Sping ’09 Release Preview Review

I recently had the opportunity to work with a friends company to create an on-line application demo video. This is similar to work I had done in the past, except that this was for a commercial application instead of for an in-house custom application. View the video here: http://www.bassets.net/edepre/demovideo/ I used Camtasia for the entire process – screen recording, editing, and final

This is a repost of a JibJab video I first found on Mat Kennedy”s Pay4Rides.com Blog. Very funny.

You gotta love the Mac-v-PC ads. Besides being a big fan of John Hodgman, they’re just plain funny. When I met my wife she was a Mac-head. I didn’t as much convert her as I did make the buying decisions for our home computers. Most of her friends have Macs. Even some of my friends have purchased Macs for home.

You’ve probably noticed that I use links to LifeHacker periodically and that I have a link to their main site on the right side of my blog page. I became addicted to LifeHacker.com a couple of years ago. If there is any one site I can recommend to check every single day – this is it. The great thing about

col·lab·o·rate intr.v. col·lab·o·rat·ed, col·lab·o·rat·ing, col·lab·o·rates 1. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. 2. To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one’s country. 3. Google Applications   I added #3, but it’s true. Google Applications means collaboration. And the best part is it’s free. There is the full suite of Google Applications where they link your domain to their apps

Ah, yes. A techie-post. You knew it was coming. I just noticed that SalesForce.com released an update to their Winter ’09 IDE. If you are an SFC developer and  you’re not yet using the Eclipse IDE with the Force.com Perspective, I highly recommend it.  The IDE is a must if you’re doing anything with Apex Classes or Triggers. Sure, you

I was just going through my Mozy.com Backup Settings making sure that it is backing up all of my important files. During that process, I came across some old code and documents I had written for Kepner-Tregoe way back in the 90′s. It was kind of nostalgic. Hard to believe that something I created helped run the business, and in

I worked for the same company for the last 15 years – and I liked my job. It’s certainly an oddity for someone in the technology field these days, but it was not unusual to find people at KT who had been there for 20 or more years. Anyway, now I’m not there and I find myself wondering what to