Monthly Archives: June 2009

Twitter reminder

Posted on June 27, 2009 by awfurtado

Did you know that: You can format (underline, bold, italic, etc) a word in MS Word without having to select it? Just have the cursor there, then CTRL+B/I/U To return to the location of the last edit in Word, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | 16 Comments

Finding bugs through exploratory testing in WolframAlpha

Posted on June 25, 2009 by awfurtado

[This post is part of a series. To see the previous, click here. To understand the context, click here] The Bing search decision engine got lots of attention these days, as being able to double Microsoft’s market share in the … Continue reading →

Posted in User Experience | 1 Comment

DSLs: the bad and the ugly

Posted on June 21, 2009 by awfurtado

The panel “DSLs: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” that happened at the OOPSLA 2008 conference discussed the advantages, disadvantages and challenges from the industry and academia on the use of domain-specific languages (DSLs). While the advantages brought by … Continue reading →

Posted in Software Engineering | 22 Comments