Fi’zi:k Antares – Saddle Review
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After trying the [Fi’zi:k Aliante][alamazon] and owning a [Specialized Romin Gel][romin], there were two things I was looking for in a new saddle. 1. Flat profile. The Alianté ([read my review][alrev]) has a bit of a dip in the middle and I just didn’t like it. 2. Narrows quickly towards the nose of the saddle.…
Building a Crib Sheet for Client Calls
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I like to schedule all the time I spend on the phone with clients. That allows me to refresh the points to talk about and be properly prepared for the call. Being prepared like that is not possible when a new client call you out of the blue though, unless of course you build a…
Working Freelance or in a Company?
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Riding today I got to hear the [Ruby Freelancers podcast][rfp] talk about business. What stuck out to me was their stance on working for yourself (freelance) or taking a job with company. Each of the hosts talked about freedom being the biggest thing that keeps them working for themselves. Late last year and early this…
Do We Support Older Browsers?
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I’m sure that most of you have heard about Kogan charging IE7 users extra ‘tax’, to support that old browser. My friend Eric wrote a good post on this. This stuck out to me (and made me laugh out loud). I’m in the business of building applications, not supporting someone’s fetish for being stuck in…
Why Microsoft Word is not a Tool for Me
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This article got me thinking again about my workflow. I don’t use Microsoft Word at all. I’m not sure I’ve ever even purchased a copy of it. I only use Pages (AppStore) for client proposals and contract since I want them to look really nice and they are presented via PDF. For most people now,…
Beginning Cyclist Training – Training to Train
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If I could do one thing when I meet a new cyclist, it would be to impress upon them the need to rest when training. In fact a new cyclist needs to rest much more than an experienced cyclist. Their body has not even learned how to train yet. Your first year (maybe 2) of…
Adobe Takes Mobile Testing Forward with Adobe Shadow
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Like many web devs, I work locally. That means all of my current projects are running on my laptop with MAMP (MAMP Pro for me) and I can work on them even if I’m offline. I also domain map, which means the location of this site on my laptop is dev.curtismchale.curtisdev.ca and my laptop just…
Peter Sagan vs Mark Cavendish – Finally a Sprint Competition
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Typically I’m not much in to the sprint stages in the [Tour de France][tdf] races, actually in any race. They follow a predictable path. 1. There is a breakaway 2. It’s caught in the last few km leaving everyone to wonder why it even happened 3. Sprint to the finish and [Cavendish][cav] takes it At…
Back Up and Legal Stupidity
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I’ve gone over my back up solution before. If you’re not backing up in 3 spots with one offsite, then you’re simply doing it wrong. Seems there is a lawyer in my country of Canada who was doing it wrong and now wants Apple to pay for his stupidity. The short version of the article…
Time Estimating Fairytale Land
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Like many programmers, I often live in project time estimating fairy tale land. I think that everything will go as planned and of course I’ll bill 6 hours each day. The fact is that life happens and when life happens, often work doesn’t happen. Another common mistake made when estimating software development centers on the…
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