chrisveness

<?php

/**
 * Geocodes an address using Google API (limit 2500/day).
 *
 * @param  string $address - Address to be geocoded.
 * @param  string [$region=gb] - Region results are to biased to.
 * @return object {lat, lon, status, address}.
 */
function geocode($address, $region='gb')

guifromrio

How to: Setup Teamcity Agent on EC2 Ubuntu 12.04.2 Linux with front end tools

References:

• http://blog.bekijkhet.com/2012/05/install-teamcity-continuous-integration.html
• https://gist.github.com/ianbattersby/4641450

Install dependencies

sudo apt-get update

maxbrunsfeld

// This method gives you an easier way of calling super
// when you're using Backbone in plain javascript.
// It lets you avoid writing the constructor's name multiple
// times. You still have to specify the name of the method.
//
// So instead of having to write:
//
//   User = Backbone.Model.extend({
//     save: function(attrs) {
//       this.beforeSave(attrs);

chitchcock

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

jed

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