Useful tidbits from a small software consulting company
It s been a long time since I posted here. I ve still been building software, and lately I’ve been focused on TimeStitcher, a productivity app for capturing working thoughts and seeing how they develop over time. The idea is simple: Capture thoughts fast. See how they evolve. TimeStitcher captures thoughts in “stitches,” which can be rearranged, [ ]
Here is an entertaining story I think you will enjoy. But there is a lesson: protect yourself from being used as I was. TL;DR: Insist on a two-way NDA. True story, this happened to me last week. I got a call about a consulting job: a 3-6 month contract for a Windows Visual C++ Developer, [ ]
Happy Holidays! In this busy time of year, reserve some time for another (hopefully not too expensive) chore that might be unexpected. Due to the industry push to move from the SHA-1 hashing algorithm to the more secure SHA-2 (e.g. SHA256) hashing algorithm, you may need to purchase or renew your certificates, even if they are [ ]
I run Hyper-V virtual machines (VM s). I copy and paste using the clipboard between the host and VM s, and between the VM s themselves. A lot. So it is truly annoying when the clipboard doesn t work. And no, it doesn t work if you simply do what comes naturally find the VM in the built-in Hyper-V [ ]
Juggling several client projects at once requires some sort of dedicated computer resources for each of them. Happily the state of the art makes it very easy. At first, I used just one computer and just juggled. Then I installed SysInternals Desktops to be able to switch to different screens for each client. This proved too [ ]
Let me tell you, this is my kind of book. On page 3 it has this listing: #include QApplication #include QLabel int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { QApplication app(argc, argv); QLabel *label = new QLabel( Hello Qt! ); label- show(); return app.exec(); } This opens a popup window with a label in it. Then on page 5, it [ ]
(NOTE: This post was originally published on Mar 06, 2009. It was subsequently moved to the wordpress.com blog service and updated reflect the many comments. Thank you for contributing your comments! QT IS NOW RELEASED UNDER LPGL Qt is a cross platform GUI toolkit which was acquired from Trolltech by Nokia. Starting with Qt 4.5, [ ]
One of the big benefits of being an offsite consultant is the improved quality of life. Having commuted every workday for years, it is truly a blessing to gain an extra hour or two per day, as well as the energy normally spent gritting teeth as traffic inches forward. Not to mention the gas savings [ ]
As many Windows developers know, there is no source control system that is as easy as Microsoft Visual SourceSafe. It comes with many versions of Visual Studio and is the justifiable default. We ve been using it for many years now, and laughed when we saw other developers keeping multiple directories with various versions of source [ ]
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