April 2015
April 27, 2015
- Troy Hunt: Mobile app privacy insanity – we’re still failing massively at this. #
- Reddit eliminates salary talk from hiring. #
- ‘Geo-inference’ can reveal your location in all mainstream browsers. “All browsers use memory cache in order to quickly load frequently used websites. Files you’ll see again and again are saved to your computer, saving the time it would take to repeatedly download them. But that deeply entrenched practice isn't necessarily secure. An attacker can measure exactly how long it takes to load these resources and, with that information, narrow down your location—potentially down to your exact address.” #
- Gary Bernhard: The Birth & Death of JavaScript. #
- Getting an A+ rating on the Qualys SSL Test. #
April 26, 2015
- Turning the database inside-out with Apache Samza. Martin Kleppmann’s fascinating talk on using streams to radically bust how databases and caches are traditionally used. #
April 24, 2015
- The Mexican Mole Lizard is endemic to Baja California, Mexico and has only two limbs at the front of its body. #
- The Banana slug is found along the Pacific Coast. It removes its penis after intercourse by chewing it off. #
- The world's first self-powered video camera. #
April 22, 2015
- The magnificent Shapps will crush his critics but what about poor Contribsx? Oh, Grant Shapps. #
- “None of it’s true”: wellness blogger Belle Gibson admits she never had cancer. “She says she is passionate about avoiding gluten, dairy and coffee, but doesn’t really understand how cancer works.” #
- Buyral — professional clicking. Guarantee your video goes viral. #
April 20, 2015
- Clockmaker John Harrison vindicated 250 years after ‘absurd’ claims. #
- How to quit. I totally agree with this: every company handbook should have instructions on how to quit. #
April 17, 2015
- Its journalism is behind a paywall, but The Times of London’s developers embrace open source » Nieman Journalism Lab. How The Times use Sir Trevor JS, really great to see where they’ve taken it! #
- Hermanni Hyytiälä: Be prepared to change the way you think. Employees may be able to picture an organization based on its org chart, but customers definitely can’t. Any contact they have will color inform their view of the organization as a whole. #
April 13, 2015
- A/A Testing: How I increased conversions 300% by doing absolutely nothing. A great article on how A/B testing is not always the answer (and the pitfalls of not realising this). #
