Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts

Monday, 18 July 2016

100,000 is todays magic number, sponsored by folding air

Just thought I'd do a really quick post to say thanks to everyone who has ever read my blog, and ever will read it. I hope that I've helped more than a few people out here.

We all as software devs use the internet to find tutorials, examples, solutions to bizarre problems, resources, ideas, and many many more things. I know I have. I don't think a day goes by without searching for something tech that I'm currently working on. I wanted to give a little back and today I've just hit my one hundred thousandth visitor :-)

Here are a few highlights most recent posts at the top

Unique visitor count - Title and URL

416 - From Monolith to Microservices
1170 - Blue green web deployment with powershell and IIS
743 - Visualising the Thoughtworks Go pipline using Cradiator
4909 - Search the whole SVN repository for a given filename
5471 - Personal Backup strategies 
2167 - Debug your android applications by capturing/monitoring their http traffic using wireshark
2013 - Using JMeter to profile the performance of your web application
2018 - A PowerShell script to count your lines of source code  
3059 - Installing node.js on windows 7 machine 
2865 - Kanban inspired card wall. Our example 
13234 - How much does your slow machine cost your company? 
1228 - Unit testing your unity IOC wiring 
2768 - The true cost of TFS, is it really "free"?
1681 - 20 things that are wrong with TFS, and counting 

I remember when I posted the How much does your slow computer cost, all my stats went mad for a week, I even got in some Canadian tech publication as a 'fastidious tech geek', is this a good thing?

Fame, if you can call it that, is nice, but I don't do it for that. I generally don't expect a lot of visitors, I just want to help out others that have similar issues.

Finally It's also a selfish thing. I do it because I forget things and want to remember more, the number of times I've done a search and found my own posts or my own questions on stack overflow, it's surprising.

Thanks to everyone who got me to this milestone, its only taken me 8 years, what humble beginnings.

Blog posts by year to date:

Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Developer podcasts v2

A couple of years ago i wrote a blog post about podcasts for developers, this is a follow up as I've now got substantially more. That and a couple of my colleges have asked for my list recently.

Programming


.NET Rocks! : Feed Url http://www.pwop.com/feed.aspx?show=dotnetrocks&filetype=master
Adventures in Angular : Feed Url http://feeds.feedwrench.com/AdventuresInAngular.rss
All Chariot Podcasts : Feed Url http://chariotsolutions.com/podcasts/show/all-shows/feed/
All Things Pivotal : Feed Url http://pivotalsoftwarepodcast.libsyn.com/rss
Azure Friday - Channel 9 : Feed Url https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/RSS
CodeChat (Audio) - Channel 9 : Feed Url https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/codechat/feed/mp3
Coding Blocks | Software and Web Programming / Security / Best Practices / Microsoft .NET : Feed Url http://www.codingblocks.net/podcast-feed.xml
Debug : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/debugshow
Devnology Podcast : Feed Url http://feeds.devnology.nl/DevnologyPodcast
DevRadio - Channel 9 : Feed Url https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/RSS
Full Stack Radio : Feed Url https://simplecast.fm/podcasts/279/rss
Functional Geekery : Feed Url http://www.functionalgeekery.com/feed/mp3/
Hack && Heckle : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/HackAndHeckle
Hanselminutes : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/Hanselminutes
Herding Code : Feed Url http://herdingcode.com/feed
Javascript Jabber : Feed Url http://feeds.feedwrench.com/JavaScriptJabber.rss
Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/JesseLiberty-SilverlightGeek
MS Dev Show : Feed Url http://msdevshow.libsyn.com/rss
NodeUp : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/NodeUp
PowerScripting Podcast : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/PowerScripting
Radio TFS : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/radiotfs
Ruby Rogues : Feed Url http://rubyrogues.com/podcast.rss
RunAs Radio : Feed Url http://www.pwop.com/feed.aspx?show=runasradio&filetype=master
Simple Programmer Podcast : Feed Url http://simpleprogrammer.libsyn.com/rss
Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers : Feed Url http://www.se-radio.net/rss
STLTechTalk Podcast : Feed Url http://stltechtalk.libsyn.com/rss
The Azure Podcast : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheAzurePodcast
The Cognicast - Cognitect Blog : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/cognicast
The Java Posse : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/javaposse
The Static Void Podcast : Feed Url http://www.staticvoidpodcast.com/feed/podcast/
This Week On Channel 9 (MP4) - Channel 9 : Feed Url http://s.ch9.ms/shows/This+Week+On+Channel+9/feed/ipod
ThoughtWorks : Feed Url http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:94605026/sounds.rss
WebDevRadio : Feed Url http://webdevradio.com/feed/
Windows Weekly (MP3) : Feed Url http://feeds.twit.tv/ww.xml
YAPP: Yet Another Programming Podcast : Feed Url http://yapp.audio/feed/yapp

