October 2009
7 posts
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The Mythical Man-Month Chp. 1
The first chapter was amazing. It gets you into the book very quickly!
Frederick starts the chapter with an analogy of how large system programming is like the tar pits of yester-millennium — “The fiercer the struggle, the more entangling the tar”
Beautiful!
It then describes what a programming systems product really is, especially compared to just a program. He explains...
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Information Architecture
This past week I have been working on a new Information Architecture for the staff web at my coop job.
I have learned so much in this single week it is amazing! I had read a book on information architecture at the beginning of the term, and it gave me an idea of what I had to do, but physically doing it is just so much more different.
My initial ideas were alright, but as I worked on it I...
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Library Reflections
Hello Everyone!
I thought I’d do a few reflections on what my experience has been like so far working in a library.
I can say for sure that it is nothing like I initially thought it would be. I’m not sure what I thought it would be like, but it has been a pleasant surprise. The variety of things being done is staggering, and the people all bring very different experiences to...
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Google Analytics
Hey guys,
So I have been doing some interesting stuff with Google analytics at my coop job (which is at the DP Library, University of Waterloo), and I figured I would share some of my progress.
I have been looking into how to track embedded youtube video progress using google analytics.
I’ll start by explaining why I would even want to do such a thing. I am working with the pilot...
The Mythical Man-Month
I have begun reading this book today. Only read through the introduction, and intend to read about a chapter per day.
Thus far it is quite elegantly written, and from what I have heard, it is a beautiful book.
I’ll keep people posted on my thoughts for each chapter as I go!
Site Update
Hey guys,
I have been working on a major overhaul of my website for a while now, or rather, not working on it.
I intend to get back to work on this project soon though. I was waiting until I finished a project I’m working on at work, as it would be useful for my website, but I have decided it would be better to finish the website, and later integrate my little project into my website...
Comments
I now have setup the ability to use comments!
I also intend to start making (almost) daily updates to this blog from now on!
I have been lacking in regards to having this blog updated regularly, and I intend to fix this!
July 2009
1 post
Ideas →
June 2009
1 post
LESS - Leaner CSS →
A beautiful thing.
You should all check this out, because it definitely is nice for a lot of scenarios in my opinion.
May 2009
4 posts
Universal Internet Explorer 6 CSS | For A... →
An interesting article.. the idea is a really good one, but I’m not sure if people would be willing to give up beauty on they’re websites for ie6 to save a bit of time / money..
A List Apart: Articles: A More Useful 404 →
Awesome article, from an awesome site! It really does make a lot of sense to do what he describes. It is also something I intend to implement in the hear future, however, there are more pressing matter at hand irl (school, job applications, etc)
Hope you find it as interesting as I did (:
“Whether You Believe You Can, Or You Can’t, You Are Right.”
– Henry Ford
April 2009
1 post
“There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.”
– unknown
March 2009
2 posts
“To believe in a contradiction is to abdicate your belief in the existence of the...”
– Goodkind, Chainfire 546
RIM
Today we (as in myself, and my friends) went to a RIM info session, you know, hoping to learn lots about the company, since myself and one other friend are looking for a good company to work for during co-op in the fall.
However, the info session was more like a “if you don’t have a job, and want to work for us, and/or ask us more questions” session..
aw well, they did give a...