Geek Meet Charity June 4th 2009 – Chris Mills and Remy Sharp speaking
It’s been some time since the last event, but man, are we making up for it this time! Time for Geek Meet Charity June 4th 2009!
Posts in the "Technology" Category
Moving to new host, working out the kinks
I’m just writing this to let you know that I will be transferring to a new host, moving the domain etc. Things might get a bit messy, so keep your fingers crossed, and hopefully I’ll be back in a couple of days.
If you need to reach me, e-mail me at robnyman [at] gmail [dot] com.
Introduction, test cases and web browser compatibility tables for JavaScript 1.6, JavaScript 1.7 & JavaScript 1.8
Lately I’ve been investigating newer versions of JavaScript, and what web browser support they have. And, as usual when I create something I find useful, I want to share it with the world. 🙂
Speaking at the Swedish Web Developer Conference 2009, May 25th
May 25th 2009, the Swedish Web Developer Conference 2009 
will take place in Stockholm, and I have the honor of speaking alongside some great speakers.
Easier Source Control Management with Distributed Version Control System and Mercurial
Source Code Management (SCM) is a vital support tool for any serious code development, especially with many team members and for sharing as well as rollback opportunities. Today, I thought I’d introduce you to Distributed Version Control System (DVCS).
A heading solution you haven’t seen before
Sometimes I see such gems in my daily work, I just have to share…
Mozilla Labs’ online code editor Bespin
One of the more interesting places to look for new things are Mozilla Labs, and it’s refreshing to see how they think outside the box to create future features and usage ideas.
The trip to Berlin and the Mozilla Add-Ons Workshop 2009
As most of you know, I was in Berlin last weekend, giving a talk at Mozilla Add-Ons Workshop :: Berlin (MAOW Berlin 2009). It was great fun, and I thought I’d tell you more about the event and the trip.
Search SmugMug photos easily with smug-search Ubiquity command
Just playing around a little, I’ve created a new command for Ubiquity.
An evening with Microsoft
I was a bit hesitant whether I should write about this or not, but hey, I’m all about openness, so here goes…
Your end users shouldn’t have to know technology
One of the most common mistakes I see with web sites is demanding of the end user to know technology.
What to know, what to learn
Let’s talk about what we should know and learn, shall we?
Speaking at Mozilla Add-Ons Workshop (MAOW) in Berlin March 29th 2009
About a couple of weeks ago, I was approached by a Mozilla employee suggesting I talk at one of their events.
Adobe AIR 1.5 issue – solution and support experience
I recently had a lot of problems with the Adobe AIR framework so I thought I’d share that information with you.
Adobe Flash – pros and cons
It seems to be a constant fight whether to use Adobe Flash in web pages, so I thought I’d share my views on it.
Headhunters
The other week I got one of those calls I’m sure a lot of you get as well.
Handle duplicate content indexing for SEO with the rel=”canonical” attribute
For anyone focusing on SEO and duplicate content indexing, i.e. the same page indexed with several URLs, thus having a negative page rank impact, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft now all support the canonical relation on link elements.
IE 8 – standards compliancy goes back to being an opt-in
IE8 Blacklist: forcing standards rendering opt-in.
What! The! Fuck!
Companies and social networking
The discussion seems to come up at different companies whether they should blog, use Twitter, build a Facebook app and so on. I thought I’d express my views on it.
Stop developing for Internet Explorer 6
This proposal might seem a bit drastic, but please allow me to present my case.
New version of Inline Code Finder, with event filtering – and a download record
I have just released a new version of my Firefox extension Inline Code Finder and made a personal download record! 🙂
How to solve :first-child CSS bug in IE 7
Yesterday, IE 7, once again, pushed me to the brink of going postal. Refusing to give up, I finally managed to find the problem.
Opera Web Standards Curriculum article: Handling events with JavaScript
During the fall, I put a fair amount into writing an article for the Opera Web Standards Curriculum, and now it has finally seen the light: Handling events with JavaScript!
What was your first hex code?
I remember it like it was yesterday: my first hex code! 🙂
Geek Meet February 2009, with Mark Wubben
Ready for a new Geek Meet, dear Swedes (and anyone else venturing a trip to Stockholm, Sweden) 🙂
Microsoft force-installs Firefox extension
I haven’t worked with Visual Studio and .NET for a while, but in my current project that’s the platform. I downloaded a necessary update, and as it turned out, Microsoft hit a new low…
How to develop a Firefox extension
Admit that you have always wanted to know how to develop a Firefox extension but never had the time to learn. 🙂 Here I will walk you through and at the end of the article we will have created a fully functional Firefox extension!
This article/topic is also available as a presentation on SlideShare.
Flickr Gallery Plus! – better photo set viewing with Firefox extension and Greasemonkey userscript
Most of you probably know about photo sharing at Flickr, and share and/or view your friends’ and families’ photos there. In my humble opinion, though, their set/gallery view could offer a better experience, and therefore I’ve set out to improve it with Flickr Gallery Plus!
