The Right Tools for the Job
Sheffield company Technophobia has two important mantras it keeps in mind when developing applications:Â
1. Use the right tool for the job, andÂ
2. YAGNI (You ain’t gonna need it)Â
These mantras were key for them when working to create a map based community website (I could tell you who it was for, but then I’d have to [...]
YouTube goes mobile with HTML5, Facebook snaps up NextStop and GWOS Gets a Facelift
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Apple Screws Developers, Boy Sues Mom for Facebook
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Twitter Spam, Facebook Syphilis, Bill Gates Goes Nuclear
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