Always an interesting task figuring out what the next generation of a software will be. I'm mostly happy with what I have in quoteurltext, but there is always room for improvement. I'm looking at ways I can improve the capabilities. Perhaps giving more options for quote templates? Or adding a web service integration to allow users to store quotes to servers? Not sure I want to run a software as a service around this, but the concept is kinda neat.
That kinda give me an idea of a plugin that syncs with my history and my quotes to give me the paths I follow from a given quote. Or a way to interact with the web of sites connected to quoted material. Actually, let me take that step forward -- linking items chronologically as well as thematically.
That could be fun to write. Have a service that accepts a quote, source, timestamp and tags. Then generate maps that link items based on tags, or timestamp/progressions or any combo there of. Ambitious, but interesting. The tough part would be the visualization tech. Perhaps Flex?
Friday, March 14, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Certified Madness
Looking at the certification stuff for work again. Management has decided it would be best if we would all certify with as many product certifications as possible. Not my favorite route. I suppose I can study up and certify for WSTC, but I think I need to grow my skills in other areas. I'm also debating further career certification, either for Senior IT Specialist, or IT Architect. I need to find the architectural thinking course to complete my coursework for IT Architect.
The plus side is this stuff carries very nicely with the Open Group Certifications.
Perhaps I could get my LSI cert or a Zend Cert. Not really what my mangement is looking for, but I'm looking for a little more diversity in my path.
The plus side is this stuff carries very nicely with the Open Group Certifications.
Perhaps I could get my LSI cert or a Zend Cert. Not really what my mangement is looking for, but I'm looking for a little more diversity in my path.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
blogger blogger blogger
So started exploring the blogger interface today, to see what it can do. Went to the Edit Posts tab and found a) I had a few posts that I had roughed out and forgotten and b) there are more comments than I had realized. Need to figure out a way to get alerted when I get comments.
Looking for ways to integrate what I do daily with blogger. Looking for the API to see what tools have been created and what tools I have to work with. Google has such fun APIs to deal with, I really want to figure out how to play with them more.
Looking for ways to integrate what I do daily with blogger. Looking for the API to see what tools have been created and what tools I have to work with. Google has such fun APIs to deal with, I really want to figure out how to play with them more.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
ah progress
A few hours after I post QuoteURLText with FF3b3 compatibility, they provide FF3b4.
I'll catch up with it tomorrow.
I'll catch up with it tomorrow.
Monday, March 10, 2008
New Quotetexturl
Released the new version of QuoteURLText today -v1.0.8. This one has been updated for Firefox 3.0b3. I've added a debug mode to try and figure out what's been going on with some of the strange versions I've been seeing. We'll see if it helps with error reports.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Updates and such
Thanks to Amy for reminding me 10 to midnite that I still need to post.
So searching further for a server solution for the house, the build vs buy debate seems to be falling clearly toward build. The max memory supported from most of the desktop machines out there seems to be 8GB of memory. Normally more that enough, but if I max it out now, can I expand later? I've found a few motherboards that support 16 GB of memory. I'll probably only max out at 8 GB for now, but nice to know I have some headroom available.
Coded up some updates to QuoteURLText. Submitted for review. Should publish version 1.0.7 sometime tomorrow. I'll link when I get confirmation. Reading thru the reviews and comments there seems to be a set of errors that I haven't been able to track down. I've added a debug mode so we'll see if that helps me figure out what's going on.
So searching further for a server solution for the house, the build vs buy debate seems to be falling clearly toward build. The max memory supported from most of the desktop machines out there seems to be 8GB of memory. Normally more that enough, but if I max it out now, can I expand later? I've found a few motherboards that support 16 GB of memory. I'll probably only max out at 8 GB for now, but nice to know I have some headroom available.
Coded up some updates to QuoteURLText. Submitted for review. Should publish version 1.0.7 sometime tomorrow. I'll link when I get confirmation. Reading thru the reviews and comments there seems to be a set of errors that I haven't been able to track down. I've added a debug mode so we'll see if that helps me figure out what's going on.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Home Servers
I'm considering upgrading the house server. I currently have an old Athlon 2000 running as my main server. I've got it Ubuntu Gutsy with Apache and a few other knick-knacks installed. I've been playing around with VMWare server for the past year or so and I've decided I'd like to have a heafy box at home to handle a couple of virtual images.
I'd like to be able to run images I use for work from the server rather than running them from my laptop, unfortunately that requires a ton of memory. So looking for a decent box with a ton of memory to keep multiple VMs up and running. I was considering buying but after exploring the options it might just be best to build to get what I'm after.
I'd like to be able to run images I use for work from the server rather than running them from my laptop, unfortunately that requires a ton of memory. So looking for a decent box with a ton of memory to keep multiple VMs up and running. I was considering buying but after exploring the options it might just be best to build to get what I'm after.
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