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Facebook Datelines For Your Data
I really like the date strings in the Facebook Newsfeed. They somehow make the data feel more personal when they relate to me with more natural language “Today”. This in place of callous standardized...
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Twitter Like Timestamps
Following up on the post about Facebook Like Datelines, this post provides a simple function for creating Twitter like aged timestamps in natural language. Looking at a date time isn’t always helpful,...
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2 Handy Utilities for OS X Developers
Over the last few weeks I fought with getting my Mac OS X machine to mount a NFS share on Linux remotely. I’ve tried different port numbers, different security models, even SSH tunneling to no avail....
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Using newFetchPersonAppDataRequest on MySpace
Storing application data on the OpenSocial host is a great way to offload some unnecessary database and application server load. Why request a preference such as a skin for a user profile from your...
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Redirect Clients While Processing Continues
Generally, if you need to have the browser see a page while you continue executing the request I would use a queue system like Gearman or Amazon’s SQS. However, in some rare cases running the code in...
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API’s Should Be Free
Nothing can stifle development faster than putting a price tag on the development tools for your product. A case in point is email provider iContact who for whatever reason requires developers to...
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Fotosync
AF-Design is proud to announce the launch of Fotosync, a new Facebook application. Fotosync allows users to continue using their current photo sharing solutions while still getting the benefits of...
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Deleting Data From InnoDB
Problem: We are given a large MySQL database table that no longer fits in your system’s working memory. You need to prune the data since a significant portion of this data is no longer relevant to...
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Monitoring Like and Recommendations
Now that you understand how to add the Facebook likes and shares to your site it’s time to start understanding how to leverage these to get cursory metrics and improve the user experience. Facebook...
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Creating a Facebook Reveal Tab Using IFrame
With the launch of Facebook’s iframe tabs, some marketing folks are uncertain how to create a reveal tab or fan-gate without using FBML’s visible-to-connection construct. I’ve quickly pulled together...
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