This post/article came out of frustration of working at various engagements over the course of my career. From full time gigs to on site consulting to my current position(s) – a) Building my startups (Qonqr, AgileMedicine, Barcodes.io, etc) and b) Remote consulting with very infrequent in person face to face meetings. I decided years ago…
Category Archives: Productivity
JSONView – The Sweet little FireFox Plugin
I work with JSON data A LOT when working with REST services. Usually when hitting these API endpoints the data is downloaded and opened up by my default text editor, TextMate. When I open this up, the data looks like this …
Android: A Simple Eula for your Android Apps
There comes a time when you need to show a EULA to your users of your Android apps. Doing this is pretty easy if you decide to ALWAYS show it when the user uses your app. However, that’s beyond annoying. The best case scenario for displaying a EULA to a user would go like this…
My Favorite Git Alias
I’ve been using Git for almost two years now and I personally feel it is the superior version control system. One complaint I did have when I first started using it was that the log command had horrible output for readability. Examples speak louder … the command: Outputs this (click for larger): While you can…
IntelliJ Android Layout LiveTemplates
I’m in the middle of writing a bunch of Android apps and I’ve gotten to the point where I’m tired of typing the same thing over and over so I’ve created some Android XML Live Templates for IntelliJ 10 CE. The templates are for the XML layout system in Android. As time progresses I’m sure…
