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Mapeando Seúl con OpenStreetMap

Hace años si querías ver un mapa de un lugar te tocaba abrir el atlas, ese libro con mapas del mundo. O, alternativamente, los mapas cartográficos del ejército. Pero con la llegada de internet, pronto apareció la versión electrónica de la Guía Michelin, y luego Google Maps y similares. Hoy en día todo el mundo… Read More »

Links about quality website development

Just for reference, here I’m writing down some interesting links I’ve recently seen about quality while developing and maintaining websites. Website quality checklist Usability checklist PHP good programming recommendations List for creating a good landing page Monitoring your site (up/down, response time) from different places That’s enough to keep me busy for months. But these… Read More »

Deal with soft SPAM

Adverts are everywhere. And they try to get your focus at all prices. I hate that. Even these days, that in theory they send you proper tailored adverts matching your needs, I get annoyed… because actually you just get SPAM. Moreover, in Internet we have something that I call “soft SPAM“, that basically doesn’t sell… Read More »

Good password trick

· You shouldn’t use the same password in different places. · You should change your password from time to time. Despite these 2 basic rules, most people has just 2 or 3 passwords, and use them everywhere. So I’d like to share the following trick, that I heard from my former boss: good password =… Read More »

10 years to master

You need 10 years to become an expert on a field. No more, no less. 10 years of continuous effort. Think about a famous musician, a famous athlete or even a professional Go player. There is at least 10 years of hard-work in almost all cases before he becomes a star. Looking at this video,… Read More »

Holidays

Which one is better? a) Use all (or most) of your free days in a row. You totally disconnect from work issues, but when you come back your’ll have a flood in your mail inbox. b) Use them little by little, so do small breaks during the year. You don’t totally forget about work things,… Read More »