Yearly Archives: 2011

Web-based Application Database Design and Infrastructure

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In my experience as a web developer at Pelago I’ve helped develop several web-based applications that required more than just an out-of-the box database configuration. While 99% of the online apps we’ve built can get by on a MySQL or PostgreSQL database with little to no configuration, the few that do require optimizations will certainly […]

Time Tracking at “Terminal” Velocity Using Node.js

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Take a look at what one of our customers was able to cook up using node.js and the Intervals time tracking API. It’s a command line interface to time tracking. For those of us who spend a lot of their time in terminal clients, a command line method for adding time to our Intervals account […]

Netbook Linux Distros for Web Designers and Developers

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A review of various Linux distros running on the Asus 901 eeePC. Us web designers and developers have grown accustomed to working with Linux on development and production servers. Most of the web sites and web-based applications we build run on some flavor of Linux. Whether it’s PHP, Python, or Rails, Linux is serving it […]

Facebook is Going to Snuff Out Your Social Network

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I’m an old school web designer and developer. I’ve been trolling around on the Internet since my freshman year of college in 1993. Back then, it was all dial-up and text-based interfaces (Gopher, IRC, Lynx). As we all know, the Internet exploded from there. And although I still consider myself old school, I do keep […]

SXSW Interactive 2011 Highlights

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We’re back from another week of SXSW Interactive. Another week of non stop panels, eating our meals from food trucks, street vendors and overcrowded restaurants, and what little sleep we could grab back at the hotel. The festival itself was an opportunity to hear the latest on everything from web design and development to technology […]

Cycloc Bike Rack Design for the Cycling Designer

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Let’s face it, bikes are pretty cool right now. Fixed gear bicycles can be spotted on every street corner and city commuter style bikes are hot sellers at any local bike shop. And it’s not just the rise in gas prices driving sales. Bike companies, like Linus, Civia, and Jamis, are designing some sweet looking […]

Revisiting Web Design Decisions Behind the Intervals Mobile App

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The Intervals Mobile UI launched 7 months ago. In that time we’ve been collecting feedback from our customers and using it quite a bit ourselves. We’ve also been busy architecting the next few features, which will include more client, project and milestone management. When we originally launched the mobile UI, we wrote about what it […]

Time Tracking for the Mac with Eon

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The Intervals API has been out in the wild for several months now. In addition to building our own Mobile experience on top of the API, we’ve encountered others using the API in creative ways to track their time. The folks over at Fuel Collective have added Intervals to the list of applications supported in […]