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Month: April 2012

  • The Usefulness of Blog Archives?

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    Curtis McHale

    I’m working on a rebuild of this site because it’s needed it for at least 2 years, and it’s a pretty dang terrible design. One of the main things I’m thinking about is the utility of the tags and categories on the site. Looking through Google Analytics, few people look around either the categories or…

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  • Creative Cloud, I’m not Buying

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    Curtis McHale

    I may be a bit late to the party, but Adobe has announced [Creative Cloud][adobecloud] pricing. If you didn’t know already, I’m [not][adobe1] a [big fan][adobe2] of Adobe. I want a proper competitor to come along and dethrone the beast with bloated software, and Creative Cloud does nothing to change my opinion. As I say…

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  • Building A Socially Conscious Kid

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    Curtis McHale

    I’ve got an 18 month old daughter and like many (hopeful all) parents I want to raise a kid that is not self-centred. I want to raise a kid that doesn’t associate Christmas with getting stuff. I want to raise a socially conscious kid. One of the ways I’ve thought about working to mould her…

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  • What I Want in a Cycling Jersey

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    Curtis McHale

    Riding this weekend I dropped my wallet. I was lucky and a kind stranger tracked me down online and returned it with everything intact, but it got me to thinking about some things I miss with my cycling jersey. ### A ‘Safe’ Pocket I think that jersey’s for most riders should have a smallish pocket…

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  • Live Your Eulogy

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    Curtis McHale

    My friend Eric recently wrote about his quest to get the right fit in his life. It seems to me that he is trying to sort out the things that are most important to him and then set about doing them, and in theory, getting someone to pay him for it. Darryl at Loving the…

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  • Your Company Has a Culture

    Your Company Has a Culture

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    Curtis McHale

    Your company has a culture, and it may not be the one you want. I’ve worked at a number of businesses and the fact is that the ‘culture’ that management thought they were fostering and the culture that the employees thought was there, were two entirely different things. A company’s core values are what define…

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  • An Alternative View on Light Table

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    Curtis McHale

    I think that Light Table looks pretty neat but not everyone agrees. Going through the comments most people seem to be excited about Light Table and disagree with the post. I haven’t used Eclipse so I can’t really speak to the truth of the post but at the least it’s always worth taking a step…

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  • Getting the Right Coding Environment

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    Curtis McHale

    I typically use MacVim with Janus (I’ve stripped some things out) mainly because of the navigation and the fact that you really don’t ever need to take your hands off the keys. I still find that MacVim is missing things, like completion of functions in a project, or adding extra folders to a project. When…

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  • Light Table on Kickstarter

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    Curtis McHale

    I spoke about code editors and highlighted Light Table earlier. Just saw that Light Table is on Kickstarter. If you think it’s the future of code editors, hope on board. I certainly think Light Table is cool, but I’m undecided about supporting it on Kickstarter.

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  • Making Things More Useful

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    Curtis McHale

    I’ve got a fairly small place and a kid and 4 kayaks and 4 bikes and a couple snowboards and lots of other outdoor gear. Right now this means that my office is in my bedroom. I did a pretty large upgrade to my office this year. This awesome furniture has me thinking about doing…

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