http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/this-is-perhaps-the-most-superfluous-hand-rail-i8217ve-ever-seen/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/ohhh-data-mining-you-turn-up-interesting-trends/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/you-know-you8217ve-been-coding-too-much-when-your-first-thought-is-8220java8221/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/an-advertisement-for-aig-from-2005-how-appropriate/

"Beautiful LEGO" review - inspiring and beautiful

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/beautiful-lego-review-inspiring-and-beautiful/

book,lego,review

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/how-to-write-a-great-research-paper/

paper,research,test driven development,testing

"Uncompilable source code" exception in NetBeans

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/uncompilable-source-code-exception-in-netbeans/

exception,netbeans,workaround

0to255.com - find lighter/darker shades of colors

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/0to255-com-find-lighterdarker-shades-of-colors/

color,color chooser,java,UI,web,web design

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/100th-post-some-stats/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/2014-resolution-52-blog-posts/

A lesson in overkill - using LaTeX to render pull quotes

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/a-lesson-in-overkill-using-latex-to-render-pull-quotes/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/ack-better-than-grep/

ack,command line,find,grep,perl,search,unix,utility

An interview with William Wilson, self-taught developer of Fret Tester and more

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/an-interview-with-william-wilson-self-taught-developer-of-fret-tester-and-more/

iPhone,programming,UI

fretboard,guitar,interview,iPhone,UI,usability,user interface,William Wilson

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/an-introduction-to-scala/

Java,programming,scala,Uncategorized

boilerplate,functional programming,introduction,java,presentation,scala,talk

Android - disappearing emulator ? Restart adb server

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/android-disappearing-emulator-restart-adb-server/

Android,Uncategorized

adb,android,bug,emulator,glitch,workaround

Android - ItemizedOverlay + ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException / NullPointerException workarounds

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/android-itemizedoverlay-arrayindexoutofboundsexception-nullpointerexception-workarounds/

Android,Java,programming

Android - OverlayItem.setMarker(Drawable icon)

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/android-overlayitemsetmarkerdrawable-icon/

Android,programming,regular

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/android-dialog-box-tutorial/

android,java,programming

Android: Principle of least surprise violation in GPS emulation

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/android-principle-of-least-surprise-violation-in-gps-emulation/

Android,Java,programming,UI

android,bug,gps,least astonishment,least surprise,UI,workaround

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/apache-commons-primitive-collections/

Java,programming,regular

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/apache-log4j/

Java,programming,regular

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/arduino-cookbook-review/

arduino,book,oreilly,review

Args4j library for parsing Java command line arguments

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/args4j-library-for-parsing-java-command-line-arguments/

Java,Uncategorized

args4j,command line,java,parsing

Automated phone trees: two potential solutions

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/automated-phone-trees-two-potential-solutions/

Bash: How to redirect standard error to standard out

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/bash-how-to-redirect-standard-error-to-standard-out/

bash,grep,pipe,redirect,tip,unix

Bashmarks - bookmarks for terminal navigation

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/bashmarks-bookmarks-for-terminal-navigation/

Beautiful is better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated. Flat is better than nested. Sparse is better than dense. Readability counts. Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules. Although practicality beats purity. Errors should never pass silently. Unless explicitly silenced. In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. There should be one— and preferably only one —obvious way to do it. Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you’re Dutch. Now is better than never. Although never is often better than *right* now. If the implementation is hard to explain, it’s a bad idea. If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea. Namespaces are one honking great idea — let’s do more of those!

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/beautiful-is-better-than-uglyexplicit-is-better-than-implicitsimple-is-better-than-complexcomplex-is-better-than-complicatedflat-is-better-than-nestedsparse-is-better-than-densereadability-countsspeci/

programming,Python,quote

Book Review: Team Geek by Ben Collins-Sussman and Brian W. Fitzpatrick

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/book-review-team-geek-by-ben-collins-sussman-and-brian-w-fitzpatrick/

programming,Uncategorized

book,book review,engineering,google,people skills,psychology,review,svn,team,teamwork

Book Review: Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide by Pawel "Sariel" Kmiec

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/book-review-unofficial-lego-technic-builders-guide-by-pawel-sariel-kmiec/

book,book review,lego,no starch press,oreilly,review,technic

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/bowdoin-students-help-fight-child-porn/

bpython - an excellent interpreter for python

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/bpython-an-excellent-interpreter-for-python/

bpython,ide,interpreter,python,unix

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/cake-wrecks/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/captchas-must-die/

annoyance,captcha,captchas,rant,UI,usability,ux

Car Talk Puzzler #1: The Bank Temperature Sign

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/the_bank_temperature_sign/

programming,Python,Uncategorized

car talk,puzzle,puzzler,python

Car Talk Puzzler #2: What do these words have in common? An imperative and functional approach using Java and Scala

