Technology, Productivity and Automating Everything…
Originally I had my website set up to default to my blog (so dasBlog was installed at the website root level instead of in a /blog subfolder). Recently I have been writing some Web Applications and wanted to restructure my website so that there is a subfolder for each app…
One of my colleagues switched me on to PowerShell Plus and I’m loving it. Code editor, snippets, values of variables, logging tools and much more, including a really neat feature called ‘MiniMode’ (see the toolbar icon at the extreme right in the image. This ‘MiniMode’ closes all toolbars/toolwindows except the…
I’ve had my HTC TyTn II (aka Kaiser aka Vodafone V1615 aka HTC 4550) for a couple of weeks now – very impressed. This is almost the converged device I have been looking for (it is still a little too big to be perfect)… Wireless Networking 11g GPS Bluetooth GPRS…
First post from my new Windows Mobile – HTC TyTn II aka Kaiser aka Vodafone V1615. More updates / posts over the next few days. GEO 51.4043197631836:-1.28760504722595
This is something that is close to my heart.. Not setting correct expectations – I believe this is the downfall of many organizations and individuals. If you set an expectation and do not deliver then you have failed, simple as that. Doing it regularly it gets you a bad name,…
Just recently we have been interviewing for a new developer. I have found it incredulous, the amount of people with considerable experience that cannot do hex / dec conversions. One of the things we do during an interview is to have people write code – this is normally a short…
Sarah wanted ‘Ruby Ruby Ruby’ by the Kaiser Chiefs as her ringtone. Her mobile doesn’t have any easy way of connecting to a PC, so she joined one of the rip-off ‘Ringtones R Us’ services that force you into paying £4.50 / week for as many ringtone downloads as you…
Ok, so maybe this is a rant, and maybe it is due to the fact I forgot my annual Pay As You Earn (PAYE) employers return and was fined £400… But seriously… This is the government!This is the part of the government that calculates how much our taxes are!!This is…
I seem to have been dong a lot of scripting work recently – I really should be using PowerShell, but I had limited time to get this stuff done and it needed to pretty generic / simple as it would be implemented by others (some with limited knowledge of scripting…
I spent a day this past week visiting one of our Technology Partners in New Jersey. The objective was do put together a proof concept for some integration we are planning. We have some very cool stuff, about to be announced at one of the big shows coming up and…