Blog Posts

Dive into my thoughts on coding, tech trends, and developer life. Explore all posts, filter by category, or search by tag.

First 5 minutes with a Kindle DX

I purchased a Kindle DX and just got it today. The unboxing experience was interesting in that it had a few of the typical peel off tabs that are typical with gadgets and electronic equipment.

hardware tablet productivity-tools
February 7, 2011
Read More

mt.exe Access is Denied

This is just a quick note so that web searches for a similar problem find a solution. Seemingly out of the blue, I started getting random errors of the form below when compiling C++ applications in...

cpp debugging windows build-tools
October 27, 2010
Read More

Software Complexity and the Business Owner

The following excerpt is from a Pragmatic Programmers podcast with Robert Martin. The discussion is about Agile development, but I believe it applies to any software development work.

agile client-relations software-engineering podcasts
October 24, 2010
Read More

Inline Hockey

This post is a break from the usual software development heavy content and is about inline hockey. My son Benjamin was in the 11 and under age group representing Western Australia and played in the...

video
October 18, 2010
Read More

Dan Bricklin - Getting it

Listening to This Developer’s Life and enjoying it. The following quote from living legend Dan Bricklin (the co-creator of the first spreadsheet program Visicalc) is something I view as a truism.

professional-development client-relations podcasts innovation
October 10, 2010
Read More