Recently I’ve been getting more and more annoyed with people who don’t know the difference between the “reply” and “reply all” buttons in their email programs. You get an email from a friend that goes to a group of people. Perhaps it’s about arranging to meet up for a drink. You hit “reply all” and… Continue reading Replying To Email
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Book Review: Web Site Measurement Hacks
I liked it.
Internet Mob Mentality
An interesting example of the mob mentality that is becoming more prevalent on certain parts of the internet (and, indeed, in real life). Yesterday Digg published a story claiming that O’Reilly editor Steve Mallett had “stolen” the Digg’s CSS definitions for his own sites. The response from Digg’s readership was immediate, nasty and, ultimately, completely… Continue reading Internet Mob Mentality
Guardian Unlimited Greasemonkey Scripts
One interesting use of Greasemonkey is to improve web sites that you don’t like the look of. This is useful feedback to the owners of the sites that are being “improved”. With that in mind, I noticed a couple of Greasemonkey scripts that are for use on Guardian Unlimited. Guardian Title Goodifier reorders the parts… Continue reading Guardian Unlimited Greasemonkey Scripts
Java? It’s So Nineties
It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a “Java is dying” post. But it seems that the idea is really starting to take hold. There’s a story in Business Week this week which covers much of the same ground as we’ve seen before. Previously I’ve only seen this kind of analysis in media aimed… Continue reading Java? It’s So Nineties
Basic Bulk Email
People seemed interested in my recent post about basic password handling so I thought I’d write another similar post. This time we’ll look at another example of basic customer interaction that so many people get wrong – sending bulk email. Note that I’m not a lawyer, so this doesn’t cover any of the legal stuff… Continue reading Basic Bulk Email
Book Review: XML Hacks
Another book review. This time it’s XML Hacks. O’Reilly’s Hacks books are great and this one is no exception.
Book Review: Database in Depth
I’ve written a review of Chris Date’s book Database in Depth. All in all I thought it was rather good – tho’ in places it reminded me a bit too much of some of my college higher maths lectures. I’ve got a bit behind on book reviews. I have a large pile of books here.… Continue reading Book Review: Database in Depth
The McCarroll-Cross Productivity Indicator
In my opinion one of the best and most important talks at last Saturday’s London Perl Workshop was the first talk in the beginners track where Greg McCarroll talked about “Rediscovering the Joys of Perl”. Greg introduced a couple of quick hacks that he had written to make his life better. He went on to… Continue reading The McCarroll-Cross Productivity Indicator
Basic Password Handling
This afternoon I signed up to a new web-based application from a very well-known media company. I gave them my email address and the password that I wanted to use and a few minutes later I got an email from them confirming my registration. That was fine. But then I noticed that the email from… Continue reading Basic Password Handling