Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for.

I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike.

Obwohl wir täglich viele Stunden mit Computern und vor Bildschirmen verbringen, sind sich nur wenige bewusst darüber, wie viel Aufwand hinter einer gut designten Benutzeroberfläche steckt. Die Schnittstelle zwischen Technik und User ist mit der wichtigste Part an moderner Technik. Peter Purgathofer, Wissenschaftler und Professor an der TU Wien, beschäftigt sich seit vielen Jahren mit User Interface Design und spricht im futurezone-Interview über die Zukunft der Bedienoberflächen, das Revolutionäre an der Einfachheit und was sich mit dem Durchbruch von Touchscreens verändert hat.

A Better Way with Delegate

While this is "just how JavaScript works" it's a known pain in the butt. Since jQuery is a library that exists to ease pains like this, of course it has a better way. That way is the .delegate() function, where instead of binding events to the individual elements, you bind an event to an element higher up the DOM tree, which isn't likely to be replaced via Ajax, which watches for those clicks.

Episode 72 - Download

On the podcast this week, Steven Levy, a columnist for Wired and author of the tech classic Hackers, among many other books, discusses his latest book, In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives. Levy talks about Googliness, the attribute of silliness and dedication embodied by Google employees, and whether it’s diminishing.

Which programming language you learn and use does not matter. Do not get sucked into the religion surrounding programming languages as that will only blind you to their true purpose of being your tool for doing interesting things.