Google bans blogs with auto-generated and copied content

January 16th, 2011 . Posted in User Interface.

Recently, google takes action against blog and website which used software to generate automatically content from other blogs/ websites and used copied content. Their blog’s domain name will be blocked by google.

We don’t allow sites with auto-generated or otherwise unoriginal content to participate in the AdSense program. This is to ensure that our users are benefiting from a unique online experience and that our advertisers are partnering with useful and relevant sites.

Sometimes we come across sites that are using software to generate automated content. These sites might look like normal news sites, but the information is completely plagiarized. Scraping content and passing it off as one’s own is not only wrong, but it also happens to be a serious violation of our policies. AdSense depends on maintaining a balance between user, publisher, and advertiser experience. We strive to protect that ecosystem as much as possible by encouraging and protecting unique and relevant content.

Going to FOSSAsia this weekend

November 11th, 2010 . Posted in General.

Sound like I’ve got another excuse to visit Saigon again this weekend, along with few other geekie friends from Phnom Penh. I’ll be at the FOSSAsia conference in Saigon from November 12 – 14, 2010.

FOSSASIA is one of the top Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) events for developers, enterprises, governments and users in Vietnam. It will be held in Ho Chi Minh City’s Raffles International College from November 12 – 14, 2010 with the focus:  Lightweight Computing and Women in IT.

The event will be pretty much about cutting edge open source technologies sharing and learning in and open environment with professionals from around the regions and some from outside the regions. See here for the list. Myself is at the bottom of the list, I’ll be doing a talk about Drupal project and its compatible with mobile platform on Saturday,14:00. So, for join me to explore the world of Drupal.

Beside the event, yeah… i’ll be enjoy meeting some old friend and exploring the city for food and beers, as usual every time i go to any place. Hopefully, i’ll find another better place or probably would just go to check out the previous one i’ve been too. If you guys have any recommendation for food and beers in Saigon, please …

Yottabyte? How big is it?

May 31st, 2010 . Posted in General.

look at the following image, and imaging how big is it? And comparing to what we’re commonly know, KiloByte, Megabyte, Gigabyte …

Ebook: 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know

May 29th, 2010 . Posted in Fashion.

Get 97 short and extremely useful tips from some of the most experienced and respected practitioners in the industry, including Uncle Bob Martin, Scott Meyers, Dan North, Linda Rising, Udi Dahan, Neal Ford, and many more. They encourage you to stretch yourself by learning new languages, looking at problems in new ways, following specific practices, taking responsibility for your work, and becoming as good at the entire craft of programming as you possibly can.

With this book, you get 97 short and extremely useful programming tips from some of the most experienced and respected practitioners in the industry, including Uncle Bob Martin, Scott Meyers, Dan North, Linda Rising, Udi Dahan, Neal Ford, and many more. They encourage you to stretch yourself by learning new languages, looking at problems in new ways, following specific practices, taking responsibility for your work, and becoming as good at the entire craft of programming as you possibly can.

This wealth of practical knowledge contains principles that apply to projects of all types. You can read the book end to end, or easily browse through to find topics of particular interest. 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know is a useful reference and a source of inspiration.

  • Tap into the knowledge of expert programmers who have earned stellar reputations
  • Learn the basic wisdom every programmer needs, regardless of the language you use
  • Take advantage of the online presence that has evolved from this book project
Table of Contents
  1. Chapter 1 Act with Prudence
  2. Chapter 2 Apply Functional Programming Principles
  3. Chapter 3 Ask, “What Would the User Do?” (You Are Not the User)
  4. Chapter 4 Automate Your Coding Standard
  5. Chapter 5 Beauty Is in Simplicity
  6. Chapter 6 Before You Refactor
  7. Chapter 7 Beware the Share
  8. Chapter 8 The Boy Scout Rule

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Barcamp Phnom Penh 2010 meetup and DevCamp

May 28th, 2010 . Posted in General.

Chantra who was the organizer of Barcamp Phnom Penh 2009, has made an announcement for a meetup about The Upcoming Barcamp 2010. The meeting will be at T&C St.124 (in front of X2 Club) on Sat 29 May 2010 at 2:00pm.

Hi Barcamper in Phnom Penh,
Now we plan to do BarCamp Phnom Penh 3 in the next few month.
We will have a meeting at T&C St.124 (in front of X2 Club) on Sat 29 May 2010 at 2:00pm.
We encourage everyone to come and plan altogether.

Cheers,
Chantra

Meanwhile, the sharevision team who had been doing the Phnom Penh DevCamp every last Saturday of the month, has also just announce that the DevCamp of this month will be on This Saturday, 2pm – just different place.

Developer Camp” is coming again this week, Saturday, May 29, 2010. This week, it will be a great topic ever.  In the conjunction with “Agile Software Development”, TDD will be a great idea to be aware of. In fact, test-first or test-driven development (TDD) has been implemented and recommended by a big number of people in software development field. It is said, TDD will be helpful in creating quality code, quality test and better designs for the code to fulfill the efficiency of the project. Guys and Gals, don’t miss such a great chance, let’s find out all together. A number of people coming from Yoolk, InSTEDD, Digital Divide Data, Golden Gekko,…are waiting to share. This time let’s bring your passion, ask questions and of course share your experience as much as you can to make everything clear.

This topic will be facilitated by Mr. Lim Chanmann, from InSTEDD, he will be giving a brief talk around the topic and proceed by a Demo applying TDD on a sample project, Simple Purchasing Process. At the end of the section there will be an extensive discussion on TDD with real-world project where you guys can discuss and share experience.

Topic   :  ”TDD“.

Venue :  Golden Gekko, #71B, Street 244, Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Doun Penh, Phnom Penh (behind Botom pagoda)

Phone Number: In case you get lost, call: 012 828 071, 017 222 199

Date    :  Saturday, May 29, 2010

Time   : 2pm

Cost   : $0, just bring your questions and passion to share

Language: Khmer and English

Brought to you by SharvisionTeam.

Best,

Danes

let decide which to join.