Tag Archives: data

Missing Feature: The Mobile Device Self Destruct Button

By TechKnow | January 24, 2011

I use Apple’s Mobile Me service. I got the first year subscription as a gift a little over a year ago and I recently renewed the service for another year. I don’t use the email or calendar service in Mobile Me much but one feature that is worth its price is the Find My iPhone [...]

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The Programmer’s Triforce

By TechKnow | November 9, 2010

I don’t remember where I read it or hear it, but the idea that a computer program is a combination of code and data has stuck with me. I would only add that a great computer program is designed with the user experience in mind. There is a design pattern that embodies this idea of [...]

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Use Google Forms For Building Simple Surveys and Polls

By TechKnow | September 4, 2010

I use Google Documents to manage drafts of blog posts, to keep track of house hold finances, and even to manage an invite list to gatherings at my house. You can do a lot with nothing more than Google Docs. Recently I had to help a friend create a small informal survey to use with [...]

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Jamming with Ruby YAML

By TechKnow | October 8, 2009

When working with Ruby, the library/class I use and abuse most often is YAML. YAML stands for YAML Ain’t Markup Language and it is a versatile human friendly data serialization format. It is easier to use and understand than JSON. A YAML file is much like a Java properties file in that is used to [...]

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