While setting up a new computer from scratch, I had to look up the location of a few resources I like to use with TextMate and found this blog post on TM2 setup. I'll do a more in-depth article on my dev setup in due course but wanted to link to this for now.
Read MoreFailure is always an option!→
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An excellent blog post discussing the recent healthcare.gov debacle and how it highlights the difficulties with planning vs reality and how the traditional waterfall approach to planning can be improved with a more iterative, agile approach.
Read MoreApple iWatch or Apple iD ?
/Tim Cook appeared as a guest at All Things Digital's D11 conference earlier this year and when discussing the subject of wearable technology he said:
"I think the wrist is interesting. The wrist is natural.”
Tim's comments got me thinking why I might be tempted to wear something on my wrist again, and if it's not a timepiece then what might it be instead?
Read MoreEveryone's a Visionary
/Listening to a tech podcast recently, I was irritated by one of the hosts passing a comment about some aspect of Apple's WWDC keynote where he said,
"...the way it should have been in the first place!"
I've heard this said in the past by members of the public, industry pundits and sometimes even tech geeks and it often irritates me.
Read MoreAgile Diversity
/If we generally agree that diversity is a good thing, are these differences also embraced amongst software engineers? Do we find comfort in the variety of beliefs we each hold or do we feel a need to straighten the other guy's thinking out?
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