In January 2012 I wrote a post called “What’s in your toolbox?”, running through the tools I leaned on. My favourite grid at the time was the Component One Flexigrid. A few months later, on 29 April, I followed it with “100% DX”. That one started with a simple, slightly annoyed question: could I get … Read more
A few years ago I came across a small app that promised to make writing blogs directly on the Mac easier… The idea of not having browser hell going on and the ability to jump in and out of drafts as I wanted appealed to me. Enter TypeMetal. For a while all was good in … Read more
It’s no secret that I have a passion for productivity, and with that a constant quest for software that allows me to be focused and organised. Before moving to the Mac, I used to love a couple of Windows based programs, “Keep It Real” and “MLO”, the first was a system I designed back in … Read more
We all understand the importance of a good testing framework, Test Driven Development (TDD) significantly reduces the maintenance cost of software and provides for cleaner, tidier code, but what about the UI elements of a web site or HTML5/JS Application? what’s involved in running tests on different browsers, different operating systems and devices? I recently … Read more
During a meeting today with @AdamCogan (www.adamcogan.com | http://www.ssw.com.au) we discussed the idea of using a blog to post about software enhancements. So lets run with it. Feel free to vote or comment on ideas and hopefully with enough feedback we can start to make a difference.