To Become a Morning Person

published on January 10, 2015 in life

Do these regularly.

Hungarian Government and Freedom

published on January 7, 2015 in life

2015 might change many things. Here’s one I hope will change for the best. We will help, either way.

My 2015 Resolution

published on January 1, 2015 in life

This will be pretty short. 

Node.js Ecosystem

published on January 8, 2015 in technical

When we met last time Nuno Job shared a presentation with me about Node.js. Very interesting one so I thought I would share it here so that I find it in the future.

Open-Office Plans Distract, Demotivate, and Spread Illness

published on December 8, 2014 in life

I always felt strange in open offices. The fact that I am in a big space with a lot of people never felt good. And I thought I was the strange guy, but it turns out I am not.

Onboarding

published on August 11, 2014 in life

There is a lot of argument around this topic: when launching something new, a product, an app, a webpage–do we need explanatory onboarding tutorials?

When I Walk Away

published on July 13, 2014 in life

Just a quote.

HTML5 Captions and Subtitles

published on July 12, 2014 in technical

I am a big believer in HTML5 in general, but the HTML5 video is one of my favourites due to my love of movies. And today I learned something new from the Mozilla Hacks blog.

The Cost of Complexity

published on July 12, 2014 in bussiness

I have been trying to explain the problem of complexity in product development for years. With very little success. The post I am sharing with you all might do it much better then I did it so far.

It’s Time, Bro

published on July 11, 2014 in life

“You’ve disrupted the world. Now it’s time to disrupt your outfit.”

Redefine Design

published on May 12, 2014 in life

I read a very interesting definition of design today. Let me share it with you all.

Unimportant Things

published on April 7, 2014 in life

Part of my daily routine starts to feel unimportant. So I started cutting down things I find useless.

How To Keep Good Employees

published on February 14, 2014 in bussiness

I read a tweet from someone yesterday and I thought I would put a few thoughts around that.

Plan For The Future of Your Product

published on January 29, 2014 in bussiness

The web has always been a very dynamic environment. It changes constantly, becomes better, faster, more people get connected. But many products do not follow this.

One Of My New Year’s Resolution

published on January 18, 2014 in life

Close to the end of last year I realized that I need to move more. Now that I started moving a bit, I think it is OK to make that a goal fow 2014.

Steve Jobs And The Time Capsule

published on January 9, 2014 in life

As they say on the CNN site “Buried, and lost, in an Aspen field in 1983, the 13-foot-long tube contained, among other things, the mouse from Jobs’ Lisa computer. Now, thanks to the TV show ‘Diggers’ it's been found.”

Your Brain On Beer Vs Coffee

published on January 4, 2014 in life

I have shared a medium post on this a while ago. Here is a graphical round-up of the main ideas.

Interesting New Year’s Resolution

published on January 4, 2014 in life

Check this one out, I really like it so I thought I would share it.

I Want To Learn Design

published on January 3, 2014 in life

When I was a kid I used to draw a lot. This good habit sadly went away when I started coding around seventeen.

Sophie Posing

published on December 18, 2013 in memories-in-silent-photographs

Let me show you Sophie while posing.

What If Money Was No Object?

published on November 22, 2013 in life

I listened to this short speach by Alan Watts and here are a few toughts about it.

Free APIs

published on November 3, 2013 in technical

All of us have used APIs and probably a few free ones too. Here are some you might not know yet.

I Lost Interest In Formula 1

published on October 30, 2013 in life

I have been a big fan of Formula 1. But I had to realize that I find it boring for a while.

How To Missunderstand Developers

published on October 28, 2013 in life

Just like Willard Foxton does in his article on The Telegraph.

RuPy 2013, Budapest

published on October 14, 2013 in life

As stated on their site “RuPy is a unique conference that brings together communities from different state-of-the-art programming languages Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Clojure and related technologies”

I Need To Move More

published on September 19, 2013 in life

I recently read a post about motivation. The author stated that If you’re not doing exactly what you want to, you don’t really want it. So true.

Goodbye Backbone

published on September 15, 2013 in technical

I had to recently do a Backbone.js test and that was the end of my cooperation with Backbone.

JavaScript Apps vs Progressive Enhancement

published on September 4, 2013 in technical

There has been another fight on the web lately. This is all about JavaScript applications making progressive enhancement impossible to do. That does not seam the case to me. Here is my take on the subject.

