Late last week I refactored the draw code in Slick JS (http://github.com/sidelab/slick) again. I’ve been pretty frustrated that I didn’t get the drawing logic right first time, but I think I’ve come to terms with it. Here are the major changes.
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posted on the July 5th, 2010 No Comments »
I’ve been particularly quiet on the blog and twitter of late, primarily given I have been working very hard pulling on two javascript libraries (well it was one, but I’m separating them – you know they were causing trouble). While I won’t go into a lot of detail here, as there is still a lot more work to do, I will try and give a brief introduction to both and why on earth I’m writing yet another javascript library.
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posted on the June 24th, 2010 No Comments »
As I mentioned a few days ago, I’m leaving the corporate world to start my own software development business. As I’m starting a professional services based business (with a hint of product development for flavour) I was going to try and keep the kinds of services I offer fairly broad to ensure I can capture different kinds of development work that comes my way. While I think this idea was fine in principle, I’ve been reading about the benefits of narrowing the focus of your business as a method of being effective and getting the “right kind” of work.
As a result, I’ve decided to scrap all of the fluff that was on the Sidelab site, and pull it right back to a single topic: Pervasive Computing.
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posted on the April 9th, 2010 No Comments »
As I indicated a little while ago, in I have been thinking about starting my own business and weighing that up against staying in a stable corporate job for some time. I finally reached a decision point around a month ago after much discussion with many different people. To those who spent the time talking with me about my options I am very grateful for your time.
After weighing up the options, my desires and history, I have decided to give it a red-hot go and start Sidelab – a small software development company, focused on innovation services (both development and consulting) for Australian business.
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posted on the April 6th, 2010 3 Comments »
