miniblog.

What's the nicest way of doing clientside form validation without annoying the user? I keep finding forms that show red errors when I write 'wilfred@' for an email or '0' for a telephone number because I haven't finished inputting the value.

Should code completion offer private methods/fields? If the user chooses a private method, you can offer a quickfix to change its visibility. It's clutter though. I frequently find myself wanting fields that I haven't exposed yet, and frustrated that the IDE hides them.

GIMP is huge tool that I certainly haven't mastered, but it's so useful to have around. I used it this week to convert images from obscure formats to common ones. It's a great swiss army knife and runs everywhere.