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MySQL+HandlerSocket negates memcached? →
With all the hype around NoSQL these days, is it better to just add an extension to your mysql (erm, I mean MariaDB) setup and start accessing your data with HandlerSocket when appropriate?
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knowing what you can’t do is just as—if not more—valuable than knowing what you can.
May 2011
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“I hate the technical stuff. I’m an artist. The camera and lights get in my...”
– Steven Meisel
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“Human beings … are very much at the mercy of the particular language which...”
– Thinking in Java 4th Ed., 2006, Bruce Eckel
February 2011
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52 Weeks of UX: Cohort Analysis - Measuring... →
In a recent post I recommended watching the startups for insights into UX. One example of a useful UX technique that came out of the startup space is the cohort analysis.
A cohort analysis is a tool that helps measure user engagement over time. It helps UX designers know whether user…
January 2011
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Man Page Chronicles #1
man tcsh :: Editor Commands
When executed immediately after a yank or another yank-pop, replaces the yanked string with the next previous string from the killring. This also has the effect of rotating the kill-ring, such that this string will be considered the most recently killed by a later yank command. Repeating yank-pop will cycle through the killring any number of times.
144 (ok, 84) Apps on one iPhone Screen
I think of my iPhone in terms of my thumb and its reach, and swiping to the third screen is annoying after you need to do it repeatedly - in which case you should move the app’s icon closer to the home screen.
This constant moving of apps increases annoyance. So I thought, can I fit everything on one page?
Home screen, mid-level left side is where my most-used apps live, where my thumb...
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