Listening to Music when Programming
Well , its been long time that i did it . Yes , its listening to the Music when i do Programming . I forgot how i missed that … Just got to remember it when talking to a friend about listening to songs when working … Don’t know if [...]
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F# enters the Top 20 Languages, Lua, and Objective-C move upwards
Every time, i write a post on the programming language ranking, i end up asking, “Do the ranking matter”? Not really, but it is a way to know that there exists more languages and sometimes helps you find out which programming language is searched more etc… TIOBE Programming Community Index [...]
Categories: Opinions Tags: F#, Functional languages, Microsoft, programming language, ranking
97 things that every programmer must know
Just a few months back , i completed reading the book 97 things that every programmer must know from O\’REILLY . This book is a collection of tips or advices from various programming gurus covering lot of things like codeing style , customer handling , version control with each chapter [...]
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My Top 7 Windows 7 Gadgets
There are quite a lot of gadgets that are available for Windows 7 . Some of the gadgets are frequenly used by many users of windows 7 because of the usefulness and also making the Windows 7 look cooler . Here comes the list of my 10 favourite Windows 7 [...]
10 General Programming Tips for Programmers
Every now and then, i tend to listen quite a few tips from my Managers, colleagues, and friends. These tips not a bit general but it does relate to the programming. Here comes the list of 10 tips. 10. Do not Fear. 9. Divide and Conquer 8. Assume that coding [...]
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4 free softwares to record skype Calls on Windows
Do you use Skype ?? and have thought of recording the calls ? Skype doesnot allow you record the calls or conversation out of the box but there are some free softwares available that lets you record skype calls . Here are the list of 4 free softwares that lets you [...]
Categories: Opinions Tags: free, iFree, KishKish SAM, MP3, OpenSource, Pamela, Recorder, Skype
Free Quality Vector Graphics by Vectorvaco
Here’s a site that has superb collection of free vector graphics.This will be of great help for the designers and the web developers . The site Vectorvaco.com is a website that has full of vectors which one can use it for your websites , bronchure and printable materials etc . [...]
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What are your list of must know programming proverbs ?
I was reading through this interesting post by Kevin Pang probably very old but good on 10 Programming Proverbs Every Developer Should Know . Kevin gives his insight on 10 programming proverns that are must to be known for developers . It is infact a good list of proverbs and [...]
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Java sucks, Groovy and C# rock! – Does it really ?
Here’s an article from Lukasz on “Java sucks, Groovy and C# rock!” where Lukasz talks about Java , Groovy and C# . Lukasz is a Snr Software Engineer and has over 6 + yrs of experience and Sun Certified Java Programmer, Sun Certified Developer for Java Web Services … ( [...]
5 ways to open a word document without Microsoft Office
The Word 2007 and 2010 by default saves the document in the docx format which means the docx file can be easily be opened from 2007 / 2010 version . There are also other options for opening the doc/ docx file . Assume you give the doc file to your [...]
10 Responsibilities of a programmer …
It was recently , when one of my friend from a completely Non-IT background told me about his responsibilities and asked me what responsibilities do the software engineers have ? Well , Software Engineers do have a lot of responsibilities and here are few of them which i could recall [...]
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5 free screen recording softwares
Sometimes it may seem that just words and screenshots wont be enough to help the user to understand and follow the steps to troubleshoot a problem. The video recording of the steps or description to be followed is one of the easiest way for the user to view them and [...]
Categories: Opinions Tags: free, Microsoft, open source, screen recording
12 hardware features for my dream Windows Phone 7
Found this interesting blog post from Ravi Nar on “12 hardware features for my dream Windows Phone 7″ where Ravi talks about how he is watching the releases of the Android devices and what his dream Windows Phone 7 handset should have w.r.t the hardware . Excellent posts , that [...]
Categories: Opinions, Others, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Coverage, handset, hardware, HTC Mozart, LED, Network, nitification, Windows Phone 7
My Top 5 Open Source software for May 2011
Last month , i wrote an article on “My favourite 5 Opensource Projects – April 2011″ . In this blog post , i talk about my top 5 open source projects in May 2011 that i have come across and used it . I have also made sure that i [...]
Categories: Opinions Tags: Clonezilla, free, Greenshot, MediaInfo, open source, Software, Sweet Home 3D, Task Coach
What is the first thing that you look in your PC @ Work everyday ?
What is the first thing that you see / open in your PC when at work ? . Will you be surprised to see facebook being on the top list ? or twitter ? . It is obvious that these socila networking site might be blocked in some companies ,what [...]
Categories: Opinions Tags: Facebook, Office Email, Office Mails, PC, Personal Email, RSS Feeds, Twitter
The best screen resolutions for which the Website should built for
Just a couple of days back i picked some stats via google analytics to find out the frequently used Screen Resolution by the users visiting my site . The Blog post illustrates the stats of this site and talk about the screen resolutions that website should target for . The [...]
