Coffee Shops for Hackers
Hacking is a hobby programmer that works on software for fun and enjoyment. Several places are good for hacking. Here are some coffee shops that were suggested to me. Caveat: I do not not endorse any
Tech meetups of San Francisco (Yetihq.com)
[Published by rhfung on Yetihq.com]
The tech scene in San Francisco has a vibrant and visible community. The community holds several meetups every week, often more than one meetup in any given night.
Optimizing JavaScript for runtime speed (Yetihq.com)
This summer Brandon Jones of Motorola Mobility presented a talk about efficient JavaScript vector math [1]. The concepts presented in this JavaScript meetup talk are beneficial
Sensing position for Augmented Reality applications
This year I attended SIGGRAPH, the largest academic conference for computer graphics research, in Los Angeles. Of particular interest to me was the Augmented and Mixed Reality session in the “Birds
Learning JavaScript: web application architecture
I’ve been talking about front end, middle tier, and back end in my previous posts. Here’s a diagram to show how the components interact with each other. Additionally, there is an example
Learning JavaScript: part II
This post continues from the last post in learning JavaScript for building web applications. I assume you now have a working knowledge of the JavaScript language. We apply our knowledge of JavaScript
Learning JavaScript: part I
Recently I spoke with several individuals wanting to build web applications. First I describe what a web application is, describe the front tier of a web application, and focus on JavaScript’s role
Designing a REST API
I am writing about how to design a REST API. I am basing my guidance from Stormpath’s presentation on July 10th, 2012. A REST API is a type of application programming interface (API) that
Running Android emulator in Eclipse
As I have been developing Android apps in using the Eclipse + Android development environment on Windows, I noticed the debugger would sometimes not connect to the emulator device. To address this problem,
Pains in web development
On Saturday July 21st I had a nice conversation with Caleb Clausen about web applications. HTML and the web was originally designed for document delivery, not interactive applications that we are using