August, 2006

  1. Around the web

    Aptana: The Web IDE – I’ll be checking this out, the Zend IDE is poor for JS and CSS. An all-in-one solutions would be nice though, hopefully Eclipse will come through there. US House: Schools must block MySpace, many other sites Private Offices Redux Why Dell.com Still Feels Like Buying a Used Car For Muslim…

  2. Tasks Pro™ 1.7 beta 3 and Tasks 2.7 beta 3

    I’ve released beta 3 of Tasks Pro™ 1.7 and Tasks 2.7. This release includes a number of changes based on the feedback received on the tagging functionality, as well as a number of tweaks and bug fixes. I look forward to your feedback on these adjustments. Some of the changes include: Option to turn off…

  3. Vienna Teng at the Walnut Room

    As planned, I went to Vienna Teng‘s concert at the Walnut Room1 this evening. I’ve seen Vienna perform a few times in smaller venues, but not since I’d moved to Denver from the Bay Area in 2004. As you would expect, her performance skills have matured quite a bit after spending the last few years…

  4. The “Engineering Estimate”

    When I worked at a BigCo, we had what we called the engineering estimate multiplier . When asking an engineer how long something will take, you need to apply the following formula to the result. Multiple the integer value by 2. Increment the type of time used in the estimate. An example of the multiplier…