-to-follow of the various Python logging guides/posts/docs that I’ve seen: Python logging tutorial | Pingbacks.
Jud Valeski had a notable observation about how potentially powerful an OS level namespace and single sign-on capability could be for internetworked applications: Everyone’s talking about the power of Twitter and Apple’s native single sign-on model in iOS 5. While … Continue reading
The following is a bit in the realm of pointless mind games and Devil’s Advocate, so grain of salt applies. It struck me that America’s currently abhorrent state of education may, in an odd, counterproductive way actually be helping to … Continue reading
I’m not sure how I missed this post by Jacob Kaplan-Moss, where he’s throwing the kind of REST question out there that has, in the past kept me thinking for hours: It seems like URIs like /people/{my-uid}/photos and /people/{my-uid}/photos/{photo-id} are more “pure.” … Continue reading
tl;dr: Fix bugs quickly, write features and core slowly, use github. Or just scroll through the graphs. We’re either at, or past, my 30 year anniversary (I was a kid, can’t remember okay?) of either using, writing or managing software. … Continue reading
I witnessed an interaction at the pharmacy today: Pharmacist: Did your insurance change? Patient: Yes. Pharmacist: Can I have the card? Patient: I’ve been coming here for 20 years, you can’t look it up? Pharmacist: Nope, sorry At first glance, … Continue reading