Category Archives: tech
Tweetlightning is out – my first iPhone app
It’s finally up in the store: Feel free to grab it off the iTunes store. And even more information here. Thanks to Shaun, I have an update to do already, but it’s a very minor one, only happens in one … Continue reading
Matt Gemmell – how to compete with the ipad
Really enjoying reading this article from Matt Gemmell. I especially love this bit: Closed system. This is the very opposite of what your customers care about. The percentage of your customer base who make a buying decision based on the … Continue reading
git-svn? or svn-git?
As some may know, I’m doing some work for a rocking email archiving company in Denmark, so obviously, my source repository isn’t local – or even in this country. Luckily for me, it’s Subversion (rather than VSS or TFS). Up until now, … Continue reading
iPhone apps: or how Nic gets to the party REALLY late
Yup, I’ve finally pulled finger and sat down to do some iPhone development, right in time for the iPad’s release. No, that wasn’t the reason – I just finally have a “spare day” to do stuff in, and the other … Continue reading
The Master, The Expert, The Programmer – absolute gold
Zed Shaw has nailed it, 110%. The main thing I noticed about the experts I’ve encountered is they are into impressing you with their abilities. They are usually incredibly good, but their need for recognition gets in the way of … Continue reading
the cult of scrum
Interesting, from O’Rielly Radar: The Cult of Scrum: If Agile is the teachings of Jesus, Scrum is every abuse ever perpetrated in his name. In many ways, Scrum as practiced in most companies today is the antithesis of Agile, a … Continue reading
first look at the guardian’s iphone app
I tend not to read many – or any – physical newspapers these days, but I do read a lot of news, all of it for free, and all of it online. Since coming to the UK, my main sources … Continue reading
pair programming – the ups and downs
Mark Wilden has a lovely post on pairing. From my experience, which isn’t a hell of a lot in this case, I totally agree. Especially this bit (I’m cherry picking parts of this, so please, read the whole thing, it’s absolutely worth … Continue reading
how to use the google DNS servers with an O2 Wireless box
Steps: telnet into the router: telnet 192.168.1.254 (you will need a telnet client. Windows, MacOS and Linux all come with them) login as SuperUser, with a password of O2Br0ad64nd (this is public knowledge BTW, but only useful INSIDE your network. … Continue reading
QuickTime, iPhoto, Mac and AVI files (AviImporter crashes)
This is more a google post, if it helps someone. Since I upgraded to Snow Leopard, I’ve had problems with iPhoto and AVI files (ie, videos off my camera) – and also preview and anything else which uses QuickTime to … Continue reading