Khalil's Notepad: Archive

The Naive Optimist: 3 mistakes I made as a young... →

ryanleecarson: I started my first business eight years ago in 2004. I’ve managed teams as small as two (from our top bedroom), all the way to my current 54-person team at Treehouse. I’ve had some wins and plenty of losses and learned a lot of things the hard way. Hopefully other business owners can avoid…

Dec 31st

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Geeklist Update: The 10x Developer in you →

gklst: A myth is going around in programming circles of a mythical beast called The 10x Programmer. These creatures eschew laws of nature, compared to average Joe Programmer they produce more high quality work in less time. But are they really some special superhero? Born with a keyboard in…

Dec 23rd

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So that's what __init__.py is used for?

Interesting! I’ve avoided all reasons that’ll make me read a Python book from start to finish - no, I’m not ashamed of myself. Juggling academics and professional software development is already tough enough. Anyway, in case you don’t already know: Files named __init__.py are used to mark directories on disk as a Python package directories There you have it! You...

Oct 21st

Free Access to SAGE Journals for the month of...

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Oct 7th

Recommendations with Simple Correlation Metrics on...

Every now and then I take time out of my professional life (as a developer) to chase my passion in text mining. Today’s article of the day is Ben’s article titled Recommendations with Simple Correlation Metrics on Implied Preference Data Ben talks about his experience with George in building a simple recommendation system for a product catalogue. Although they were initially ...

Sep 26th

# Semantic Equivalence, A Definition

Just last week, I set out to prepare a research proposal that’ll facilitate my PhD admission . My plan was to come up with a basic research problem that involves Web/Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, and Semantic Web concepts. So far, my focus hovers around the applications of Machine Learning techniques in Ontology Matching. Semantic equivalence is the basis for Ontology Matching....

Sep 22nd

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The Best Way to Learn Python

[shared via Google Reader from Nettuts+] Python is more popular than ever, and is being used everywhere from back-end web servers, to front-end game development, and everything in between. Python is a true general purpose language and is quickly becoming a must-have tool in the arsenal of any self-respecting programmer. But Python isn’t popular just because it’s popular. It is easy to learn,...

Sep 2nd

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How Web Developers Can Use Alfred

[shared via Google Reader from Nettuts+] In this screencast, we’ll use Alfred to write an extension that assists us when creating new projects. As you’ll find, Alfred makes the process of executing predefined shell scripts a cinch. Choose 720p for the clearest picture. Final Bash Script # Create our new project directory cd ~/Desktop && mkdir {query} && cd {query} # Begin by...

Sep 2nd

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WebGL Essentials: Part II

[shared via Google Reader from Nettuts+] This article will build on to the framework introduced in part one of this mini-series, adding a model importer and a custom class for 3D objects. You will also be introduced to animation and controls. There’s a lot to go through, so let’s get started! This article relies heavily on the first article, so, if you haven’t read it yet, you should start...

Sep 2nd

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Let’s TDD a Simple App in PHP

[shared via Google Reader from Nettuts+] In this tutorial, I will present an end-to-end example of a simple application – made strictly with TDD in PHP. I will walk you through each step, one at a time, while explaining the decisions I made in order to get the task done. The example closely follows the rules of TDD: write tests, write code, refactor. Step 1 - Introduction to TDD &...

Sep 2nd

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Learn SQLI - SQL Injection Tutorial