http://binarykitchen.com Welcome to Binary Kitchen, the portfolio of Michael Heuberger, Web Developer over Mt Eden in Auckland. Web Development to spice up your web. en Binary Kitchen michael@binarykitchen.com (Michael Heuberger) Fri, 24 May 2013 07:18:27 +1200 Binary Kitchen Engine http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 270 /r/i/themes/standard/favicon.pnghttp://binarykitchen.com 16 16 Favicon http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/58/ Too many business owners, especially the small ones, pick the wrong web developer. Results are disastrous or worse, the project never gets finished. I don't blame the owners, the clients, because it's very difficult to judge who is really good and gets the work done. In my 12 years of self-employment I always hear the same lament. No ... michael@binarykitchen.com (mick) Sat, 04 May 2013 18:03:00 +1200 http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/58/ http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/56/ In January and February 2013 I invested most of my time into a node.js prototype for sending video mails, see https://videomail.io It is in beta and there is no UI concept nor business model yet. Because I want to solve few more problems first and get more feedback before I consider making a (hypermedia-) service or even a commercial ... michael@binarykitchen.com (mick) Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:11:00 +1300 http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/56/ http://binarykitchen.com/work/action/view/content_id/53/ This is another interesting experience Binary Kitchen made. The preparation process took 70% of the time and only 30% was spent for the real website development. This because content is king and no website shouldn't be built without solid contents. Of course the client is able to enter the contents himself since most areas are CMS-dri... michael@binarykitchen.com (mick) Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:20:00 +1300 http://binarykitchen.com/work/action/view/content_id/53/ http://binarykitchen.com/work/action/view/content_id/52/ Without doubt this is a world sensation: Seeflow is the world first online Sign Language translation service where any written English can be translated into New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) within a given time frame. Or vice versa from NZSL to English. Plus Grammar Check. It also includes NZSL Letters enabling organisations to produce publi... michael@binarykitchen.com (mick) Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:11:00 +1300 http://binarykitchen.com/work/action/view/content_id/52/ http://binarykitchen.com/work/action/view/content_id/50/ A very dark and stylish site offering creative space for hire in Kingsland, Auckland. It's packed with sharp photos, cool slogans, carefully composed text and much more. There are more effects than usual, bringing life into the site. With sophisticated JavaScript, CSS sprites and some HTML5 magic one could believe it's Flash but it isn't. michael@binarykitchen.com (mick) Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:05:20 +1200 http://binarykitchen.com/work/action/view/content_id/50/ http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/49/ For a decade I have been in love with PHP and realised the time has come to say good bye to an old friend. How could this happen? Well, since few months I'm involved in a new big project and have to explore the current technologies. I had to because PHP isn't suitable for this kind of website. Breaking old habits isn't always easy but... michael@binarykitchen.com (mick) Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:28:46 +1200 http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/49/ http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/48/ For those wanting to develop low-cost, hight-quality software, Szabolcs Michel de Gyurky's groundbreaking book The Cognitive Dynamics of Computer Science: Cost-Effective Large Scale Software Development is a must read. He shows how a manager - by using his principles - can create a winning team that delivers a project on time and under budge... michael@binarykitchen.com (mick) Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:20:55 +1300 http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/48/ http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/47/ When I was promoted to replace my good departing team leader last year, he recommended me to read this awesome book The Cognitive Dynamics of Computer Science: Cost-Effective Large Scale Software Development from the author Szabolcs Michel de Gyurky. He studied philosophy since High School, fought wars for the U.S. Army, designed + built man... michael@binarykitchen.com (mick) Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:35:00 +1300 http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/47/ http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/44/ In the previous months I migrated lots of JavaScript code lines to jQuery. This for six websites and I can tell you, the file size of all these JavaScript files together have shrunk by 52.6% which is pretty impressive! Without doubt, these websites will benefit from a performance boost: Improved loading and response times, less duplication... michael@binarykitchen.com (mick) Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:40:48 +1300 http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/44/ http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/32/ And again, stupid spammers are on the raise and smarter than before. Customers are reporting me more spam than ever through their contact forms. I blacklisted many of their IP addresses, implemented a fuzzy logic to detect dirty words and a hidden input field to simulate a fancy birthdate but none of these methods worked.So I really be... michael@binarykitchen.com (mick) Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:39:41 +1200 http://binarykitchen.com/news/action/view/content_id/32/