Author: jp

Google Code Blog: Instant Previews: Under the hood

Google has some elegant architecture behind “instant preview” results that could be used in many places. The main ingredients: JS Compilation JSONP base64 encodings of image data Google Code Blog: Instant Previews: Under the hood.
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Paradoxical Truth and JavaScript

JavaScript lacks a Boolean data type proper, but has a Boolean object class which can be used as a wrapper for storing and handling its two Boolean values. However, paradoxically, such a Boolean object will be automatically interpreted as “true” in Boolean contexts, even if its stored value is “false”.  Be careful of this. Paradoxical […]
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Coda Clips: WordPress

I may have to revisit Coda. I hate typing. Coda Clips: WordPress.
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Gesture-based Music Apps are Getting Good

I have been watching music mobile apps that harness accelerometer and gyroscope for a while. Many of these implementations have been pretty clumsy and toylike rather than offering a serious expression alternative that a serious musician/DJ might be tempted to use. This new $20 AirJ is looking really powerful. You can see it in use […]
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WordPress on the March

All the love couldn’t be happening to a better community. It is really fun to be developing on top of WP right now. The pace of innovation is pretty breathtaking. http://blogs.forbes.com/smcnally/2010/10/29/open-entrepreneurs-wordpress-foundation/ Posted from WordPress for Android
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Steam-Powered Record Player

A friend of mine has a rustic summer cottage on a private island pm a river. There is no electricity. This lack of everything modern is one of the main charms of the place except when it comes down to music listening: You can go through dozens of batteries in a week just powering a […]
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Eliminate the Computer Science major

This an an interesting position on forking the current undergrad CS degree, replacing it with A Programming Degree that focuses on real-world enterprise coding. A new CS degree that focuses on theoretical computer science. There seems to be logic there. Source: Ben Morris: Eliminate the Computer Science major.
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When Innovation Is Execution

Gordon Crovitz has written one of the more thoughtful reviews on “The Social Network” in the Wall Street Journal Today.  He echos Lawrence Lessig in making the case that many of the choices made in the film’s artistic license reveals the hostile and proudly ignorant stance that Hollywood still has towards the software industry. The […]
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MeeBlip : The Open Source Virtual Analog Monophonic Synthesizer

I used to play with those Radio Shack 40-in-one electronic science kits. Yes, I was one of those kids. I have grown up. Now I want one of these. The hacker version that will let me smell burning solder once again. via MeeBlip Community Synthesizer Is Made By Bloggers For Hackers.
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Everyone should learn programming

This pretty much sums it up. The computer is the ultimate post-industrial tool for creativity, playfulness and imagination. Don’t cede that power to someone else. Don’t be locked down. Build your own experiences. Code your own apps. http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/28/why-everyone-should-learn-programming/ Posted from WordPress for Android
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