Entrepreneurs And Startups Are Dinosaurs

published on October 19, 2013 in bussiness

We hear these terms so often, they have become a strong part of certain people’s dictionary. Which is not a bad thing actually. The problem is that the terms are unclear and confusing.

Ember 1.0 And Ember-data 1.0 Beta 1

published on August 31, 2013 in technical

I first met Ember almost two years ago. If I am correct, it wasn't even named Ember at that time. And now we have a stable 1.0 version and a beta 1 data layer.

Some Ember Goodies, NProgress, Lush Type and Spark

published on August 20, 2013 in technical

We had a long weekend here in Hungary, but the web didn't. Here are few interesting things I came uppon in the last few days.

Facebook Connect With Passport.js

published on November 23, 2014 in technical

I needed a Facebook authentication implemented with node.js. Seamed ok to use Passport.js for this purpose, it looks liket it is maintained a fairly easy to use.

Creativity Spotted

published on August 14, 2013 in memories-in-silent-photographs

I always say that developers are creative people, because they create. Let me show you a great example.

Bidding And Salary Negotiation

published on October 1, 2013 in bussiness

I've been lately trying to do some freelance work again, and I had to realize that I have no idea of how bidding should be properly done, if there is any available strategy.

Tessel Runs JavaScript Right On The Device

published on July 19, 2013 in technical

Node.js was probably the first step in widening JavaScript usage accross various platforms and devices. But things are evolving rapidly and we already have hardware which runs JS.

Hyperloop

published on August 11, 2013 in life

Elon Musk tweeted the link. I'll just post a few thoughts on it and attach the link to the detailed PDF.

Scott Berkun On Remote Work

published on September 19, 2013 in bussiness

I came accross this post by mistake, looking for something else. And being so much fond of remote work, I think I have to share one sentence at least from this post.

Best Practices

published on August 11, 2013 in bussiness

The term is used a lot in all industries. They sound really good, many of us think of them as some magic guidelines, which show us the right way. But that is not really true.

Learning From Your Mistakes

published on June 30, 2013 in bussiness

They always say that you should learn from your mistakes. That you should fail fast and often. I seam to have a problem with that: I don't enjoy failing or making mistakes, so I don't want it to happen.

Examples In Open Source JavaScript Projects

published on July 1, 2013 in technical

Many of us use Github, or something similar, for hosting our public or private projects. So do I. There is something though that is many times annoying about them. The examples.

React, a JavaScript Library for Building User Interfaces

published on May 30, 2013 in technical

This is one of the news that was waiting in my reeder inbox this morning. Let's check it out a bit.

Node.js On Localhost, With A Custom Domain

published on May 21, 2013 in technical

I had to direct my browser to a node.js application, running on a custom port on my Mac. Easy? Yes. Here's how.

JSON API Spec - Finally

published on May 20, 2013 in technical

JSON API is extracted from the JSON transport implicitly defined by Ember Data's REST adapter. In general, Ember Data's goal is to eliminate the need for ad-hoc code per application to communicate with servers that communicate in a well-defined way.

Web Colour Data

published on May 14, 2013 in technical

"What is the most common colour/s or hue/s on the web? Do certain industries prefer certain colours over others? What colours are generally found together?"

Hoodie - Very Fast Web App Development

published on May 14, 2013 in technical

Build complete web apps in days, without having to worry about backends, databases or servers, all with an open-source library.

The Internet Makes This Possible

published on May 7, 2013 in technical

I many times read that the internet might be harmful. Yes, it might. But the thing is that it only might. Here's why.

The Ring

published on April 23, 2013 in life

They say that a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Well, I did.

Firebase And Ember.js

published on April 17, 2013 in technical

I've been playing a bit with these two last weekend and let me share a few thoughts on that.

Firefox OS Phones Available Next Week

published on April 17, 2013 in life

I just found out about this today, directly from GeeksPhone. Here are the prices.

TowTruck

published on April 15, 2013 in technical

Mozilla has released a new collaboration tool named TowTruck. I has a few interesting features, like cursor-mirroring, collaboratively editing forms and text, browsing through the site, and both text and real-time voice chat.

Attitude Is A Decision

published on April 12, 2013 in life

I moved to this country by my own will. I am happy I did that, because I met some really great people here. But there are things that make my life sad and make me wonder about going some place else.

GoPro Reborn - Novo

published on April 9, 2013 in life

The groundbreaking Novo digital cinema camera, available exclusively at Radiant Images, is the ideal solution for cinematographers who are enamored by the capabilities of the GoPro Hero3 but held back by the Hero3’s cinematic limitations.

