Platforms trump products – an excellent view on the trend of vendors to create platforms rather than just products or services. The world is getting larger and scalability becomes a problem fast – platform, it seems, is a viable solution for now. Interestingly, lessons learned in the digital world can be applied to the real world.
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Celebrating 10 Years of PHP 5.0.0
Celebrating 10 Years of PHP 5.0.0 – a good summary of what happened with PHP in the last 10 years, and where it’s all going. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already!
The Two Words Steve Jobs Hated Most
The Two Words Steve Jobs Hated Most
According to Johnson, the two most “dreaded, hated” words at Apple under Steve Jobs were “branding” and “marketing.”
I’m not the biggest Steve Jobs fan, but I’m with him on these ones. :)
Mobile Web Monitoring Advanced Scripting (MITE)
Mobile Web Monitoring Advanced Scripting (MITE)
Reduce your test time with MITE test automation. MITE comes with a script recorder that lets you capture each step as you navigate a mobile website. Record once and re-run the script on any device profile, repeating each action and collecting unique mobile Web optimization data for each selected device.
Start recording any time during a session by clicking the record icon on the ribbon. You can add validation checks for every step by simply right-clicking the script and selecting the validation check.
Not only does automated testing save time, but it also guarantees a consistent test methodology. Once you’ve completed mobile Web optimization, upload your script into your own MyKeynote portal and a get a new perspective on the availability of your mobile site with a week of free monitoring.
Construct – a visual layout editor based on Blueprint CSS framework
Construct – a visual layout editor based on Blueprint CSS framework. Now if only someone would build a similar tool for Twitter Bootstrap…