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Video is the new AJAX
Image via WikipediaRecently there’s been a lot of video news sites popping up here in Slovenia. In addition to TV networks almost every newspaper site now has a video section. I understand that these...
View ArticleApprentice
Disclaimer: I don’t think I can form this post in a way that won’t make you think “What a pompous ass” when you’re finished reading it. With that in mind please bear with me through all the ego...
View ArticleLeaving Parsek
After quite a few years devoted to growing and developing Parsek I’ve come to the end of this very interesting and challenging project. I decided to continue my career elsewhere. New challenges lie...
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Seed funding Slovenia
It’s happening. Slovenia is being put on the map of the internet. The company is based in Slovenia and was funded through relationships it made at seedcamp. I am very interested in what’s going on with...
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Lure me in with the music
Image via Wikipedia While shopping today it struck me that you can also choose your clientele with the music you play in a shop. Or inadvertently repulse shoppers if an aggressive young shop assistant...
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Levels of government
Image via Wikipedia Just now the chief of Slovenian Police (about 10.000 employees according to their website) said that he cannot be held responsible for a thing that a guy 20 levels below him did...
View ArticleA quote from Michael Lewis
This is why there’s a crisis going on. In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $720,000.The...
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Developing for Opera
I’ve recently put a lot of time into Zemanta stuff working in Opera. There are a few things I’ve noticed that really bother me as a developer when developing for Opera. Image via Wikipedia The easiest...
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Do we have SEO experts in Slovenia?
I am fascinated that finally somebody decided to show people that most of the local SEO experts are actually a bunch of asshats. I’m not saying all of them are and some do actually give you sound...
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Hiring developers: King of the Hill effect
You might have noticed that we’re hiring at Zemanta. As we’re a start-up we’re looking for experienced developers that can get to work right away. The environment of browsers and as if that’s not...
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Screwing up conversion rates
By far the best way to screw up your conversion rates is to go mainstream. The traffic graph is the number of visitors per day while the conversion rate is the percentage of the visitors converted....
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Login code pattern
When coding a login interface it’s common to follow this pattern: POST data to a script that checks it and sets appropriate cookies On success redirect to the previous (or some other) page On error...
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Blogging on the iPad
I wrote the previous post on the iPad in the WordPress app and I was forced to finish it in the browser. Here’s why: Writing HTML is very hard on the iPad due to extensive keyboard switching. Opening...
View ArticleMotivation and hiring
I don’t think I ever wrote about motivation much here even though it’s one of my favorite subjects and was also the main topic of my thesis. Recently I’ve been thinking about it quite a lot again and...
View ArticleView Source Alliance
Most of what I learned on the web in my early years was from “View Source”. Then came the books and the conferences. It makes me sad to see lots of sites minifying code for performance and not...
View ArticleWork for food
I’ve recently been exposed to two different local companies looking to get work done for what is essentially free. Ads The first one was a request by a reputable event venue looking for the visual...
View ArticleThe airport confusion
Frankfurt airport confuses me. I never know when I’ll have to go through security and when it’s only going to be border control. This means that I don’t really like flying through it as I don’t know if...
View ArticleOn car configurators
I’ve recently gone into another cycle of find-a-new-car. I do this now and then to stay in touch with what is currently on market and what I could buy if my trusty Civic dies unexpectedly. What I’ve...
View ArticleOn meetups
I’ve recently been to a few meetups that were almost a complete waste of my time. The talks themselves weren’t necessarily bad, but it showed they weren’t managed and more often than not, most of the...
View ArticleSides of the story
We live in a world in which technology has increased people’s ability to sell bullshit. But it has also increased our options to check information and decide on our own if we believe it. The trust we...
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