http://idhana.com Making happy users! Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:58:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://idhana.com/2009/08/05/making-happy-users/ http://idhana.com/2009/08/05/making-happy-users/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:18:04 +0000 Dhana http://idhana.com/?p=423 I was 17 when I announced to my orthodontist I wanted to be an industrial engineer. I was so sure about this. The weeks before, I had spent time scouring Encyclopaedia Britannica (yes, those were the days before Wikipedia) finding out what industrial engineers do and was hooked. So, today, when I came across this article in the Wall Street Journal about Starbucks's 'Lean' Japanese Techniques, my long forgotten dream bubbled back up to consciousness. I traded the assembly line for computer applications, but the passion remained, albeit, driven by another media.]]> http://idhana.com/2009/08/05/making-happy-users/feed/ 0 http://idhana.com/2009/07/13/constructor-vs-class-methods-in-javascript/ http://idhana.com/2009/07/13/constructor-vs-class-methods-in-javascript/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:43:21 +0000 Dhana http://idhana.com/?p=381 There are many ways to declare functions in Javascript. Sometimes, the way we choose to declare them might just be a matter of preference, but it's good nevertheless to know some of the hidden costs that can occur when using certain constructs. Here, we're going to take a look at two different methods and compare their efficiencies. Before we jump into these different methods, here's a quick refresher for those of you who aren't too sure of the difference between classes and instances.]]> http://idhana.com/2009/07/13/constructor-vs-class-methods-in-javascript/feed/ 0 http://idhana.com/2009/01/29/when-the-eye-doesnt-catch-it/ http://idhana.com/2009/01/29/when-the-eye-doesnt-catch-it/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:36:28 +0000 Dhana http://idhana.com/?p=93 I noticed I was being charged twice for my hosting account. The first time I noticed the charge, I logged into my account and there it was, 2 hosting accounts under my name. I clicked the checkbox next to the New Account and hit "Cancel". ]]> http://idhana.com/2009/01/29/when-the-eye-doesnt-catch-it/feed/ 0 http://idhana.com/2007/12/12/what-say-you-about-css-frameworks/ http://idhana.com/2007/12/12/what-say-you-about-css-frameworks/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:21:24 +0000 Dhana http://idhana.com/2007/12/12/what-say-you-about-css-frameworks/ There has been some talk recently about frameworks. Some for, some against and some on the fence. As someone who has not tried her hand at a single established framework, I have to say I am rather ambivalent about them. When I first read about the first CSS framework, my initial thoughts bordered on the negative. I was constantly arguing in my mind about the extra bloated code. Then my mind raced to the unsemantic code. And it went on and on …]]> http://idhana.com/2007/12/12/what-say-you-about-css-frameworks/feed/ 1