What Time Is It?

published on April 9, 2013 in technical

Let the CSS and JavasScript tell you.

Firebase - Scalable Real-time Backend

published on April 10, 2013 in technical

Build apps fast without managing servers.

Firepad - Open Source Collaborative Text Editing

published on April 10, 2013 in technical

While remote work is getting more and more attention, the need for good teamwork tools is getting higher. Here is one which might help remote collaboration in certain cases.

Bad Job Postings

published on April 5, 2013 in life

Twitter are Facebook are platforms which have lately been flooded with job postings. Most of them really badly put together. Let me just put out some of the bad things about them.

Alpha Ribs

published on March 26, 2013 in memories-in-silent-photographs

From the seven tries, this was the one which I think were made right.

Sophie’s Tongue Exercise

published on March 26, 2013 in memories-in-silent-photographs

Just enjoy.

This Is Your Life

published on March 26, 2013 in life

Just a image I found today, which made me think. I hope it makes you think, too.

Notice - Ember Generated vs Hand-made Controllers

published on March 21, 2013 in technical

Today I found another good thing I did not know about. Which actually feels obvious now, but it did not before I experienced it.

My Wishlist

published on March 20, 2013 in life

All of us have dreams. You and I all long for things we would like to have. Everybody should have a wishlist and make sure they fight for they put on that list.

The Reason Why Hungary Will Never Catch Up With The World's Strongest Democracies And Economies

published on March 20, 2013 in technical

Adócsalás, bkv jegy nem vevés, általános hozzállás, különbségek, norvégia és magyarok, japán bliccelés történet.

The Fixer's Manifesto

published on March 18, 2013 in life

I found this a few hours earlier. Let me share it with you.

Notice - Yac, As Yet Another Cache

published on March 18, 2013 in technical

Yac is a user data cache based on shared memory for PHP. It can be used to replace APC or local memcached.

Notice - Remy Sharp created '5 minute fork'

published on March 18, 2013 in technical

As he puts it "The number of times I've come across a cool demo, only to be faced with a github repo and no live link - it just bums me out" - such a good idea. Obviously, this is suitable mainly for frontend projects.

Notice - Ember.js and the default template action target

published on March 14, 2013 in technical

Since the newest Ember.js release, I have had trouble determining the default target of an action, in a template.

Firefox OS And Blackberry 10

published on March 13, 2013 in technical

Today we had a small gathering organized by Telenor here in Budapest. The topic was mobile devices, operating systems and their security.

Webpage Or Webapp?

published on March 7, 2013 in memories-in-silent-photographs

Lately I have come into an argument about this question.

Notice - vic.js

published on March 7, 2013 in technical

Vic.js is a permissive validation/correction abstraction available for JavaScript.

Side Projects

published on February 28, 2013 in life

Developers often hit a wall when side projects come up. It somehow amazes me how many people are wrong about the importance of side projects.

Notice - Make a Difference in Your Life

published on February 25, 2013 in technical

There is a post on Web Advent 2012 which is a really good one. It is not about JavaScript, or Node.js, or PHP, or any fancy or not-so-fancy technology. It is just about what should matter.

Notice - Class Selectors

published on February 25, 2013 in technical

Nathan Ford published a great post on class selectors at the end of 2012. It is worth reading, saving.

Nikon D7100

published on February 22, 2013 in life

Nikon will be launching a new camera soon. Let's take a quick look at its predicted, yet not officially announced few interesting features.

Mloc.js

published on February 21, 2013 in technical

We had our biggest [almost]JavaScript conference here in Budapest. Let me share a few thoughts on it. Sadly, I could not be there because when I found out that Stoyan Stefanov is not coming anymore, I got a bit stalled and managed to miss all the tickets.

What Permissions Not to Ask For

published on February 19, 2013 in technical

Today I tried ti link my linkedin.com profile with my twitter account, so that my tweets get posted there, too. But I didn't do it.

What I Really Dislike on the iPhone 5

published on February 19, 2013 in life

Its back camera lens. Allow me to explain.

Home-made Pizza

published on February 15, 2013 in memories-in-silent-photographs

Just a really simple one. The cake, I think that is how it is called, some cheese, or lots of it, tomato sauce and tomatoes. Perfect.

