Well then, it’s been a minute since my last post. How are you? You’re looking well. Let’s not try to summarise what’s been happening since 2017, suffice to say we’ve all been busy. These days I don’t write code any more, instead I am the thing I used to most…
Is it still possible to muddle through?
I was reading this article while waiting for some code to deploy this morning, and a couple of sentences really leapt out at me… “The British way is to muddle through on the basis of vaguely understood traditions and conventions. Our entire culture, from our political constitution to the way…
Evernote to Bear
Iโve been an Evernote user for years. But recently itโs been an on and off thing as I get more and more annoyed with their service. The problem is that I keep trying to find something that will do everything I need, find a tool that I think might work…
Do you know what your users are doing?
There are levels to this question. I’m sure most of us that run web apps know to some degree what our users are doing, but, if you have the need, you can find out in real detail what they’re doing and in what order. Obviously there are paid tools, entire…
Oh, ah-linting I will go
Often when I talk with developers who are firmly in the C# or Java camp their main objection to JavaScript is that itโs not strongly typed. And indeed, if youโre new to the world of JavaScript, this is a big thing to get over. But there are strategies, best practices…
Do you use your own product?
We’re just back from holidays down in Cornwall and Devon and a lovely time was had by all. A view of Falmouth from one of our walks Of course there has to be one exception: whenever we do any travel in the UK, I rarely carry change with me these…
Three months in with the new MacBook Pro
A few months ago our house got burgled. Luckily it was just “stuff” that was taken and the insurance companies sorted everything out with remarkably little fuss and bother. One bit of “stuff” that went was my work laptop, so I immediately got a new MacBook Pro 15″, restored my…
Browser tracking and digital advertising in the modern era
In the day job, I deal with a lot of interactions between members of the public and ourselves, and our partners. If you’re in any way involved in working with user data, then you’ll have heard about GDPR. To be honest, this is quite a new world for me. Even…
IBM Connect goes to the pub
As some people begin their trek to the new venue of IBM Connect in San Francisco over the next couple of days, not all of us are going. Instead, we decided to host a free beer event in London to watch the OGS Keynote next Tuesday evening. So, if you’re in…
XControls 1.7.0 Released
I’ve been most remiss in not talking more about the XControls project which lets you quickly build an application that will run on desktop, iOS and Android with as little coding required as possible. It’s the little open source project that just keeps rolling along. As and when I get…