21 December 2006
Solve some problems in Perl 6
Here's a challenge - solve 99 problems in Perl 6 - the solutions in Lisp and Prolog can be used as a guide.... 99 Problems in Perl 6 - O'Reilly ONLamp Blog
Simplifying Mobile Appication Testing
Affordable "flat-rate data" and "handset incompatibility" are the two major issues for the mobile platform according to this post - I agree - but would qualify the inclusion of international roaming to the first issue - a big issue here in the EU. The rest of the post addresses these two issues in more detail.
O'Reilly Radar > Simplifying Mobile Testing
5 December 2006
University of Leuven's Guided Independent Learning
brochuregil.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Leuven is one of the oldest universities in Europe, and this PDF document describes their approach to learning - very interesting!
Advertising Revenue on Internet Tops $4 Billion 2006 Q3
From John Battelle's weblog John Battelle's Searchblog: Internet Revenue Breaks $4 Billion.
Online revenues hit $4.2 billion in Q3, up 2 percent over Q2 earlier this year ($4.1 b), Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP announced today. This quarter is also 33 percent higher than $3.1 billion in Q3 2005.
Sheryl Draizen, SVP and General Manager of IAB, notes, "Marketers are experiencing how this medium enhances their ability to target and engage the audience that matters to their brand and then measure its effectiveness in ways no other medium provides."