• Facebook shares some secrets on making MySQL scale. Some interesting Facebook usage stats and details of their MySQL infrastructure. What we know as MySQL probably bears very little resemblance to what Facebook use. (0) #

• Have a .com web address? Know the legal risks. Something definitely worth remembering if you use a .com domain. (0) #

• Twitter moving away from hashbang – really glad about this. I’m not a fan of hashbangs at all and I hope more companies will follow suit. (0) #

• http://vimeo.com/36768371 – some serious time and effort has been put into this. Brings back memories of working at Brandsauce. (0) #

• http://htwins.net/scale2/ – Another great visualisation. (0) #

Software Development KPI’s

Been doing a bit of research recently on KPI’s in relation to software development and the following list of articles I found may be useful for others:

• http://www.customsoftwarebypreston.com/key-performance-indicators
• http://www.joelonsoftware.com/news/20020715.html
• http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/10b.html
• http://www.itsmsolutions.com/newsletters/DITYvol5iss33.htm
• http://niksilver.com/2012/01/19/meaningful-software-metrics/
• http://niksilver.com/2012/01/26/performance-targets/

Ironically this Dilbert comic strip also popped up in my feed reader during my research!

In summary implementing the wrong KPI’s can have a very dangerous effect on business processes not just software development.

• Windows 8: New UI, but old-school Microsoft – RussellBeattie.com. This is exactly what I thought when I saw the new UI in Windows 8. Just because the UI works on a 4inch or 10inch screen doesn’t mean it’ll work on a 24inch PC screen. Right tools for the right job springs to mind. (0) #

• Star Wars: Suggested Viewing Order. A lot of thought has gone into this and the suggestions do make a lot of sense. I’ll be going for the “Alternative Suggestion” when I make my soon to be wife watch Star Wars for the first time. (0) #

• Money Chart. I love these kind of data visualisations. (0) #

Devotion to Apple

I read Marco’s post about the Asus Zenbook and I have a bit of an issue with his view. Is he certain that logic board design was Apple’s and not Intel’s or a manufacturers like Foxconn? Even if it was Apple’s did they not simply copy the overall product design of companies such as Sony, who have had a range of powerful yet portable laptops out for a while, or Dell (with the Latitude X1) with the MacBook Air?

Don’t get me wrong I’m a fan of Marc’s blog and I’d love a MacBook Pro laptop again but I do have an issue with the blind devotion some Apple users have to the Apple brand sometimes.