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Firebug, YSlow, asset_packager and why your website is “slow”
When tasked to improve a web app’s performance, the first thing that developers often do is tweak the backend - web server, database, for example. But according to the Yahoo! Exceptional Performance Group, most optimization opportunities exist after the requested page has been given to the browser. For example, when a URL is entered […]
Because nothing is happening on the screen
When we looked at the actual download speeds of the sites we tested, we found that there was no correlation between these and the perceived speeds reported by our users. About.com, rated slowest by our users, was actually the fastest site (average: 8 seconds). Amazon.com, rated as one of the fastest sites by users, was […]
Is your tech idea good enough for the real world?
If you would like to shake hands with Dado Banatao and Winston Damarillo — two Pinoys who have made it big in the high-tech world — you can meet them at the AyalaTBI TechBootCamp, which will be held on Oct 6. 13, and 16 at AIM Conference Center (Makati, Philippines). Aside from learning entrepreneurship […]
The conspiracy against user-friendly software
How to design a user-friendly software:
1. Test the design
2. Identify the problems
3. Modify the design
4. Repeat step 1
Sounds easy, right? That is until time pressure, individual preference, market forces and other factors come in and conspire against the design.
The most common business model for software is to regulary release versions of a product, where each […]
How your Gmail messages travel
Some other ways your Gmail messages arrive in your inbox.
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Free talk: Bootstrapping your tech startup
Speaker:
Michael Hansson
Global Design Engineering Manager
Integrated Microelectronics Inc.
Michael Hansson is the Global Design Engineering manager for IMI, an Electronics Manufacturing Solutions provider with 21,000 people and 12 facilities in 4 countries.
Michael is an Embedded Systems Engineer with an M.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Linkoping in Sweden, where he also […]
Smart pricing or scam?
The Medical City hospital charges more for the same medicine if you are in a private room than if you are in a ward section. Similary, doctors charge higher professional fees in a private room. A friend, working as a nurse at another hospital, confirms this practice at their hospital.
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Tom Peters: Innovation is Actually Easy!
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Rollo May on Creativity
“In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.”
— Rollo May
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Snapshots: Lighthouse, Freshbooks, TeamSnaps
These are typical text we see on website registration and signups.
TeamSnaps’ version is funny and true. It also shows what kind of people are behind the website.
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