Getting Things Done is a book by David Allen. The methodology from the book, commonly referred to as GTD, has become quite popular inside certain tech circles. I’ve been using GTD for roughly a year now. I can’t claim to be an expert at it, but it’s helped me stay … Continue reading
I have a web site I’ve been working on that tends to go down at odd times during the night. It’s an issue with the web host, and due to financial constraints my client is not willing to relocate the site anytime soon. So I’m stuck with having to log … Continue reading
I began poking around the intriguing Rails-based Mephisto blogging engine this weekend. While the app itself looks quite promising, there is a noticeable absence of themes for it. I’m sure this will change, but in the meantime I thought I’d make my own contribution. The particular blog I’m converting originally … Continue reading
I attempted to install SVK on my Mac using DarwinPorts yesterday and ran into a strange problem. SVK appeared to compile just fine, but the installer eventually got to a step where it said “Configuring SVK…” and then it just froze. I could still do things on the system, but … Continue reading
My friend Duff’s latest enhancement to Soapadoo is so totally excellent that I thought I should blog about it. In addition to being the premiere source for reviews of anything, Soapadoo can now read your blog and detect when you’ve posted a review. Soapadoo will then syndicate that review itself, … Continue reading
Paul Duvall of NFJS fame just posted an excellent three-minute video demonstrating how to download, install, and use CruiseControl for Java. Having used both CruiseControl and CruiseControl.NET, I can say that this is one of the most concise tutorials I’ve seen for a geek who already knows his stuff, but … Continue reading
I admit it: I’ve been rather slow getting on the social networking bandwagon. When it comes to things that other people like, I just don’t care. If someone in my circle of friends or colleagues recommends something (through the joy that is Soapadoo, for example) then I’ll take notice, but … Continue reading
Zillow.com is amazing. Enter an address, street name, or neighborhood name and you’ll be presented with a scrolling satellite photo of the area (a la Google Maps). Hover over a house and its current market value will be displayed. Spooky.
An old friend from a project I briefly worked on during my days at RoleModel Software just released a Rails-based open source Content Management System called Radiant this week. It looks pretty snappy! Add to that the fact that the Ruby-Lang web site will soon be using it and you’ve … Continue reading
I received my access code for the Krugle beta by e-mail last night. I immediately tried it out, of course. Here are my initial impressions. The goal of Krugle is to make it easy for software developers to search for technical articles and code samples. Let’s face it: Google is … Continue reading