Posts for March, 2008

Mar 31, 2008

Adobe AIR Debuts On Linux

Finally! Adobe AIR is now available on Linux, though it is not a full-featured release yet. The good thing is that this release includes the SDK and Flex Builder 3 along with the runtime. [Continue]

Mar 30, 2008

A List Apart has an informative article by Aarron Walter on Findability. Findability leads to better usage, which can lead to benefits for businesses and individuals. It requires explicit attention and effort to incorporate it in not only during the development but also through all the changes that happen over years. [Continue]

Mar 26, 2008

Document Freedom Day

26th March is Document Freedom Day. You can completely ignore it without getting harmed or abused or blamed for being indifferent. But if you know have ever faced a scenario when you could not open a document because did not have a specific office suite, knowing more about document liberation might be worth it. [Continue]

Mar 23, 2008

Indian Denial To OOXML Continues

So India says no to OOXML, and as a software professional and I will say that I am happy. India has denied OOXML the nod earlier citing its technical incompetence. This time, interestingly, the three big software companies - TCS, Wipro and Infosys all supported OOXML. [Continue]

Mar 22, 2008

Some More On IT Project Failures

Matt Assay points to a study which says that 62% of IT projects fail. The study cites two primary reasons: Managers do not consider the time and effort required to transfer of the know-how from designers to developers. QA is not given enough importance, and hence time. [Continue]

Mar 20, 2008

Facing Content Theft

So, like other bloggers I am facing the problem of content theft. It is being done by scraping the full feeds. Man, it is so easy to use technology the wrong way! [Continue]

Mar 19, 2008

Extreme Programming Getting Stagnant

Kent Beck says that XP is in the danger of getting stagnated because of a combination of limited adoption and no opposition. It has become like the standards, which everyone accepts in principle, but no on adopts in practice. I like XP, it was like a breath of fresh air after working through various waterfall models and burning the hands. [Continue]

Mar 18, 2008

Pragmatism And Standards

There are many cases which lead to a situation that your software get posed against the standards. At the heart of all of them is either a belief that standards do not have practical value or a we-can-do-better-than-them attitude. Unfortunately standards do steal the focus sooner or later, because they are necessary to support diversity which comes with an increased scale. [Continue]

Mar 17, 2008

Yes, Linux Is Fun

Vlad Dolezal is right when he says that the real reason why many of us Linux aficionados use it is because it is fun. However, it is fun not because it does not have any problems. It is fun because it really helps you get a tool that helps you improve at what you are doing. [Continue]

Mar 15, 2008

Using JavaScript To Detect CSS Support

Progressive Enhancement is one of the key ways of ensuring accessibility. However, it has been commonly known to be applied to using JavaScript. John Resig explains a method, called Progressive CSS Enhancement. [Continue]

Posts for March, 2008

Adobe AIR Debuts On Linux

Designing Findability

Document Freedom Day

Indian Denial To OOXML Continues

Some More On IT Project Failures

Facing Content Theft

Extreme Programming Getting Stagnant

Pragmatism And Standards

Yes, Linux Is Fun

Using JavaScript To Detect CSS Support

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