There are tons of reviews of Basecamp already out there, so I won’t beleaguer the points those reviews go over — at least I’ll try not to.
I did a presentation at a semi-annual board meeting for an organization I’m a part of this weekend about Basecamp, and how we will begin to use that as [...]
Are you a master at SQL? Or are you just getting familiar with the language? Regardless of what database system you use, nothing is better than a set of quality GUI based applications to help you work.
MySQL has released a set of GUI tools that looks very complete. I don’t do a lot [...]
Email addresses have brought something new to the world of communication; wherever you go in the world (as long as you have internet access) people can reach you in the same manner and location as they always do. This goes both for travel and moving. That’s the general opinion I take to my [...]
One of my favorite features of Firefox is the keystroke for completing domain names. For example:
You use ctrl-D (on Windows or Linux) or cmd-L (on Mac) to select the address bar
You type in the domain name sans extension e.g. techjive
Depending on the extension (.com, .net, .org) you use the appropriate keystroke and it prepends [...]
I used to work for a financial analysis company developing Excel macros/applications in VBA. There were — and still are — some 10th level Excel blackbelts that work there. I picked up quite a few keystroke tricks while working there. Even though I don’t work there anymore, I use these every time [...]
A coworker sent me a link today, and my immediate thought was of Minority Report. Watch this video and you will understand. Here’s a YouTube video of Jeff Han, one of the developers of this new multi-touch screen technology, given at the 2006 TED conference. On a smaller scale, this is similar [...]