Opensource.com: Growing Your Open Source Community

I wrote an article for opensource.com for its "Careers in Open Source" series. It contains some lessons I've learned while trying (and occasionally failing) to cultivate our own open source project, concrete5.

from My Pocket http://andrewembler.com/2016/02/opensourcecom-growing-your-open-source-community/

Do you believe in programming magic?

Do you believe in programming magic? (blog.codeship.com) What the fuck is this Click to Tweet thing at the top your post about. No I don't want to click a button to quote whatever sentence in your article you thought was cute. Jesus christ.

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/455j0a/do_you_believe_in_programming_magic/

Web Performance

By: , Martin Kearn Average: 5 (1) 18 views Download How do I download the videos? To download, right click the file type you would like and pick “Save target as…” or “Save link as…” Why should I download videos from Channel9? It's an easy way to save the videos you like locally.

from My Pocket https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Web-Hack-Wednesday/Web-Performance

How Silicon Valley is dealing with mental illness

It was a less than a year ago that Adrienne Heinz lost her brother, Austen, who committed suicide after a lifelong battle with depression. Austen was a science geek and a risk-taker. He enjoyed hiking under the Redwoods and playing with his newborn nephew.

from My Pocket http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/10/technology/silicon-valley-depression-austen-heinz/index.html

a/esr-sharing

An awesome list of developers to follow and learn from

An awesome list of developers to follow and learn from (github.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading...

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SearchCap: Google Super Bowl Searches, Yahoo BOSS & SEO Agencies

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

from My Pocket http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/wM4e7OAI4Oo/searchcap-google-super-bowl-searches-yahoo-boss-seo-agencies-242077

MarTech Today: More Beacons In Theaters, Yahoo Closing BOSS & Google My Business API

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.

from My Pocket http://feeds.marketingland.com/~r/mktingland/~3/ihOI_jdFtuc/martech-today-more-beacons-in-theaters-yahoo-closing-boss-google-my-business-api-163436

Is Social Media Making Us Dumb?

It’s 2016, and Skynet doesn’t need to send Terminators to wipe us out. A new gaming app ought to do the trick. I’ve seen the best minds of my generation destroyed, made starving and hysterical by Kim and Amber posting a selfie.

from My Pocket http://feeds.copyblogger.com/~/136829217/0/copyblogger~Is-Social-Media-Making-Us-Dumb/

Jump-Start Your SEO With These 6 Surefire Tactics

I’m often asked the question, “Where do I start with SEO?” Though there is no one-size-fits-all approach, my answer is generally to find the biggest need for your site and start chipping away at it. It’s kind of like paying off your credit card bills.

from My Pocket http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/u2J1SWxWFk4/jump-start-seo-6-surefire-tactics-240114

Google Takes New Measures Against 3 Giant Botnets

In the ongoing battle against scammers that unleash malware on unwitting users through ads, Google announced Tuesday that it has added a new feature to automatically filter traffic from three of the biggest ad fraud botnets.

from My Pocket http://feeds.marketingland.com/~r/mktingland/~3/c0eNy2jB5ns/google-takes-new-measures-against-3-giant-botnets-163543

SearchCap: Bing Ads Reporting Glitch, Google Knowledge Graph Edit & Starting SEO

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. Engineers say they are working on a fix and that historical data is not lost.

from My Pocket http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/0R_YwFDesvY/searchcap-bing-ads-reporting-glitch-google-knowledge-graph-edit-starting-seo-242166

PHP News, Views and Community

In this recent article over on Medium.com Rudi Theunissen looks at more efficient data structures for PHP 7 and the introduction of a library that wants to help replace some of the current functionality and dependencies on things like arrays. [...

from My Pocket http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/23648

Maru OS — Android ROM that Turns into Debian Linux When Connected to a PC

Good News for Linux Techno Freaks! Do you usually mess with your Android smartphone by trying out the continual ins and outs of various apps and custom ROMs? Then this news would be a perfect pick for you! What If, you can effectively carry a Linux computer in your pocket? Hereb

from My Pocket http://thehackernews.com/2016/02/maru-android-debian-linux.html

This Makerspace Brings STEM Students Together to Hack Wheelchairs

The Maker movement attracts people of all disciplines into a world where they can create, make, or customize. At 505access, we are working to cultivate individual self-reliance and community empowerment in the Land of Enchantment (aka New Mexico) through accessibility technologies.

from My Pocket http://makezine.com/2016/02/06/this-makerspace-brings-stem-students-together-hack-wheelchairs/

App note: USB Mass storage class on an Embedded Host

With the introduction of Microchip’s microcontrollers with the USB OTG peripheral, microcontroller applications can easily support USB Embedded Host functionality.

from My Pocket http://dangerousprototypes.com/2016/02/07/app-note-usb-mass-storage-class-on-an-embedded-host/

