Coding Category
Posts related to programming, gadgets, web design, and general code/hacking.
May 29 | Using LibSVM for text categorization on a Mac OS X
There are very few practical tutorials for converting from raw text to classification using LibSVM, and using Weka can be somewhat of a compromise.
Mar 31 | Reinventing the classic search model
As a result of the Podio Hack Day project I had the opportunity to talk to InboxQ's CEO Joe Fahrner, and I think there's a lot of opportunities he and his team are tackling that are worthy of discussion here.
Mar 7 | Discerning dated Google results
In one of the classes I am taking this quarter, we are investigating ways in which social norms propagate through the web, particularly with social networks.
Feb 27 | A badge for web apps!
In order to make a case for the web apps that run on both iPhones and Androids and other smartphones, I've created a badge that I hope will be adopted by web developers around the world as a sign that they have taken the care and time to develop a mobile application that is designed to be easily deployable, easily fixable, and increasingly free to push the boundaries of the mobile browser.
This also can be adopted by individuals who develop web-based counterparts to native applications.
I will be deploying this across justnear.me and the other projects I've done in the past.
Feb 17 | EXIF photo extractor in PHP
I did an interesting study online where I tested 75 people for how they searched online and they overwhelmingly clicked on links that were newer and more recent.
Feb 16 | Speek Hackathon Wrapup
It's a bit on the late side, but better now than never.
Feb 15 | Python on the iPad
It turns out it's pretty easy to load Python on the iPad.
Feb 10 | Thoughts from a startup hopeful
It's been just about a month since I started work on justnear.me and I already feel like I've learned a lot regarding the realities and intricacies surrounding startups.
Feb 7 | TwitterNow
Ever since Project Haiti was unveiled people have expressed the desire to have the type of visualization applied to other keywords as well.
Jan 30 | Making sense of Facebook OAuth, Graph API
I spent the last two hours slogging through Facebook's developer documentation and StackOverflow's comments and I figured I'd try to save some people some of the same pain by putting up a useful walkthrough of using a simple authentication script allowing people to connect using Facebook.