Monthly Archives: January 2009

The BBC knows how to make web sites!

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Josh Peters

How the BBC makes web sites. Dang, the BBC has put a good deal of thought into information design. This is a great read for anyone interested in information architecture.

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Pulse Pen from Livescribe

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Josh Peters

While listening to this week’s Mac Break Weekly, a panel member picked Pulse Smartpen from Livescribe as his pick of the week. Amazon’s got some nice videos explaining the pen but I’ll summarize. This pen can record what you write … Continue reading →

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Inspired by “On Intelligence”

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Josh Peters

I’ve been listening to a fascinating book (recommended by TWiT and purchased from Audible.com) written by Jeff Hawkins called “On Intelligence.” In it, Hawkins presents his theory of what intelligence is by specifically describing how he believes the neo-cortex of … Continue reading →

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SLF4J

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Josh Peters

One of the dependencies for dbUnit on it is SLF4J (a.k.a. the Simple Logging Facade for Java).  SLF4J aims to be a wrapper replacement for Java Commons Logging similar to Log4j.  The biggest bonus for using SLF4J is the fact … Continue reading →

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Context-driven testing

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Josh Peters

Google’s Testing Blog introduced me to a presentation on Context-Driven Test Automation by Pete Schnieder of F5 Networks. It’s a good presentation that discusses some of the different perspectives with regards to unit testing and how to best involve those … Continue reading →

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