Cats and the Fibonacci Sequence

Sometimes you just have to combine cats and math. From bored panda: Math is the language of cats, and it is they who first discovered the so-called Fibonacci sequence. No, it wasn’t the Indian mathematician Pingala, nor Leonardo of Pisa.

from My Pocket https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/02/07/cats-and-the-fibonacci-sequence/

Web Development Reading List #123: Meaningful Git Commits and HTTP Status Codes

This week I mostly spent time on fixing bugs, improving a deployment workflow and on getting another new front-end project structured. One major takeaway from this was that it’s good to have a proper deployment workflow in place already in the early stages of a project.

from My Pocket https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/02/web-development-reading-list-123/

Hardware Hacking With JavaScript – Smashing Magazine

The Internet of Things (IoT) has enabled the Internet to reach beyond the browser. Made up of electronically networked devices, these “things” are able to interact with the physical world via sensors that feed data they capture back into their ecosystems.

from My Pocket https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/02/hardware-hacking-with-javascript-internet-of-things/

GoogleSearch-R

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from My Pocket http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1077068/GoogleSearch-R

What is cool about PHP programming?

What is cool about PHP programming? (news.ycombinator.com)

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/44q5gc/what_is_cool_about_php_programming/

The Worst Mistake of Computer Science

The Java Zone is brought to you in parnership with New Relic. Read about the 10 Surprisingly Interesting Ways to Earn a Living Using Java and rejuvenate your love for programming.

from My Pocket https://dzone.com/articles/the-worst-mistake-of-computer-science-1?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedpress.me&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dzone%2Fjava

Code Review by Example - The singleton pattern

Code review is continuous process of reading and examination of code in order improve quality of the software. In code review phase the author of the code or the peer reviewers try to find mistakes, bugs and issues overlooked in the previous development phase.

from My Pocket http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1077197/Code-Review-by-Example-The-singleton-pattern

Visual Studio - Share Files in Web Application

Sharing a common file across different Visual Studio projects is extremely easy... All you need is to put the file-to-be-shared in a commonly accessible folder, than in the project select Add/Existing Item… and in the file explorer window select Add As Link…

from My Pocket http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1077253/Visual-Studio-Share-Files-in-Web-Application

Peter Norvig: Being good at programming competitions correlates negatively with being good on the job at Google.

Visa opens up its payment network to developers: "The launch of Visa Developer marks the first time Visa has made its processing technology broadly available to third parties." (zdnet.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading...

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/44r2bh/visa_opens_up_its_payment_network_to_developers/

Liber Brunoniana

Since its publication in 1993, Martha Mitchell's 629 page Encyclopedia Brunoniana has served as the definitive reference work of Brown University's history. Its 668 articles document the University's buildings, departments, , and publications.

from My Pocket http://liber-brunoniana.github.io/

Why JavaScript and PHP Won the Web

Neither PHP nor JavaScript is great technology. If you look at both languages from a design standpoint, you won't find much exciting. In fact, you'll find a lot of disappointment.

from My Pocket http://outspeaking.com/words-of-technology/why-javascript-and-php-won-the-web.html

Mysterious Islamic Tribe Where Women Have Sex With Different Men, Don’t Wear A Veil And Own Property

Behind the ancient way of life for the Tuareg tribe of the Sahara is a culture so progressive it would even make some in liberal western cultures blush.

from My Pocket http://peacebenwilliams.com/mysterious-islamic-tribe-where-women-have-sex-with-different-men-dont-wear-a-veil-and-own-property/

The Practical Developer Programming Survey

What is your email address* Your answers will be 100% private and you will not get unwanted future emails. This is so we can avoid duplicate entries. Which of the duplicate entries will you use? :p

from My Pocket http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/44sljc/the_practical_developer_programming_survey/

Efficient data structures for PHP 7 (implemented in C)

Efficient data structures for PHP 7 (implemented in C) (medium.com)submitted 24 minutes ago by loading...

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/44t9j1/efficient_data_structures_for_php_7_implemented/

App Templates, Themes and Components for Apps | Noodlio

from My Pocket https://www.noodl.io/market/product/P201602041823557/firebase-social-network-multi-purpose-social-network-starter-with-firebase

Introducing the Zig Programming Language

Collaborative Coding:Coding with your buddies. Please fill out this survey! (goo.gl) A few of my buddies were programming together, and the only way we had really to share the code was to email it between each other, or share saved versions.