Dev-ops


Arrested DevOps : Feed Url http://feeds.podtrac.com/VGAulpN7MY1U
DevOps Cafe Podcast : Feed Url http://devopscafe.libsyn.com/rss
Devops Mastery : Feed Url http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:79143337/sounds.rss
DevOps.com : Feed Url http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:87329161/sounds.rss
Ops All The Things! : Feed Url http://opsallthethings.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/podcast.xml
The Food Fight Show : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheFoodFightShow
The Ship Show : Feed Url http://theshipshow.com/podcast.xml

Developer related


Developer On Fire : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/developeronfire
Get up and CODE! : Feed Url http://feeds.feedblitz.com/getupandcode
Mastering Business Analysis : Feed Url http://masteringbusinessanalysis.com/feed/podcast
Programmer Vs World : Feed Url https://programmervsworld.wordpress.com/category/the-podcast/feed/
Startups For the Rest of Us » Episodes : Feed Url http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/category/episodes/feed
The Security Influencer's Channel : Feed Url http://contrastsecurity.libsyn.com//rss

Agile


Agile Instructor - Coaching for Agile Methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/AllThingsAgile
Agile NYC : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/AgileFM
Agile Weekly Podcast : Feed Url http://integrumtech.com/feed/podcast/
The Agile Coffee Podcast : Feed Url http://agilecoffee.com/feed/podcast/
This Agile Life : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/thisagilelife/podcast

Non tech


60-Second Mind : Feed Url http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/sciam_podcast_i_psych.xml
99% Invisible : Feed Url http://feeds.99percentinvisible.org/99percentinvisible
All items | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio : Feed Url http://www.lse.ac.uk/assets/richmedia/webFeeds/publicLecturesAndEvents_iTunesRssAudioOnlyAllitems.xml
Freakonomics Radio : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 : Feed Url http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9pj/episodes/downloads.rss
Haute Couture Podcast - Claudia Cazacu : Feed Url http://claudiacazacu.podomatic.com/rss2.xml
Monstercat Podcast : Feed Url https://www.monstercat.com/podcast/feed.xml
NPR: Invisibilia Podcast : Feed Url http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510307
NPR: TED Radio Hour Podcast : Feed Url http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510298
Planet Money : NPR : Feed Url http://www.npr.org/templates/rss/podlayer.php?id=93559255
Radiolab from WNYC : Feed Url http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab
RI Blog : Feed Url http://www.rigb.org/blog.ajax
TEDTalks (audio) : Feed Url http://feeds2.feedburner.com/tedtalks_audio
TEDTalks (video) : Feed Url http://feeds.feedburner.com/tedtalks_videos

Notes


Bear in mind that some of these podcasts are no longer active. I've kept them in my list because i find past episodes very relevant to the here and now. you can search back to find relevent episodes on anything you care to think of, super useful.

Incidentally my current podcast player of choice is podcastaddict, variable speed playback and great control of how to download files, brilliant search functionality for local podcasts and its very easy to search for and add new podcasts. use it :-)

My opml file extracted from podcast addict is located here: https://gist.github.com/DamianStanger/9606fcf3fb09cc0bd87f

Saturday, 27 July 2013

Monday, 17 June 2013

Life, Death and Education. A couple of inspiring/thought provoking podcasts.

