I was chatting recently with Ian Baird about the benefits and demands of running an independent software business. It seems a lot of people are excited about the prospect of going solo, and I can’t blame them. I’m excited, too! Working for yourself means you answer to nobody. Except, of course, when you’re answering to […]

There are three things you should know about Twitter: You should use Twitterrific on your Mac. You only get 140 characters to make your point. Once you’ve made your point, it can’t be edited. It’s really frustrating when you type out a tweet quickly and send, only to realize that you’ve made an embarrassing typo […]

Antagonizing Microsoft and its admirers has long been a part of my professional work culture. It’s easy to get a tinge of excitement when I see the giant stumble (ironic, given that I actually own some stock in the beast). But as I’ve matured (heh, heh, he said “matured”), I’ve come to know many people […]

Some code is not meant to live forever. In particular, during development phases of projects, it can be very reassuring to know that a particular release of an application will have a short life-cycle, because you’ll be (relatively) assured that users aren’t accidentally running crufty old (development!) versions of the app. The basic means of […]