Dan Saffer has published an interesting article illustrating the Activity Zones for Touchscreen Tablets and Phones which appear to provide the most natural level of usability. The article is particularly interesting in that it touches on (pun intended) the human factors involved in how we physically interact with devices. The Activity Zones outlined in the article equate to the areas… Continue Reading
Multiple Form Factor Software Design
Sunday, March 6th, 2011I have been giving a lot of thought lately about designing software in a Multi-Form Factor paradigm and felt I would share some initial thoughts on the subject. Keep in mind much of this is still quite new and subject to change; however, I have made an attempt to isolate what I feel will remain constant moving forward. First, User… Continue Reading
Practices of an Agile Developer
Thursday, February 10th, 2011Of the many software engineering books I have read over the years, Practices of an Agile Developer in particular continues to be one book I find myself turning to time and time again for inspiration. Written by two of my favorite technical authors, Andy Hunt and Venkat Subramaniam, and published as part of the Pragmatic Bookshelf, Practices of an Agile… Continue Reading
Fixed Comments Bug
Friday, February 4th, 2011It was recently brought to my attention that users have been unable to leave comments on my Blog for quite some time now. Exactly how long and the extent of which the issue has impacted users remains unknown. The problem appears to have been directly related to an overzealous spam plugin which I have since disable. I have tested the… Continue Reading
5 Years…
Monday, January 31st, 2011This month marks the 5th anniversary of this Blog. A lot has changed in the time since and I am happy to say the future is looking brighter and more exciting than ever before. While the content and subject matter may have varied over the past five years, the goal of this site has remained the same, and that is… Continue Reading
Context is key: Test Coverage
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010The notion that Test Coverage alone can provide an adequate metric for determining how well a particular piece of code or, an entire codebase, is being tested has always troubled me. In my experience this can be a very misleading assumption. Like many of my previous themes, with Test Coverage context trully is key. The issue I find is that… Continue Reading