I actually had to make a new article category to capture the coolness of this great new web application. It pretty much gets a tick in the box for each of the criteria on the “Super Cool WebApp” checklist (which admittedly I am only just formally noting down now).
So what is Thounds? Well read on…
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posted on the September 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Man, Gist is good. It’s basically the tool you have been waiting for to help you get on top of noise that is social media.
I would say that noise is pretty much deafening, not deafening in the way that makes you want to lock yourself in a room (well sometimes maybe) – maybe noise is not the right word. It is more like the deafening you experience when you go to a concert or gig and everything else just seems to disappear. When you are busy networking, other goals and objectives can simply cease to be…
So how does Gist help?
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posted on the September 6th, 2009 2 Comments »
I’m currently on a quest for a desktop environment that is lean enough to run on my MSI Wind netbook, but scales up nicely to a multi-monitor desktop environment. Now I’ve sucessfully installed Ubuntu on the netbook but haven’t really taken the next step on getting it running the various programming environments I’m used to working with. Currently I’m stuck in a world of a heavyweight IDE (eclipse) that really doesn’t scale well to the small screen of the netbook.
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posted on the July 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
After making a move across to using Git instead of subversion, I was desperately in need of a cheat sheet of all the commands that were available in git. Thankfully github have an excellent reference page for using Git. Additionally on this page is a gem of a single-page reference for Git by Zack Rusin.
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posted on the May 31st, 2009 No Comments »
Starting out building a new website leaves you with a whole pile of stuff to think about and plan. Generally you get drawn to thinking about how you’d like it to look, and maybe some of the swanky new features you’d like to incorporate. Easily the thing that I get bogged down in though, is the content and the information architecture (what goes where). Maybe it comes easy to some, but for me it feels like a real slog.
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posted on the April 25th, 2009 No Comments »
This one is a goody, and in all honesty I thought I was on the tail end of find it. Apparently not. I’ve seen both lifehacker and techcrunch blogging on this particular application recently and have to add my two cents.
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posted on the April 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
If you haven’t seen it already on other blogs around the place (lifehacker or makeuseof) I’d recommend checking out yet another online project management system – taskbarn.
Even though it is entering a pretty overpopulated field in terms of online project and task management solutions, it’s delivery is exceptional (and best of all it’s free). Feature-wise it’s on the light-side, but in many ways that’s a relief. I’m definitely a person with lots of things on the go at any one time, and whilst I’m happy to use full blown project management solutions in my day job, it does feel more than a little over-the-top for my “out of hours” initiatives.
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posted on the April 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
Whilst investigating platforms for managing Amazon’s EC2 platform, I came across a company that have a site / product called Scalr (which is interesting in itself), but once I delved into the company behind that product – Intridea I was even more impressed. These guys are really producing some quality stuff.
One piece of tech that is particularly interesting is their product called present.ly – which in their own words is “Twitter meets LinkedIn”. Now whilst I believe these guys have done a good job building the technology I have to wonder if the product will make the dent in the market I believe they would like it to.
So many questions in my head around this space…
Will corporates show interest in microblogging? I can just imagine the CEO of some large multinational just microblogging about some aggressive job cuts he is having to make given the financial environment.
If enterprise microblogging becomes something to investigate, will the new kids on the block get to play, or will twitter take that business?
Still, kudos for the build of the app – it feels and looks good; and good luck to the guys at Intridea with the project. From what I’ve seen on their site, they definitely are pulling some great stuff together, so I’m going to keep an eye out for more interesting projects from them – their labs area is a good place to start if you are interested.
posted on the March 26th, 2009 2 Comments »
Introducing the Wireframer
Today’s tool is quite simple, but also I believe quite useful. In many respects this wireframing tool is nothing more than a glorified piece of graph paper (but with a few helpful extras – including an Above the Fold indicator to help make sure the important stuff on the site hits your visitors straight up).
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posted on the March 6th, 2009 No Comments »
My quest for productivity tools and techniques continues – today delivering a work breakdown structure planner for all to download and enjoy (well I hope at least).
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posted on the March 1st, 2009 2 Comments »