Extending web browser functionality – Greasemonkey for all web browsers
Ever felt that you have had the need to enhance your web browser, or the functionality of some web site you frequently visit? Here I will explain how to do that.
Apple Macworld Expo keynote predictions
Tomorrow it’s time for Apple’s last keynote at Macworld Expo, and as usual, lots of rumors and ideas circulate.
Thank you for 2008 – Happy New Year!
The end of 2008 is near, and I felt it was time to summarize the passed year.
Inline Code Finder Firefox extension – find inline JavaScript events, inline styling and javascript:links
When I first coded and released Obtrusive JavaScript Checker, I had some more ideas with it, as well as some great feedback I have received and wanted to see to. The result is Inline Code Finder, which looks for inline styling as well as what the Obtrusive JavaScript Checker offered, and it comes in two versions!
JavaScript timers – using functions and scope
This article is also available in Russian.
Today I thought I’d introduce you to timers in JavaScript and how to use scope to make your life easier.
Spotify invites for everyone!
The time has come to give a number of Spotify invites to anyone! And you know what? Since Christmas is just around the corner, I have 80 of them for you!
smush.it – optimize your images without sacrificing quality
Sometimes I notice great things, but just forget to blog about them. However, having Chris H in town reminded me – I just have to write about smush.it.
Spotify invite bonanza week – UK residents, Happy Holidays!
This week is Spotify bonanza week! Invites to the people!
Geek Meet broadcast live tomorrow, December 4th
Tomorrow night, December 4th, is the time to get your geek-on! Geek Meet December 2008 will have a staggering 150 attendants, and thanks to our sponsor Creuna, all of them will be treated to free presentations by Chris Heilmann, together with complimentary pizza and beer.
But don’t fret if you cant be there. The event itself (all in English) will also be broadcast live over the Internet, so I gladly invite you to join us through cyberspace! The starting time is as at 18.30 Central European Time. That means 17.30 UK time, 12.30 PM US EST, 9.30 AM US PST.
See you tomorrow!
Chris’ summary and links to slides are now available at Geekmeet Stockholm – Performance and Play.
Owning an iPhone – pros and cons
Ok, time for an admission: I now, honestly, own an iPhone.
Becoming an MVB for DZone
Recently I was approached by DZone, where they asked if I wanted to become one of their MVBs.
Poll: Do you use access keys?
I felt it was about time to bring up the topic in one of my oldest drafts (written in May 2005) which, for some reason, never saw the light of day.
IE 6: now coming to a cell phone near you
Something was brought to my attention which, to say the least, left me a little baffled: IE 6 is coming to mobile phones…
Why inline CSS and JavaScript code is such a bad thing
Available is also a translation in French of this article.
When I review web sites, and also in my own projects with a number of different team members, I almost constantly stumble across something web developers should really refrain from: inline styling and inline JavaScript code.
Why I use a Mac
The reason why I use Macs is pretty simple:
Image taken from FAIL Blog.
And, to be honest, I think this epitomizes my view on Vista: it’s something which should never fail, but just did.
Obtrusive JavaScript Checker 0.8 – proper Firefox extension release with live enabling and disabling
It was time for me to stop being a whiny lazy developer, and instead properly learn to develop Firefox extensions. So. the result is version 0.8 of Obtrusive JavaScript Checker, as a very much improved Firefox extension.
Internet Explorer 8 – fix event handling, or don’t release it
Something which have troubled web developers for a long long time is the proprietary event handling implementation in Internet Explorer. In IE 8, this really has to go.
Obtrusive JavaScript Checker also available as a Ubiquity command
With the latest release of Obtrusive JavaScript Checker and its cool information and report features, I got the request to make it as a command for Ubiquity as well. So, here you go! 🙂
Obtrusive JavaScript Checker 0.7 – support for JavaScript links, inline event information and summary report
When I launched Obtrusive JavaScript Checker, I immediately felt it had more potential, and I definitely had more features to add to make it even more compelling. Therefore, here comes a new release with javascript: link support, detailed inline event information and a summary report.
Obtrusive JavaScript Checker – Greasemonkey script and Firefox extension to find inline events
In my work, part of it is analyzing both other people’s code as well as my own. Now I have created Obtrusive JavaScript Checker to help me out with that!
Ubiquity command to search Robert’s talk for posts – rob-search
I guess some of you hard-core developers and keyboard shortcut lovers out there immediately took Mozilla’s Ubiquity extension for Firefox to your hearts when the first version was released in August. Now I have created a command to perform a search in my own web site with the help of Ubiquity, and naturally I want to share it with you.
JavaScript namespacing – an alternative to JavaScript inheritance
When talking about JavaScript and inheritance, something that often go amiss from the discussion is the alternative of using proper namespacing instead.