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Essential Android Apps

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

It's Not Pretty Being This Easy

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Interview Questions

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.