I’ve recently upgraded my Droid Incredible to Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) which required a full wipe and re-install not only of the operating system but also of all the apps as well. It actually gave me a chance to lose some of the cruff that had accumulated and focus on only the most essential Android apps.
More…Posted by Ron Dollete on Apr 25, 2011
Setting up Radiant CMS on Heroku wasn’t the cakewalk that most other PHP-based blog/CMS solutions are, but now that it’s all set up, it actually fits my style perfectly.
More…Posted by Ron Dollete on Apr 09, 2011
I’ve been taking part in conducting a number of technical interviews lately, and while I enjoy talking about side projects and other peeks into a candidates personality, I’m primarily interested in the really low level algorithmic detail. One of my favorites is quite simple, really. Given the following string:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Write a function that takes that string as an input and spits out the word that occurs most often. Obviously the word is the and it’s always immediately evident based on a candidate’s response whether or not he/she is a junior or a senior-level developer.
A junior-level candidate will hem and haw and stumble and hesitate. A senior-level candidate will confidently begin, and while there may be a few fumbles along the way, it’s readily apparent whether or not a candidate at least knows the approach.
Posted by Ron Dollete on Feb 18, 2011