Syncing data between machines hasn’t been an issue for me over the last 3 years because my PowerBook has been my primary development machine. Now that I’m back on a desktop as my primary machine, it’s something I have to deal with again. Let’s take browser bookmarks as an example. I still want to keep…
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I bought my plane ticket yesterday for MacWorld. I know Scott will be there with me for at least some of it, and I’m assuming Adam will be there as well since he’s helping organize the Newton gathering the weekend after. If you’re going to be around, let me know. It’s always nice to get…
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One of my Tasks customers asked if I had any advice for tracking customizations he makes to Tasks in some organized fashion. I don’t actually customize my software (I use it as it ships), but I do customize WordPress, PunBB, etc. – here is what I do: Let’s say I want to edit the themes/index.php…
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The current release versions of Tasks Pro™ and Tasks suffer from a nasty PHP oddity in their daily recurring task functionality. When you create a recurring task in Tasks Pro™/Tasks, all future occurrences are created in the database, and they are activated over time. I used a very basic system to set the dates on…
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I’m starting to see more sites1 putting the “page title” before the “site title” on their web pages. Doing this generally goes against my hierarchical aesthetic, however I can see 3 good reasons to set up a page title in this manner: Seach Engine Optimization – having the “real” page title earlier in the title…
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Eric is in town for his annual “work on Wetpixel” trip to Denver. Last time, we migrated the site to a new CMS and integrated the CMS and the forum; this time, we’re building some new features.
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I was all ready to order my new development system, but the rumored dual-core PowerMacs were conspicuous in their absense at the “one more thing” event this week. Combine that with the Dell deal being back, and I’m wondering how long I should wait before just pulling the trigger. That’s the problem with buying computers,…
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I’ve been doing a little bit of blog consulting lately. Mostly ad-hoc stuff, but the people I’ve talked to seemed really excited about the feedback I gave them and said that my input was very helpful and really resonated with them. It occurred to me that this is is a service that could appeal to…
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Now that I’ve had my Moleskine notebook for a little while (and have actually carried it with me and used it too), I’m finding that it’s quite a niche player in my organization toolset. I have trouble organizing information in it: when to start new pages, when to leave space for future notes on a…
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A week ago I’d pretty much decided my next development machine would be a PC with a pair of Dell 24″ displays. I was mainly waiting for the special deals to pop up on Tech Bargains. I also thought it might be interesting to try doing my main development on a PC again, having been…
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I got a report from one of my Tasks Pro™ beta users that the tasks created from e-mails were containing a bunch of HTML when the e-mail was sent in HTML format. My testing indicates that when an HTML e-mail that includes a plain text version, Tasks Pro™ correctly grabs the plain text version and…
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I’ve used a laptop as my primary personal development machine since 2000. For the last couple of years, I’ve said that I doubt I’d ever buy another desktop machine. However… My PowerBook is a year and a half old and is starting to feel a little slow, I’ve run out of disk space and there…
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I took on a couple of small development jobs last month and I’ve completely swamped myself with those on top of FeedLounge and Tasks Pro™ development. Right now I feel like I’m behind on each of them but realistically I’m slowly working though everything, One thing I’ve been working on is a revamp of the…
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I posted a new version of iTunes Stats. This version adds a couple changes: A very basic install script (install.php) to create the database tables. A database table prefix setting (config.inc.php). Your name in the header of the page (set in config.inc.php). Play count for each song is put in the database. New reports integrating…
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Today’s update to Safari fixes the accesskey on button crash. Yay!