Author: jtrainer
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I Think I Need a Web Site Designer
I have several web sites that need new designs. Two blogs (this one and Make Mac Games) that are still running the default Kubrick WordPress theme My company’s main web site My photography site I’m also in need of an e-commerce shopping cart that can be integrated into the site in both form and function…
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Case Detective for FogBugz 1.0 Released
Ian M Jones, a fellow mISV who has a great blog that I’ve been following for quite some time now, just announced the release of his product: Version 1.0 of Case Detective for FogBugz. Congrats Ian!
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Lunch Time Recess
It’s funny how lunch break at the day job reminds me so much of the good old days of lunch time recess back in elementary school. Every day about noon time, the same clique of guys gather to escape the confines of the office and hit the town to grab a sandwich. Every day: same…
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Server IP Migration
This site is currently going through a server IP address migration. There may be some outage time while DNS propagates. Please bear with me.
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Spammers Found Me
The spammers finally found this site. So I’ve implemented spam prevention for the comments section. If you are a logged in registered reader, there is no change. For unregistered readers, there is now a security number to enter in when commenting. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Back to Full-time Contracting
Today is my last day before going back to full-time contract work. I’ve been off since September 15 — a full two months. When I finished up with my last client, I needed to take a break. I’ve been a full-time contract software developer for almost seven years now with no real break between projects.…
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Apple: Getting Control with Subversion and Xcode
Apple Developer Connection (ADC) has up a new article on setting up Subversion to run with Xcode. I’ve written several times about my use of Subversion with Xcode, but this is the first “official” step-by-step article I’ve seen from Apple that also includes setting up Apache 2.0 for the task. I’ll have to revisit this…
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Debugging Cocoa Memory Management
I’ve been trying to learn Cocoa and Objective-C on and off for about a year now. It wasn’t until the past five or six months that I’ve really been able to dedicate the time to climb the steep learning curve required. One of the big hurdles I’ve faced (and from what I’ve seen others have…
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Logo Design – Part 1
Now that products have been announced and the company website has a basic and temporary template published, I’m ready to move to the next stop on the corporate identity trail. I need a company logo. As several small business owners have already done before me, I plan on writing about my experience through this process.…
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Document Management
One of the great joys of running a business is dealing with all the paperwork. Bills, taxes, meeting minutes, email correspondence, invoices, checks, bank statements, payroll, the list goes on. It’s a small wonder how a small business, especially a MicroISV, can survive. There’s hardly enough time during the day to develop your product and…