Sunday June 29 2008
When you need to get some creative work done after a week with too much work and too little sleep, a change of scenery helps. So I've been trying some completely mobile working.
My new phone (HTC Touch Diamond) works quite well for re...
Sunday June 29 2008
The past week has been fairly intense here, so I haven't had time to blog the latest developments on the startup. As well as having some day job deadlines to deal with, a Friday deadline for a demo resulted in a couple of days working 8am to 5am.
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Thursday June 19 2008
A web form I am currently working on has a couple of simple requirements:
The user should be notified as soon as an incorrect value is entered.
The values entered need to be validated using a complicated set of rules in a back end system, av...
Wednesday June 11 2008
When creating a new online service, two aspects of the development are particularly important:
Developing something quickly - if you don't release something you're going to have trouble making any money
Scalability and good design - if a mil...
Tuesday June 10 2008
Working on my own project, without the usual constraints of detailed requirements and specifications, I get a lot of freedom in the methodology I use.
This means that I can focus efforts a little differently - As long as the available devel...