Designing Web Interfaces Q&A

I was fortunate to have recently interviewed Bill Scott and Theresa Neil, the authors of Designing Web Interfaces, published by O'Reilly, about the challenges of creating compelling, intuitive interfaces for web apps, especially for Rich Internet Applications.  Read on for their insightful comments.

Windows Legacy Code and Multicore Environments

Unexpected side-effects can be a got-cha

March Modness: Gleason Research Handy Board

Continuing this month's coverage of programmable embedded systems, Gleason Research has created a product ideal for prototyping and educational scenarios.  Read on for more about the Handy Board.
- Embedded Systems

March Modness: Gumstix Overo Earth

I originally intended to evaluate Gumstix Verdex Pro configuration, but Don Anderson, the company's EVP of Engineering Services suggested I wait until the Overo motherboard was released.  This turned out to be excellent advice, considering the power and tremendous flexibility engineered into this Linux-based XWindows environment on a chip.
- Embedded Systems

March Modness

Last summer, I reviewed a modular embedded system for hobbyists, educators and tinkerers called the BUGbase developed by Bug Labs.  Reader feedback prompted additional interest in more programmable, relatively inexpensive embedded hardware systems.  I have spent some time taking a look at a couple of these solutions and will be sharing my experiences with them throughout this month.  Read on for more details.
- C/C++

The Art of Performance Testing Book Review

Don't be fooled by the deceptively small page count of this book.  Author Ian Molyneaux has distilled a wealth of hard-earned lessons into a set of checklists and bullet points that crystalize the majority of application performance testing principles in real world practice today.  Read on for a full review.
- Design

The Android Developer Experience

Is this the 'droid you've been looking for? - Mobile

This Week's Multicore Reading List

Threading Building Blocks, Patterns, Concurrency for Windows, and more.

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