I don't only listen to technical podcasts. In fact there are 3 podcasts in particular that i listen to a lot; Radiolab, LES (London school of economics), and freakonomics radio. I usually post technical things on my blog but this time i thought id blog about a couple of episodes that i have listened to lately, thought provoking, inspirational, amazing, emotional.

How doctors want to die (hint: its very different from the general public)

Radiolab: The bitter end - http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2013/jan/15/bitter-end/
Thought provoking. A difficult subject, death, but one that i think that everyone should talk about. This is a really good episode about how doctors would like to die, and contrasting that with the general public and the expectations that the 2 groups have. i would encourage everyone to listen to this and to get their loved ones to as well, its great for sparking that difficult conversation.
Extract: We turn to doctors to save our lives -- to heal us, repair us, and keep us healthy. But when it comes to the critical question of what to do when death is at hand, there seems to be a gap between what we want doctors to do for us, and what doctors want done for themselves.

Khan Academy - Reimagining Education

LES podcasts: Khan Academy - Reimagining Education - http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2013/04/20130410t1830vOT.aspx
Inspirational. Remember school? You either loved it or hated it. This podcast contains a great discussion on education of the future, some really good thinking on mastery and how education could be better in the future. I've got a little girl now and so we are thinking about her education, i hope the schools she goes to are as forward looking as these guys. I agree 100 % that the progression to mastery is definitely the way rather than the old skool approach of a set pace for all.
Extract: Salman Khan tells the inspiring story of how the Khan Academy came to be and shares his thoughts on what education could (should?) be like in the future.

When does life begin? when does it end?

Radiolab: 23 weeks 6 days - http://www.radiolab.org/2013/apr/30/
Emotional. A difficult podcast to listen to as it not only talks about life and death but relates it back to real people and in particular the story of one family, and one very premature baby. As I've said I've got a little girl now and so I related to this story in a big way. It did make me cry! very moving. But it does have a happy ending.
Extract: When Kelley Benham and her husband Tom French finally got pregnant, after many attempts and a good deal of technological help, everything was perfect. Until it wasn't. Their story raises questions that, until recently, no parent had to face… and that are still nearly impossible to answer.

Thursday, 6 June 2013

My Collection Of Podcasts For Developers

[update "2015-11-03"]I've just posted a new version of this list to developer-podcasts-v2[update]

I'm always on the lookout for more development focused podcasts and thought id better share my current crop as i know others are also looking for more podcasts to accompany them on their daily commute.

My interests

Some background on me: Primarily a .net developer with an interest in agile, javascript, ruby, design and devops. So this list derives from these interests.

.Net

http://www.hanselminutes.com/
http://www.dotnetrocks.com/
http://deepfriedbytes.com/
http://channel9.msdn.com/

General Development

http://www.se-radio.net/
http://herdingcode.com/
http://techcast.chariotsolutions.com/
http://devnology.nl/en/podcast
http://thisdeveloperslife.com/

Javascript

http://nodeup.com/

Ruby

http://ruby5.envylabs.com/

DevOps and IT

http://www.runasradio.com/
http://foodfight.libsyn.com/
http://devopscafe.org/

Business

http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/

Design and Development

I found this resource last month that contains lots of other great podcasts on design and development http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/04/19/podcasts-for-designers-developers/?utm_source=feedly


Friday, 11 March 2011

The DZone effect (how blog aggregation can affect traffic)

I recently used DZone for the first time to publicise my latest blog post to a wider audience. Oh my ... it worked rather well.

So im on blogspot which gives some nice google analytics for free which i look at now and then to try and see what is popular and being read by other people.

My blog is not all that widely read to be honest, it has a fair number of hits though, approximately 250 a month mainly coming from google searches, most traffic goes to a couple of my better/more interesting posts. But then i tried out submitting a post to dzone, mainly to see what happens.

The result was instant, i got over 600 views in 2 days, for me thats a big number, was it the nature of the post (it was a little provocative) and maybe the summary on dzone made people want to see what i was on about, either way i got a large increase in my traffic %300 :-)

Im not really hung up on loads of people seeing my posts, but its nice to know your are read :-) And dzone certainly seems to deliver.