http://www.ifisgeek.com Look! A New Doot! Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:51:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'll be the first to admit that I am not a usability expert and, in general, I think that there is too much talk about usability with little real benefit. However, as a good computer scientist, I believe that it is an important part of software engineering. There are people ... http://www.ifisgeek.com/2009/09/02/does-usability-really-matter/ This is the last post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom iPhone, Episode 2: A Lack of a Phone, Episode 3: Revenge of the Pissed, Episode 4: A New Phone, ... http://www.ifisgeek.com/2009/07/27/rogers-wars-epilogue/ This is part 8 of a multi-part post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom iPhone, Episode 2: A Lack of a Phone, Episode 3: Revenge of the Pissed, Episode 4: ... http://www.ifisgeek.com/2009/07/13/rogers-wars-episode-8-resolution/ This is part 7 of a multi-part post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom iPhone, Episode 2: A Lack of a Phone, Episode 3: Revenge of the Pissed, Episode 4: ... http://www.ifisgeek.com/2009/07/06/rogers-wars-episode-7-seeing-red/ At VendAsta we use automated build scripts and a TeamCity server for continuous integration. Whenever someone commits code to a project, a whole suite of automated build targets are run against the code base to check things like unit tests, python syntax (via pylint) and code coverage. One thing that ... http://www.ifisgeek.com/2009/05/05/running-jslint-in-automated-build-scripts/ No one seems quite sure which episode this is, but here it is: Excellent work Michael and Nicole!! I think it could have used a little more of Dave's vocal stylings though ;) http://www.ifisgeek.com/2009/03/13/another-new-spokesmonster-video/ Joaquin Phoenix On Letterman 2-11-09 - watch more funny videos http://www.ifisgeek.com/2009/02/12/wtf-2/ This is part 6 of a multi-part post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. At the time of this writing, the saga is still on-going so I cannot say how many episodes there will be… Previous ... http://www.ifisgeek.com/2009/02/10/rogers-wars-episode-6-return-of-the-mad-guy/ Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more ... http://www.ifisgeek.com/2009/02/06/25-things-about-me/ I work with an amazing group of people. The project I am working on is called MyFrontSteps which is a social media application for getting and sharing http://www.ifisgeek.com/2009/01/27/monitor-and-manage-your-rep-with-steprep/