Yes, we geek or A Tale of Mincemeat and Zucchini
Yesterday we (dr, hs and sb) were working late, and around 10:00pm lunch seemed very long ago indeed. A quick survey of the kitchen confirmed that we had enough leftover ingredients for spaghetti bolognese with onions, tomatoes and zucchini. What we didn't have was mincemeat and somebody willing to leave his desk long enough to cook. read more
About the TCP MSS and wrong checksums
During the last days, I had to refresh my knowledge about the gory details of the TCP protocol. By far I'm not versed enough to get into something like this or that, but at least my current problem was solved. read more
wfDevCamp 2008: Work Away From Work
Sometimes, special tasks require unusual measures. It was obvious that we needed to move the development of wfDynamic, webfactory’s content management framework, a big step forward. So in December 2008 the webfactory team headed to an apartment in the Austrian mountains for a week of focused, uninterrupted work. read more
Preach What You Practice
webfactory has always been about creating highly usable and accessible websites, keeping a close watch on web standards and the POSH paradigm. This September we finally decided it was time to start preaching what we practice. read more
Browsertesting can be fun!
Okay, enthusiasm may have gotten the better of me when I was punching in this entry's title. But even when you're doing what every frontend engineer hates by default – testing and retesting your page in the major browsers known to mankind – there are a few tools that can really make things easier for you. read more
PHP Namespaces Explained
Namespaces are one of top new features you can expect from the upcoming major PHP versions. There's still a lot of discussion and confusion about how it's going to work in detail, especially because official documentation is scarce and behaviour is subject to change. That being said, in this article I will try to sum up what I could observe playing around with a fresh checkout from PHP's PHP_5_3 CVS branch. read more
Dokumentenmanagement in einem Tag
Nach 10 Jahren hatten wir genug von der Papierflut. Jede Eingangsrechnung kopieren und in verschiedene Ordner sortieren, das gleiche mit Ausgangsrechnungen. Umlaufmappen, Kürzel, Chaos auf dem Schreibtisch. Das muss doch besser gehen, dachten wir uns. read more
What 64 bits can do for you
Recently we bought a DELL PowerEdge 2950 and meanwhile deployed it for our web hosting service. We installed Debian Etch, the first Debian release that officially and fully supports AMD64. So we had to decide were able to choose between installing a 32 or 64-bit version of our favourite OS. Now what is that decision about? read more
The End is The Beginning is The End*
Web design has come a long way. We strive to play the game in adherence to Standards, we separate structure from presentation as much as possible and we have taken into our hearts the fact that indeed the Experience is the Product. Or have we? read more
Meeting Alistair Cockburn: The Secret of Effective Teams
Alistair Cockburn is a well-known author and consultant on software methodology. I was particularly impressed by his books Surviving Object Oriented Projects and Agile Software Development. Recently, Alistair gave a workshop in Bonn titled “The Secret of Effective Teams – Agility, Discipline, Focus”, so three of webfactory (Per, Matthias and Sebastian) took the chance to meet him and learn about his newest insights. read more
