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The node.js Mandelbrot Set – Craig Nicol
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Mainly programming, with a bit of science thrown in. The node.js Mandelbrot Set. July 29, 2014. July 30, 2014. To tie together a few of my previous posts, I wanted to talk about the proof of concept I built in Node.js. I will come back and discuss the outstanding issues in a later post. I wanted to try out Node.js. As the hot new thing. Given my preference for the Mandelbrot set as a prototype in client-side languages. Create a grid of points to represent each un-escaped pixel. Note, the proof of concept...
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DOOR Oasis Office Reporting – Craig Nicol
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Mainly programming, with a bit of science thrown in. DOOR Oasis Office Reporting. July 15, 2008. Door-reports – Google Code. Blogged with the Flock Browser. MSDN roadshow 2008 : Glasgow. HTTP no-cache and standards. One thought on “ DOOR Oasis Office Reporting. Pingback: Whois Craig Nicol Craig Nicol's Weblog. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out.
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User Experience Matters : Pecha Kucha at TechMeetup Glasgow – Craig Nicol
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Mainly programming, with a bit of science thrown in. User Experience Matters : Pecha Kucha at TechMeetup Glasgow. August 29, 2013. August 29, 2013. Thanks to all of you who came to TechMeetup. Glasgow, hope to see you next time in Edinburgh or at Open Rights Group in Glasgow. The book that I recommended in the talk is : Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience. But I was also recommended Don’t Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug. You are commenting us...
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CodeCraftConf by @codecraftuk – Craig Nicol
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Mainly programming, with a bit of science thrown in. June 30, 2015. June 28, 2015. The tickets for CodeCraftConf. Are now on sale. I am looking to guide a session at the conference and will be talking to the organisers about the topics,. If you look at the list below, and the conditions on the conference site, it should be clear that this will be a philosophy of code conference rather than a discussion of all the hot technology you don’t know about yet, but really should. What you missed at DDDs. Pingbac...
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craignicol – Craig Nicol
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Mainly programming, with a bit of science thrown in. Event Horizon : When sharpening the code means missing bug zero. August 18, 2016. Event Horizon : When sharpening the code means missing bug zero. Developers are Users Too : Why the User Experience of Your API sucks #yourapisucks. August 16, 2016. Developers are Users Too : Why the User Experience of Your API sucks #yourapisucks. Your API sucks : how to suck less. August 12, 2016. If you don’t want to be chased by a horde of angry developers with...
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Cognitive load : fluent interfaces and friendly apis – Craig Nicol
https://craignicol.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/static-vs-extension-methods-again
Mainly programming, with a bit of science thrown in. Cognitive load : fluent interfaces and friendly apis. July 17, 2015. July 17, 2015. Is your interface friendly? To continue my mini series on cognitive load. Following my previous post on static vs extension methods. They can also be used to humanize the interface, based on the understanding that the user experience of an API should be as important as the user experience of a website or application. In the second example, which I found fascinating, cha...
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The UX of Big Data – Craig Nicol
https://craignicol.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/the-ux-of-big-data
Mainly programming, with a bit of science thrown in. The UX of Big Data. July 31, 2015. July 31, 2015. Following on from my Dangers of Big Data talk at DunDDD. I’ve been thinking about what a good user experience for data analytics would look like, imagining the business user presented with useful, actionable information rather than notepad and a copy of the R or Python cookbook. I want something deceptively simple like the Google search box, rather than deceptively complex like Excel. Notify me of new p...
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Cognitive load : static vs extension methods – Craig Nicol
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Mainly programming, with a bit of science thrown in. Cognitive load : static vs extension methods. July 13, 2015. July 8, 2015. Extending tools beyond their original purpose. A c# specific example to follow up my blog post on cognitive load. Since it coincidentally came up at work. What are extension methods? The example concerns c# extension methods. Types with a number of functions, including. Which provides the filter functionality found in functional programming, allowing users to write code like:.
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Google Code Migration : Genetic Algorithm Templates – Craig Nicol
https://craignicol.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/google-code-migration-genetic-algorithm-templates
Mainly programming, with a bit of science thrown in. Google Code Migration : Genetic Algorithm Templates. July 24, 2015. July 23, 2015. With the closure of Google Code, I’ve moved some projects to github. All personal projects so far, but related to talks our blog posts from the past, so may still be of interest. The first project I want to highlight again is written in C and implements genetic algorithms. Offline OAuth and the end of paper driving licences. Paperless and warning free. You are commenting...
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The Getting Better Moment – Craig Nicol
https://craignicol.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/the-getting-better-moment
Mainly programming, with a bit of science thrown in. The Getting Better Moment. June 16, 2015. June 15, 2015. At the stroke of midnight, your code will turn into a pumpkin. Inspired by The Getting Better Moment – You’ve Been Haacked. This is my story of my first job and a getting better moment. None of that was my getting better moment though. I went from being a very shy geek at the start of the placement to a slightly less shy geek with a lot of confidence in my code. It was the first thing I&#...You a...