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/car-talk-puzzler-2-what-do-these-words-have-in-common-an-imperative-and-functional-approach-using-java-and-scala/

Java,programming,scala,Uncategorized

car talk,functional,imperative,java,puzzler,python,scala

Car Talk Puzzler #3: The Palindromic Odometer

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/car-talk-puzzler-3-the-palindromic-odometer/

Python,scala,Uncategorized

car talk,python,scala,slice

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/car-talk-puzzler-4-flipping-ages/

car talk,car talk puzzler,lambda,map,puzzler,python,reduce

Car Talk Puzzler #5: The Perfect Square Dance

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/car-talk-puzzler-5-the-perfect-square-dance/

Python,Uncategorized

car talk,combinations,factorial,itertools,math,permutations,puzzler,python

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/clear-your-cache-in-netbeans/

NetBeans,Uncategorized

cache,netbeans,workaround

Closing a subset of tabs in Google Chrome

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/closing-a-subset-of-tabs-in-google-chrome/

chrome,google,productivity,tabs,UI

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/code-bloat-and-its-inevitability-in-java/

code bloat,java,refactoring

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/code-complete-2nd-edition-e-book-20/

book,code complete,ebook,oreilly,sale

CodeSchool / Rails for Zombies impressions

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/codeschool-rails-for-zombies-impressions/

badges,codeschool,online learning,p2pu,rails,ruby,video,web development

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/colorbrewer/

color,color palette,GUI,UI

Computer Science Students Receive State Police Award for Helping Combat Child Porn

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/computer-science-students-receive-state-police-award-for-helping-combat-child-porn/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/convert-a-fileobject-into-a-file/

Coursera's Human-Computer Interaction Class: A triumph of education

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/courseras-human-computer-interaction-class-a-triumph-of-education/

affordance,balsamiq,coursera,design,design of everyday things,hci,heuristic evaluation,prototype,testing,usability

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/customize-code-formatting-in-netbeans/

customize,netbeans,style

Cut/Paste bug in Google Docs Spreadsheets

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/cutpaste-bug-in-google-docs-spreadsheets/

bug,bug tracker,google,google docs,spreadsheets,video

Datetimes in Python - gotchas and workarounds

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/datetimes-in-python-gotchas-and-workarounds/

Java,Python,Uncategorized

epoch,java,python,timestamp,unix

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/divvy/

apple,divvy,mac,UI

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/dont-you-love-being-beaten-to-the-punch/

email,implementation,instapaper

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/eclipse-android-svn-fail/

Android,eclipse,Java,svn

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/embed-a-jetty-file-server-within-mule-3-1-1/

Java,mule,programming

esb,http,integration,java,jetty,mule,web,workaround

EventBus - how to switch EventService implementations for unit testing

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/eventbus-how-to-switch-eventservice-implementations-for-unit-testing/

Java,Uncategorized

eventbus,java,nondeterminism,testing,threading,unit test,workaround

EventBus: Introduction and troubleshooting for annotation problems

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/eventbus-introduction-and-troubleshooting-for-annotation-problems/

Java,Uncategorized

annotations,eventbus,java,mvc,pub-sub,swing

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/excel-2008-for-macs-csv-bug/

bug,carriage return,dos2unix,excel,line feed,mac,new line,tr,unix,wc,workaround

Excellent video detailing motivation behind open source

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/excellent-video-detailing-motivation-behind-open-source/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/git-how-to-easily-remove-deleted-files/

cal,git,version control

Give an indication of why a button is disabled

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/give-an-indication-of-why-a-button-is-disabled/

annoyance,button,enabled,tooltip,UI

Glazed Lists - an essential Java library for lists and tables

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/glazed-lists-an-essential-java-library-for-lists-and-tables/

Java,open source

eventmodel,eventtablemodel,glazed lists,glazedlists,GUI,java,jlist,jtable,swing,UI

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/gmail-motion/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/google-calculator-free-text-entry/

Great Java demos of procedural textures, and more

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/great-java-demos-of-procedural-textures-and-more/

Java,link,programming

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/habitforge/

He usually appears in public with a lost umbrella in each hand. He prefers to face the blackboard and turn his back on the class. He writes A; he says B; he means C; but it should be D.

