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Podcast: Metaphors and Analogy in Software

May 30th, 2007 · No Comments · HumansAndTech, Podcast, SoftwareDev

It started with this Code Craft blog post on the Code Garden – an analogy that sucked less. It got me thinking and ranting about metaphors in software and metaphors of software. Designing your technical architecture with software, the XP “Metaphor” practice, metaphors for HCI, metaphors like those used in the Head First series and [...]

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Podcast: Thoughts on Patterns

March 8th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Podcast, SoftwareDev

Stream-of-consciousness thoughts on patterns – where we’re at in 2007. Not a tutorial. Definitely not a tutorial. Where did patterns come from? Not GoF, not Alexander. Alexander, patterns, and architecture. Patterns in the organisation – how can a pattern language pervade an organisation and help workers carry out its mission statement and operating principles? Different [...]

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Ajax Diagnosis And Testing Patterns – Podcast

October 14th, 2006 · No Comments · Links, Podcast, SoftwareDev

Welcome to Ye Olde Ajax Patterns Podcaste, the final in this series that began twelve months ago. 3+4+4+1 = 12 podcasts in all, covering 71 patterns (the 70 patterns in the the book as well as Dyanmic Favicons). Find them all on the podcast category – http://www.softwareas.com/category/podcast/ or subscribe to the podcast feed at http://www.softwareas.com/podcast/rss2. [...]

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Ajax Functionality and Usability Patterns – Podcast 4 of 4: Functionality Patterns

September 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Links, Podcast, SoftwareDev

This is the fourth and final podcast in the series on Ajax functionality and usability patterns (Book: Part 4, pp 327-530). This 54-minute podcast covers seven patterns of Ajax Architecture (Book: Chapter 17, pp 473-530): Lazy Registration Direct Login Host-Proof Hosting Timeout Heartbeat Unique URLs Dynamic Favicons Dedicated to the Nitobians, whose last podcast inspired [...]

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Ajax Functionality and Usability Patterns – Podcast 3 of 4: Visual Effects

July 31st, 2006 · No Comments · Links, Podcast, SoftwareDev

This is the third in the four-part series on Ajax functionality and usability patterns (Book: Part 4, pp 327-530). An audio discussion of visual effects is ideally short and sweet, so this podcast is but 13 minutes long. This 13-minute podcast covers ten patterns of Ajax Architecture (Book: Chapter 16, pp 445-472): One-Second Spotlight One-Second [...]

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Ajax Functionality and Usability Patterns – Podcast 2 of 4: Ajax Page Architecture

July 25th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Links, Podcast, SoftwareDev

This is the second in the four-part series on Ajax functionality and usability patterns (Book: Part 4, pp 327-530). The guest for this week is Dave Johnson of Nitobi (the Ajax component developers formerly known as E-Business Applications), widget guru and author of the upcoming Enterprise Ajax book. Dave helps me walk through the patterns [...]

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Ajax Functionality and Usability Patterns – Podcast 1 of 4: Widgets of the Web

July 15th, 2006 · No Comments · Links, Podcast

And so, a new series begins, based on the Ajax functionality and usability patterns (Book: Part 4, pp 327-530). We’ve already looked at the technical details, now we’re looking at what Ajax can do for users and how to implement these features. I’m asking guests to join me for most of the remaining Ajax Pattern [...]

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Ajax Programming Patterns – Podcast 4 of 4: Performance Optimisation Patterns

July 8th, 2006 · No Comments · Links, Podcast, SoftwareDev

The fourth and final podcast in this series of Ajax Programming Patterns. As always, the patterns are online at AjaxPatterns.org and covered in the book too, now available at Amazon. This 33-minute podcast covers seven patterns of Performance Optimisation: Browser-Side Cache Maintain a local cache of information. Guesstimate Instead of grabbing real data from the [...]

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Ajax Programming Patterns – Podcast 3 of 4: “DOM Population” and “Code Generation and Reuse” Patterns

June 25th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Links, Podcast, SoftwareDev

The third podcast in this series of Ajax Programming Patterns. The 29-minute podcast covers five patterns. As with the previous podcast, there is reason for concern about the audio quality herein. Firstly, three patterns on DOM population – taking server response data and displaying it or storing it in the DOM: XML Data Island Retain [...]

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Ajax Programming Patterns – Podcast 2 of 4: Browser-Server Dialogue Patterns

June 20th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Links, Podcast, SoftwareDev

Continuing from the previous podcast (*cough* 12 weeks ago), more programming patterns. Unfortunately, this recording (and the next one) went pear-shaped. Sorry. I do, however, recommend them to those of you who’ve been wondering what an Ajax talk would have sounded like in crackly 1930s recording technology, and one in which the speaker has a [...]

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