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femfreq: When I opened the latest issue of Game Informer...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:24:00 -0400

When I opened the latest issue of Game Informer magazine I was surprised to see a quote from my own GDC talk “Equality or GTFO: Navigating the Gendered Minefield of Online Gaming Spaces.”

The section titled “Overheard at GDC” features many female voices including Robin Hunicke, Brenda Romero, Susan O’Connor and Elizabeth Sampat discussing their desire for a more inclusive gaming industry.

“With thousands of programmers, animators, and producers in attendance, the Game Developers Conference is a great place to take the pulse of the industry. This year, much of the chatter had to do with challenging the game industry to move out of its comfort zone, whether that be escaping well-worn game design conventions, embracing more diverse characters, or making the development culture more inclusive to women.”

"The 11 in C++ 11 refers to the number of legs [..] nailed onto the dog whilst attempting to build a..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:04:57 -0400

“The 11 in C++ 11 refers to the number of legs [..] nailed onto the dog whilst attempting to...

blurintofocus: shananaomi: noirbettie: mightyhunter: This...

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:00:51 -0400

blurintofocus:

shananaomi:

noirbettie:

mightyhunter:

This 17-Year-Old Coder Is Saving Twitter From TV Spoilers

Imagine you forget to watch a new episode of Game of Thrones the night it airs. Even if coworkers stay mum about important plot points, Twitter is abuzz with spoilers. Fortunately, there’s Twivo, a new program that allows Twitter users to censor their feeds from mentioning a certain TV show (and its characters) for a set time period. Jennie Lamere, a 17-year-old girl, invented the software last month—and won the grand prize at a national coding competition where Lamere was the only female who presented a project, and the only developer to work alone. Internet: Meet the reason we need more women in tech.

(From Mother Jones)

I’m so excited by all of the teenagers in science and tech that we’re hearing about these days. MORE GIRLS PLEASE!

At SXSW, we talked about how we can’t wait to see the apps fangirls create to make the internet further work the way THEY want. What we may have not said so clearly is that it’s really the way that EVERYONE wants the internet to work. Go girl.

^^^ so into this.

Tell W3C: We don’t want the Hollyweb

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:52:44 -0400

Tell W3C: We don’t want the Hollyweb

git-animals: git checkout -b refactor

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:46:13 -0400

git-animals:

git checkout -b refactor

Unittests should follow the F.I.R.S.T. rules

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:30:16 -0400

Fast: test should run quickly. If the method you are testing depends on a time consuming operation,...

Instacode - the instagram for code :)

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:52:00 -0500

Instacode - the instagram for code :)

vilcins: Twitter’s Oscar Boykin: Programming Isn’t...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:18:48 -0500

vilcins:

Twitter’s Oscar Boykin: Programming Isn’t Math.

Functional programming has a rich history of drawing from mathematical theory, yet in this talk, Twitter data scientist Oscar Boykin make the case that programming is distinct from mathematics. This distinction is healthy and does not mean we can’t leverage many results and concepts from mathematics.

As examples, Oscar will discuss some recent work — github.com/twitter/{algebird,bijection,scalding} — and show cases where mathematical purity were both helpful and harmful to developing products at Twitter.

Magic (programming)

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:41:59 -0500

Magic (programming): dhotson: slashnull: Single-handedly the greatest page of the entire...

Building software is hard. Building high-quality software is...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:23:08 -0500

Building software is hard. Building high-quality software is even harder. And doing either on a tight budget and increasingly limited time is nearly impossible! Truthfully, there are so many more ways to fail in this industry than to succeed. But failing isn’t always a bad thing. Often times we can learn from our own failures as well as those at other companies.

This slideshare presentation, created by Ulrika Park, Scrum master at SmartBear-Sweden, highlights 50 (yes 50) different complications, delays and missteps that often arise at every step along the process, from conception to launch.

50 Shades of FAIL (via)

"Some code will be slower than we want because we don’t have time to optimize it, and some code will..."

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:54:50 -0500

“Some code will be slower than we want because we don’t have time to optimize it, and some...

nexxylove: return value? chrchrchrr

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:39:12 -0500

nexxylove:

return value?

chrchrchrr

Use long flags when scripting

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:51:43 -0500

Use long flags when scripting: dhotson: Pro tip.

12 resolutions for programmers

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:51:33 -0500

12 resolutions for programmers: dhotson: The title sounds like linkbait, but it’s actually a pretty...

sourcetocode: Secrets of the Chrome Developer Tools (by Øredev...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:49:19 -0500

sourcetocode:

Secrets of the Chrome Developer Tools (by Øredev Conference)

The Developer Tools built into Google Chrome provide powerful ways to understand, debug, and profile web applications. Most developers are familiar with its basic inspection and debugging tools, but some of its most valuable features, like the timeline and memory analysis tools, are lesser known. This talk will provide an overview of the Chrome dev tools and an in-depth demonstration of some of the lesser-known features.

This feature is very helpful to track down memory-leaks, for example with Backbone.js Zombie-Views. I also like the feature to deobfuscate the code inline. This both features makes the Chrome Developer Tools more powerful than Firebug.

noxe: Do not tap on glass - You will scare the programmers.

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:28:08 -0500

noxe:

Do not tap on glass - You will scare the programmers.

(via Twitter / 1Pr0grammer: How to tell HTML from HTML5....

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:21:42 -0500

(via Twitter / 1Pr0grammer: How to tell HTML from HTML5. …)

"If it stinks, change it!"

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:58:00 -0500

“If it stinks, change it!” - Grandma Beck, discussing child-rearing philosophy

"[…] After changing teams about a year ago, I came back to C++. IMHO, C++ is the worst. By far...."

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:13:59 -0500

“[…] After changing teams about a year ago, I came back to C++. IMHO, C++ is the worst. By...

Oredev Session: Programmer Anarchy

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 14:29:42 -0500

Oredev Session: Programmer Anarchy