Categories: Opinions Tags: Analytics, browsers, Mobile, resolutions, Social Media, stats, Website
10 Websites with some unusual and interesting Navigation
Just a few days , i was browising through a site called 75B , the site had a pretty interesting navigation with images where the images moved around within the category . So i thought i will list few other websites that i came across that had prettty unusual but [...]
13 useful Coding Guidelines documents for C# Developers
I was recently reading a book “Encodo C# Handbook” that includes the guidelines on naming for C# etc … There are quite a few coding standard documents available and here i list few of thems which i came across . Although you might find many documents , the key here [...]
Categories: Dotnet, Opinions Tags: C#, coding, developers, documents, Guidelines, Microsoft
Do the users still prefer the old version of the software ?
I was recently reading an interesting article on “Reasons Why People Prefer The Old Version Of Your Software” from DeskMetrics . It is really an interesting article that explains the reasons why people prefer the old version of your software . An interesting statement “Respect users’ choice and never impose [...]
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Why Hello World is the first program that most programmers write ?
How do you start your first program ? or Have you seen a presenter during the User group meetings or webinar’s show you how to get started witha particular language / technology by writting a “Hello World” program ?. I am too one of those programmers who started writing hello [...]
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Creative icons sets for Developers – Part 1
Icons are the best way in the Application to convey the meaning of the action . Their high visual appeal attract the users attention and provides a better UI design . Here’s are some interesting but yet creative icon sets . 1. Adobe CS 2.0 Grande Icon Set Adobe CS [...]
My favourite 5 Opensource Projects – April 2011
Here’s a list of my favourite 5 opensource projects for April 2011 . These are the open source tools that i have used in last 1 month . 1. 7-Zip 7-Zip is a file archiver software with the high compression ratio. The 7-Zip supports the following file formats 7z, XZ, [...]
Categories: Opinions Tags: 7-Zip, FreeCol, KeePass Password, Notepad++, OpenSource, phpMyAdmin, windows
Top Websites to learn about HTML5
HTML5 is a markup language for presenting content for the Web . HTML5 is a new version or a revision of HTML standard that focusses on the requirements of the Web Developers . The Buzzword “HTML5″ is growing up day by day with most of the web browsers already supporting [...]
Windows 7 getting closer to overtake Windows XP in North America
Microsoft Windows 7 , one of the fastest selling OS from Microsoft is almost close to overtake Windows XP in North America . The Stats Counter statistics taken between Jul 2008 to April 2011 reveal that Windows 7 having 32.43 % while Windows XP recorded 32.59% . Here’s the list [...]
Categories: Opinions Tags: Linux, Mac OS, stats, windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Windows Phone 7 will be one of the fastest growing OS of 2011
The Team of Analysts from Ovum has released their predictions for the key things for the year 2011 . Jan Dawson mentioned that “Windows Phone 7 will upset the status quo in the smartphone market by becoming the fastest-growing smartphone platform.” He continued mentioning that Android will overtake the iPhone [...]
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Windows Phone 7 for Business today.
The Earlier versions of Mobile OS ( Windows Mobile 6 , 6.1 ,5.0 , Pocket PC 2003 etc..) was more business oriented . Well , the new Mobile OS ( Windows Phone 7 ) focusses more on the End user or Customer oriented . Bob Hunt in his Blog Windows [...]
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Top 7 Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys
What are the shortcuts that you frequently use in Internet Explorer . Here are the the one’s that i use sometime and my top 7 shortcuts. 1. Alt + M – Opens a command bar button to Navigate to Home page 2. Alt + C – Display your favorites, feeds, [...]
Categories: Opinions, Tools Tags: Internet Explorer, webpage
Windows Phone 7 and Mashable Gifting idea Poll
Mashable has recently polled their audience for the festive season gifting and it seems like the stats for Windows Phone 7 seems to be looking good . The stats reflects the US Market with Android leading the Smartphone showdown followed by iPhone , Windows Phone 7 and Black Berry . [...]
Categories: Opinions Tags: Black Berry, iPads, iPhone, Mashable, Smartphone, Windows Phone 7
Dell Venue listed in Dell India Website
Dell has listed the Dell Venue – a Google Android 2.2 smartphone – Dell Venue at the Dell India website. The phone was recently launched and was listed very soon in the Dell India site although there is no mention of the pricing . Dell Venue runs with the processor [...]
Categories: Announcement, Opinions Tags: AMOLED, Dell, Dell India, Dell Venue, Google Android 2.2
SurfCube – A Windows Phone 7 Browser App
Here’s an interesting Windows Phone 7 browser ap based on the concept of a 3D Cube where different sides of the cube represent different screens The Video should represent a lot than words
Categories: Opinions Tags: browser, SurfCube, v1.0, Windows Phone 7