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/44u6zu/collaborative_codingcoding_with_your_buddies/

Open Source Flow Collecting with Elastic, Logstash, and Kibana

Today, most open source network flow tools lack a flexible and easy to use interface. Using Logstash’s built-in netflow codec, Kibana’s great looking and powerful web interface, and the flexibility of Elastic, you can build a tool that rivals commercial flow-collecting products.

from My Pocket https://developer.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/open-source-netflow-with-elastic-logstash-kibana/

Sublime Text 3 Build 3103

Build 3103 is out now. Downloads and a full changelog are on the Sublime Text 3 page. This is the first build available to everyone with the new syntax definition format, .sublime-syntax. This allows for richer syntax highlighting and better performance.

from My Pocket https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-3-build-3103

GitHub Activity Guilt and the Coder's FitBit

I’m curious, how you feel about GitHub’s activity graph? I’ve found myself getting increased levels of guilt/stress over that graph. So much so I’m considering not using GitHub for personal projects (only use it for contributing pull requests, reporting issues, etc.).

from My Pocket http://feeds.hanselman.com/~/136750313/0/scotthanselman~GitHub-Activity-Guilt-and-the-Coders-FitBit.aspx

Naive Bayes Classifier Implementation

The Bayesian approach to classifying a new instance is to assign the most probable target value, $v_{nb}$, given the attribute values $ \langle a_1, a_2... a_n\rangle $ that describe the instance. Now we can estimate the two terms in equation (1) based on the training data.

from My Pocket http://www.eggie5.com/66-naive-bayes-classifier-implementation

How to improve tech skills while contributing to open source projects

How to improve tech skills while contributing to open source projects (opensource.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading...

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/44vdj2/how_to_improve_tech_skills_while_contributing_to/

Project.json all the things

Project.json all the things (oren.codes)submitted 1 hour ago by loading...

from My Pocket http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/44ve7q/projectjson_all_the_things/

Google Encouraging Business Owners Update Knowledge Graph

When was the last time you checked if the Knowledge Graph information for your business up-to-date? Next time you conduct a Google search you may be reminded to give it a once over.

from My Pocket https://www.searchenginejournal.com/update-google-knowledge-graph/156179/

Sendy

Your subscriber base is growing and so is the cost per campaign. Going for the monthly plan means wasting more money if you don't send newsletters regularly enough. You're stuck. The bigger your subscriber base becomes, the more expensive it is to communicate with them.

from My Pocket http://sendy.co/?ref=sALmj

opendata.swiss

Möchten Sie frei verfügbare Daten Ihrer Organisation auf opendata.swiss publizieren? Haben Sie eine Anwendung aus Daten von opendata.swiss entwickelt? Kontaktieren Sie uns.

from My Pocket http://opendata.swiss

That green shiny lock in your browser is a scam

If you paid for the shiny green lock on your site, you've been scammed. "But wait.. what? Google is about to declare all out war on all non-encrypted sites soon!", you may be thinking.

from My Pocket https://blog.kloudsec.com/that-green-shiny-lock-in-your-browser-is-a-scam/

The best advice I have ever read for starting a new job in development

When you get to your desk, rip your standard-issue keyboard out and slide it off your desk. Plug in your own mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Green or Blue switches. Your typing will now be a constant audible reminder to your teammates that you aren’t fucking around.

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/43u30o/the_best_advice_i_have_ever_read_for_starting_a/

The Woman Who Got Lost at Home

They call him “Dr. WAI,” short for “Where Am I.” A well-educated 29-year-old man without any history of disease or trauma, it took him four tries to produce a semi-accurate map of the house he had lived in for 15 years.

from My Pocket http://nautil.us/issue/32/space/the-woman-who-got-lost-at-home

How to Develop a Marketing Strategy

Developing any strategy begins by building a solid foundation. Understand the goal of marketing lies in achieving scalable growth when executed properly with the proper intent. The challenge companies face remains how to execute marketing properly.

from My Pocket http://christianoferraro.com/pages/how-to-develop-a-marketing-strategy

A live demonstration of how a Chinese bot ring hacked into an open SSH server, courtesy superuser

After reading the (rather scary) post, I looked into if there are any standard procedures an inexperienced person (like me) must follow following a successful hack, brute-forced or otherwise. This would be before an cyber security expert is called in, which maybe several hours to days away.

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/43uja5/a_live_demonstration_of_how_a_chinese_bot_ring/

Writing code and prose

Writing code and prose (ericsuh.com)submitted 1 day ago by loading...

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/43utt6/writing_code_and_prose/

20/20: Top 20 Programming Lessons I've Learned in 20 Years

A free tool to bundle multiple APIs into just one API. Integrate eg Dropbox, Facebook, Slack, Stripe, Sendgrid, ... much faster (cloudrail.com)

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/43v9wb/a_free_tool_to_bundle_multiple_apis_into_just_one/

schollz/go-agrep

There are situations where you want to take the user's input and match a primary key in a database.

from My Pocket https://github.com/schollz/go-agrep

German scientists to conduct nuclear fusion experiment

Scientists in Germany are poised to conduct a nuclear fusion experiment they hope will advance the quest for a clean and safe form of nuclear power.

from My Pocket http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/03/nuclear-fusion-germany-scientists-experiment-angela-merkel

Is Twitter Dead?

Is Twitter Dead? An ongoing dilemma ? Tweets about "twitter dead" made for fun by @ducu

from My Pocket http://istwitterdead.com/