Node.js surpasses Clojure in popularity

Last September I did a short comparison of a few programming languages based on their popularity. The post included a few languages but I was mostly interested in a few of them, namely Haskell, Clojure, Erlang and Node.js. I have been dabbling with Clojure and Node.js in my (sparse) spare time, so I was a bit interested to see how things have progressed lately.

I used Google Trends to find out what search terms have been the most popular. It would have been nice if I could have seen the trends for “ tutorial” or “ programming” but those terms don’t have enough search volume to show up on Google Trends.

But anyways, here is what the trends look like as of the 28th of February:

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My life in the “Cloud”

The last couple of years has seen a lot of changes in where my data is located. I’ve been trying to not be dependent upon a single computer for any of my data. My dream is that when I buy a new computer, I won’t have to reinstall everything, restore backups or do any of the nasty things I’ve done so often.

Because of this, I am drawn to everything that takes some element of my computer-life and brings in to the cloud, where I can have access to it from anywhere, without planning or thinking about it. I’m going to go over a few of the services I use and how I use them.

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Delivering email with PHP

I’m not a very active user on Stack Overflow but I sometimes take 1-2 hours off and try to answer a few questions. I noticed recently how many questions come up on the topic of sending email with web forms, often related to PHP. So I decided to write up a small post on what I would say is the best method to send email using PHP.

Just being able to send an email is not a problem at all. It takes a single line of code (often times) and the mail is off. However, getting that email to the recipient’s inbox is harder, mostly due to spam-filtering and other spam fighting mechanisms designed to keep spam away. Spam filters are only half the story. Email servers utilize multiple automated techniques to find and detect spam these days.

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Online Magazine Launched: Nordic Innovation

I’ve been working together with the great people at the startup hub Klak (See http://klak.is/) to launch a new magazine called Nordic Innovation.

It’s an online magazine focused on startups, innovation and design in the Nordic countries. The first issue has some amazing interviews with out-of-the-box people. I encourage you to give it a read.

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Why a Qwiki will probably be a success

We are losing our attention span. ADHD-like symptoms seem to sweeping the world.

  • We want our food fast
  • We want all service to be fast
  • We want our websites to load fast.
  • We need to do something with every minute in our day.
  • We do not like to wait for anything more than a few seconds.
  • We don’t read anything longer than a sentance
  • We leave when there’s a line anywhere

This is most apparent on the interwebs. While a few years ago, you could expect people on the internet to actually go ahead and read an entire article that interested them, now a days you can hardly expect them to read more than the headline. Then they’re gone.

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