Technical Thoughts
Why you wanna make great products
The other day I remembered I wanted to buy an album.
I usually use one of two sites : Amazon and Fnac.com (La Fnac is a big french store chain).
“Great” I think to myself, “I have a few minutes, let’s pop Safari up”.
And then came THE CHOICE.
The fragment of second where you decide who you’re gonna [...]
Mr Anybody’s Computer
Let me introduce you to the Anybodys.
Mr and Mrs Anybody are just that : anybody.
They live in a random so-called modern country, have a decent monthly revenue but not more, and they pass through life influenced mostly by media and assimilated.
(And they are not to be confused with my mother).
Of course, Mr. Anybody has a [...]
One TLD to rule them all…
(TLD : Top-Domain Level as in .com, .fr or .org)
If you have to buy a domain name in the future, don’t waste any time wondering, you want a .com.
First, when was the last time you typed http:// ?
Yep, that long…
Then, try and get rid of the www..
If you spend just a few minutes a day [...]
Second Thoughts
Since my post The best of both world a few things happened.
First, time went by… A lot of it.
Also, I read 2.5 books on Ruby and Rails.
But then I stopped.
The fact is, I can’t practice enough.
Web development is still a “hobby+” and I can only devote so much time to it. But further than [...]
The best of both worlds
Though I don't see myself as a programer, I still do program and learn programing a lot.
I evolve in the LAMP sphere (or should I say MAMP…), and I really dig PHP. It's simple, has a really wide community (even became mainstream according to O'Reilly) and allow quick-and-dirty scripting as well as well-planned-and-thorough coding. I [...]
The Thing with Apple
Ironic: we’re getting used to being amazed by Apple technologies and designs.
But everybody seems to miss one of the true genius part of their designs : Evolution.
Every time they upgrade a product, the previous one seems ugly and old, and the new one sexy.
They change very little things, but it changes everything.
If – as I [...]
My mother should be able to do it
I’m not a software developer. I’m not even what one can call a web developer.
But I use softwares a lot. And I’ve been using them for 20 years now.
So far, you’ll tell me, nothing remarkable.
But for the past 10 years, as an IT manager, I’ve been helping and watching average people using computers.
And that is [...]
A few facts about this site
So, let’s introduce ourselves.
I’m young weblog –just a little over a year.
I’m hosted at Media Temple, a cosy-techy condo, not the cheapest, but as usual, you only get what you pay for…
The engine under the hood is WordPress. There’s nothing better right now. Myriads of plug-in, tons of themes…
The theme I use (as of the [...]