Software Dev. Articles | Daniel Pradilla

How to create an embeddable timeline chart

The other day, web developer friend asked me how to create and insert a timeline into WordPress. He actually wanted to put an interactive timeline with links, images and video on the homepage of a news site. I checked out several options out there and settled on TimelineJS. You can create timeline charts directly on… Continue reading How to create an embeddable timeline chart

How to demo an app in six steps | John Nelson

Over in his blog, John Nelson gives us a full step by step recommendations on how to successfully demo an app in front of an audience. In my case, my two biggest mistakes are usually going too fast or not providing enough context before beginning. I know it because of the questions that rise later… Continue reading How to demo an app in six steps | John Nelson

Making sense of numbers while browsing the web

Almost every time we read an article, we are faced with numbers. Good writers try to pre-digest those figures for you with analogies. But most of the times, we are left alone to decipher what the numbers mean. The thing is that we rarely interrupt our reading to stop and think how $238 million dollars… Continue reading Making sense of numbers while browsing the web

Zoomdata: BI without ETL

This weekend I took a few minutes to test Zoomdata. And when I say minutes, I literally mean minutes. These guys have done an amazing job to provide a quick mobile-ready demo that you can download as a VM, or as I did, install from an RPM package in a fresh Linux system. After the… Continue reading Zoomdata: BI without ETL

How I fell in love with MongoDB

I just finished the developer and DBA tracks of the two online MongoDB on-line trainings. The courses are excellent, providing all you need to know to start working as a developer or DBA with MongoDB. And, uh… they’re free! I have taken several online courses and seen a lot of tutorials. One thing that always… Continue reading How I fell in love with MongoDB