Articles having tag: OPINION

11 Things every Software Developer should be doing in 2012. - Michael Crump

11 Things every Software Developer should be doing in 2012.Dec 222011 Introduction 2011 is winding down and 2012 is upon us. Have you set any goals for 2012 both professionally/personally? Regardless of the answer, I'm sure one or two of the items listed...

A brief history of five TouchSmart generations–pioneering ideas for Windows 8

By GeekTieGuy

A few weeks ago I attended Microsoft's BUILD conference to get ready for what's coming in Windows 8. As I was sitting in the first day's keynotes and big picture sessions, I couldn't help but think back on the work HP has done with its TouchSmart...

The DRY obsession

A reflection/rant about the over exaggerated focus on the DRY principle many of us bear with us from school.

Test-Driven Development Is Not Slower

Hello, my name is Matt Honeycutt, and I am addicted to Test Driven Development. I've been "using" for about 5 years now. It started out with a little innocent unit testing and Test Later Development, but I quickly found that the increased productivity...

Apple & Samsung – There’s Much the same between U and I

By ben

@BenHarvell is a freelance writer and former editor of iCreate magazine. He writes for a wide range of international technology magazines and websites including Macworld, MacFormat and MacLife. He's on\xa0Twitter,blogs at\xa0www.benharvell.com and is currently...

No iPhone 5 at WWDC. That’s good news.

By ben

iAd Gallery: Enjoy Advertising Without Some Stupid App Getting In The Way

By ben

@BenHarvell is a freelance writer and former editor of iCreate magazine. He writes for a wide range of international technology magazines and websites including Macworld, MacFormat and MacLife and is currently killing himself writing two iOS-related books....

Apple TV Apps Are (Almost) Among Us

By ben

@BenHarvell is a freelance writer and former editor of iCreate magazine. He writes for a wide range of international technology magazines and websites including Macworld, MacFormat and MacUser and \xa0just wrote his first song with GarageBand for iPad.\xa0Ben...

My Dream App

By ben

I want a developer to write my dream app. It’s in my head and I can explain many of its features. That sounds simple enough, right? Wrong, because I don’t actually know what this app does. You see, since I’ve started using iOS-based devices...

New features in iOS 4.3 – The good, the bad and the pointless

By ben

Ben Harvell is a freelance writer and former editor of iCreate magazine. He writes for a wide range of international technology magazines and websites including Macworld, MacFormat and MacUser (basically anything with “Mac” in the title) and blogs...