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/he-usually-appears-in-public-with-a-lost-umbrella-in-each-hand-he-prefers-to-face-the-blackboard-and-turn-his-back-on-the-class-he-writes-a-he-says-b-he-means-c-but-it-should-be-d/

Hello {planet_name}: Creating strings with dynamic content in Python

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/hello-planet_name-creating-dynamicstrings-in-python/

programming,Python

format,python,string

Hibernate + MySQL + Mac = Foreign Key Nightmares. A painless solution to a painful problem

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/hibernate-mysql-mac-foreign-key-nightmares-a-painless-solution-to-a-painful-problem/

hibernate,Java,mysql,Uncategorized

bug,case sensitivity,hibernate,java,mysql,strategy,unix,workaround

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/02/21/how-facebook-and-google-use-r/

link,programming,R

How to make a solar system: Introduction to affine transformations and Java 2D

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/how-to-make-a-solar-system-introduction-to-affine-transformations-and-java-2d/

Java,programming,regular

graphics,java,java2d,swing

How to make git use TextMate as the default commit editor

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/how-to-make-git-use-textmate-as-the-default-commit-editor-in-git/

textmate,Uncategorized,unix

How to remove "smart" quotes from a text file

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/how-to-remove-smart-quotes-from-a-text-file/

bash,microsoft word,scripting,sed,smart quotes,unix,workaround

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/how-to-use-java-properties-files-in-mule/

documentation,java,mule,properties,spring,xml

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/how-to-interact-with-remote-unix-systems/

remote,screen,ssh,unix

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/human-fallibility-static-analysis-tools/

Java,programming,Python,regular

java,json,python,static analysis,tools

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/image-compression-with-polygons/

Improve web readability with ... Readability

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/improve-web-readability-with-readability/

javascript,readability,UI,usability,web

Increase heap size for NetBeans Platform project

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/increase-heap-size-for-netbeans-platform-project/

Java,NetBeans,NetBeans Platform

heap size,java,jvm,memory,netbeans,netbeans platform

Interview with Twitter dev explaining use of Scala

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/why-twitter-uses-scal/

quote,scala,Uncategorized

scala quote twitter

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/iphone-os-4-ipod-controls-discovery/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/itunes-9-genius-mixes/

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/java-annoyances/

annoyance,api,diamond operator,java,jdk 7,python,scala,symmetry,workaround,workarounds

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/java-gotcha-splitting-a-string/

Java,scala,Uncategorized

gotcha,java,scala,workaround

Java Swing Drag and Drop Troubleshooting

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/java-swing-drag-and-drop-troubleshooting/

Java,programming,UI

drag and drop,GUI,java,swing

Java's biggest problem? It's too noun-oriented

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/javas-biggest-problem-its-too-noun-oriented/

Java,Uncategorized

Java: Creating correct equals and hashCode methods

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/java-creating-correct-equals-and-hashcode-method/

Java,NetBeans,open source,UI

apache commons,effective java,java,netbeans,UI

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/javascript-101-week-1-assignment/

javascript,programming

homework,java,javascript,type

Javascript 101 Week 2: Functions, Encapsulation, Augmentation

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/javascript-101-week-2-functions-encapsulation-augmentation/

javascript,programming

array,augmentation,case,default,encapsulation,fall through,function,garbage collection,heap,java,javascript,js,p2pu,recursion,scope,stack,switch

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/js-101-week-3/

javascript,programming

cast,closure,dom,first class,function,functional,functional programming,javascript,js,lambda,setInterval,setTimeout,timer

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/js-101-week-4-intro-to-the-dom/

depth first search,dfs,dom,javascript,js,tree

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/js-101-week-5-event-handling/

javascript,programming

dom,event handling,html,javascript,js

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/junits-clever-assertequals-method/

Java,UI,Uncategorized

arrays,java,junit,unit testing

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/kindle-paperwhite-touching-is-good/

amazon,ebook,kindle,read,UI

Link of the day: How Google Builds Its Maps

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/link-of-the-day-how-google-builds-its-maps/

Mac OSX - copy terminal output to clipboard

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/mac-osx-copy-terminal-output-to-clipboard/

Apple,Uncategorized,unix

bash,mac osx,shell,tip,trick,unix

Make your Mac more like an iPhone: How to reduce distractions and improve focus

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/make-your-mac-more-like-an-iphone-how-to-reduce-distractions-and-improve-focus/

Apple,iPad,iPhone,UI,Uncategorized

apple,cognitive science,focus,iOS,iPad,iPhone,Lion,multitasking,productivity

Maybe this is why people are afraid of the command line?

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/maybe-this-is-why-people-are-afraid-of-the-command-line/

UI,Uncategorized,unix

command line,picture,tar,UI,unix

Minimum to know about dates and time in Java

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/minimum-to-know-about-dates-and-time-in-java/

Mono, NHibernate, MySQL - A complete example

http://developmentality.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/mono-nhibernate-mysql-a-complete-example/

.net,programming

.net,csharp,database,hibernate,mono,mysql,nhibernate,orm