Short History

published on February 13, 2013 in memories-in-silent-photographs

I live in Budapest. For a while. But I was born in Romania and my grand-grandparents lost their Hungarian citizenship due to the Trianon treaty. But this is about something different.

Sophie and the Blankets

published on February 12, 2013 in memories-in-silent-photographs

We have two cats. Not one, but two. Lola and Sophie. And they are real personalities.

The Godfather's First Few Minutes

published on February 13, 2013 in life

I watched The Godfather again a few weeks earlier. Marlon Brando's performace keeps amazing me.

Reaction to Opera's Decision

published on February 13, 2013 in technical

Recently Opera announced its decision to gradually move to Webkit. This has brought up many reactions in our huge we community. I have my own and here it is.

What do you want to do?

published on February 12, 2013 in life

What do you want to do? What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?

Ember Ready

published on January 5, 2013 in technical

Most of you probably know jQuery's ready event. Ember has something similar.

Ember Custom Events

published on January 1, 2013 in technical

Lately I have been using Ember.js a lot. I had a problem with firing/listening to events that are not common to Ember.js

The Way It Should Not Be

published on December 31, 2012 in technical

Nowadays browsers, at least most of them, are becoming more like sandboxes. We developers can do lots of great stuff in a browser. But still, the web is full of not so good applications, of sites which are not as good as they should be. Why is that?

Chibi

published on October 4, 2012 in technical

"Think it's OK to serve up 30KB of framework over 3G just to manipulate a couple of DOM elements? Of course you don't because that's an asshat move and you're no asshat. You'll probably instead use a couple of lines of vanilla JavaScript, perhaps a little CSS :active with transitions, all while riding a unicorn bareback through a double rainbow, no hands." This is the official introduction to Chibi.

Reading About Javascript

published on August 14, 2012 in technical

I am doing a lot of Javascript coding lately, so my reading is mostly about that. I read other articles too, but that is a small minority. Let me show show you the articles, posts that I came upon this week.

My First Meetup Presentation

published on July 11, 2012 in technical

I was a bit nervous about today. But things went well, apart from almost not being able to reach may presentation.

This Week's Reading Roundup - No. 2

published on June 21, 2012 in technical

And we got to the second week in reading roundup. The topics are much wider because this week is a much more active week in our huge community.

Cookies in Javascript

published on May 3, 2012 in technical

I am back to using cookies in javascript again, so here is a little write-up about how to do that wit cookie.js

This Week's Reading Roundup - No. 1

published on April 1, 2012 in technical

I decided to write up the things I read, that I come up on in a week. This is my first one!

Manifesto for Agile Software Development

published on April 9, 2012 in technical

I hear and read a lot that companies and people use it, so I am thinking that I show them the agile manifesto, so that they can decide if they are really agile.

HTML5 Client-Side Image Resize

published on March 13, 2012 in technical

Not such a long time ago I started reading the Smashing Book #3 and an idea crossed my mind while enjoying Christian Heilmann's chapter on Javascript. So, I put the idea into code, and here it is.

HTML5 LocalStorage

published on March 3, 2012 in technical

LocalStorage has crossed my mind many times when planning a few applications. OOP implementation in Javascript is also something I like and keep testing, so let me share a little OOP Javascript LocalStorage usage example.

A Huge Issue in PHPStorm

published on February 20, 2012 in technical

I have recently switched to Jetbrains PHPStorm because of its code completion, code highlight and many other features. But it has one huge problem, which, if not fixed, is going to make me ditch it.

[OFF] Refrigerator usability

published on February 1, 2012 in technical

This might look like a very unusual topic from a webdev. But this has been itching me for a while, so let me put it into words.

HTML5 Server-Sent Events

published on January 31, 2012 in technical

I have just came upon another interesting HTML feature: Server-Side Events. We can now push real-time data from server to the browser. Let me show you a little example and some possible usage cases.

A Calendar Widget with no Dependencies

published on January 22, 2012 in technical

I needed recently some calendar widget, which could not depend on any Javascript library, for size and load reasons. At that time, I was thinking to create one, due to not being able to find any which fullfilled my needs. In the end, I used a simple dropdown. But now we have Kalendae. Let me show you a few examples of how it should be used.

Never Keep the Front in the Front

published on January 1, 2012 in technical

I have read an article a few days back, which states that PHP developers should work with frontend developers, how they should help them.

Quality in Web Development

published on December 18, 2011 in technical

I many times hear fellow developers say that this is only a admin, nobody is going to use it but us, or it is planned only for internal use.