What If Money Was No Object?

published on November 23, 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 4, 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 November 3, 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 29, 2013 in life

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

RuPy 2013, Budapest

published on October 15, 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 20, 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 16, 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 5, 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 doesn't seam the case to me. Here’s my take on the subject.

Entrepreneurs and Startups are Dinosaurs

published on September 4, 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 September 1, 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 21, 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 August 15, 2013 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 15, 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 August 15, 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 August 15, 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 12, 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 August 12, 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 12, 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 August 1, 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 22, 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 14, 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 January 1, 1970 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 10, 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 27, 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 27, 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.

The Fixer's Manifesto

published on March 19, 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.

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 16, 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 14, 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 13, 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.

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.

HTML5 Geolocation

published on December 13, 2011 in technical

I am currently planning an experimental social network, where I needed geolocation. This way I came across this client side possibility, here is a simple example of it.

Meet YaF - Part Two

published on November 23, 2011 in technical

In the first part I showed you just a few things about YaF, mostly introductory. In this article I am going write a bit about routing, bootstrap and the view layer.

Meet YaF - Part one

published on November 10, 2011 in technical

PHP YaF, as Yet another Framework, is object oriented PHP framework. But there are a few things about it, that make it a bit different. I have tried it a few days back and decided to write up a few articles about my quest with it.

Foundation

published on October 19, 2011 in technical

There are a lot of frameworks on the market. Javascript, CSS, PHP. Also, lots of boilerplates. There is a new one, the Foundation from Zurb, which got my attention in tha past few weeks. Let us see what it is capable of.

Where are the Hungarian Articles?

published on October 8, 2011 in technical

Well, if I answer that in a very short way, then they went into the /dev/null.

The New Hungarian Startpage - startlap.hu

published on September 25, 2011 in technical

Hungary's one of the most famous sites has just been redesigned. Many people have probably put in many hours of work to make it look and work like this. Let's take a closer look at the result

spin.js introduction

published on September 4, 2011 in technical

Modern user interfaces need feedback. There are many types of feedback, one of them is that little rotating flower-like graphic that we all are familiar with. Today, we do not need to build that with a GIF, there is spin.js.

Bootstrap, from Twitter

published on August 21, 2011 in technical

Twitter recently joined the companies which provide such tools to web developers which help them do a better work. Let's check out quickly what Bootstrap is about!

For, hover, size and padding on the checkbox input

published on August 1, 2011 in technical

Isn't it frustrating not to be able to check a checkbox due to its small size? Here are a few ideas on how to improve that.

Let us forget the noreply@

published on July 30, 2011 in technical

We all get a lot of e-mails like this, which are sent from a noreply@ sender address. This is their way of telling me not to reply to their e-mails. What if I want to reply?

Budapest Best Restaurants

published on July 17, 2011 in technical

Molnár Dániel and Szabados Balázs released their first iPhone app. They planned it, they managed its development project. And I took a closer look at it.

Advanced Search

published on July 12, 2011 in technical

Many of us have used advanced searches, where you may configure the search parameters. But in the majority of cases, there is no need for these complecated search functionalities. If still, then they should not be implemented as they are now.

UI and UX

published on June 1, 2011 in technical

Nowadays many companies have realized that their products are, in many cases, unusable (hopefully, but there are a lot of exceptions, sadly). This is true in many fields, from the toaster to the ATM. UI planning and UX are getting more and more attention, luckyly for the users. Let's take a short look at both.

SEO Basics

published on April 11, 2011 in technical

Search optimization is a very fancy field these days. Many people do it right, but many wrong. I like to think of it as something that helps me provide ma users with better content. Also, I tend to look at it from a different point of view. These are the main pillars of this article.

Why I do not use Photoshop

published on February 28, 2011 in technical

Nowadays webdesign is a lot more important than ten years ago. It is probably the most important part of web development, due to its visibility. Let me write down a few of my thoughts about using, or not, Adobe Photoshop for designing webpages.

My First Article

published on January 1, 2011 in technical

This is my first article. Ever. Let me tell a bit of my story.

One of the Worst Login Forms

published on February 8, 2011 in technical

Forms are all over the internet. Everyone wants our e-mail, name, address, phone number, and who knows what else. But if they need those, for marketing purposses, or whatever else, they might as well make those damn forms a little more usable. Here is one, that I hate.

Comparison of a few PHP frameworks I like

published on February 8, 2011 in technical

Sooner or later each of us webdevelopers feel the need of using some kind of frameworks, either PHP, or Javascript, regardless of the language we are using. Let me point out a few things about four PHP frameworks that I like

CAPTCHAs and the Fake Security

published on January 17, 2011 in technical

We all use CAPTCHAs all the time, almost every day. For an average user, even its name is scaring, not to mention its functionality. Even I, as developer and a heavy internet user, did not register on many sites, because they used bad CAPTCHAs. In this article, I shall talk a bit about CAPTCHAs, their fake security and alternatives.