Standard Deviation has a new home. Well, technically, it still has its old home… Anyway…
As a result of my newest acquisition, you can now access this blog via http://blog.stdeviation.com
In other news, later this week I head to Brisbane to attend CITCON (Continuous Integration and Testing Conference). In addition...
The whole cross-site aggregation thing seems to be taking off… and it’s clear why.
People don’t want to visit fifteen different websites in order to find the best deals. They want to visit one site, find what they’re after and make the purchase.
Similar to Adioso (see previous post), www.booko.com.au...
Adioso.com scrapes the websites of Australia’s most common carriers (including discount carriers) and displays them in nicely formatted and easy to read feed. By default, all results are sorted from cheapest to most expensive and include validity dates.
I’ve been using this site for the last few weeks and it’s...
As most iPhone users know, the headphones bundled with the iPhone 3G include an integrated remote answer / ipod controller and microphone. The remote control component is an extremely useful feature for those who hit the gym regularly allowing for quick and easy navigation of ones music library without having to interrupt...
Recently, a few of us got into a mini-debate about the pro’s and con’s of regression testing and its use on recent projects. Whilst there’s no doubt regression testing is an important part of any project, the question remains “how much is enough?”.
There’s an interesting article by Bj...
Every now and then amongst countless discussions about project schedules and resourcing, something comes from left field and completely throws you off balance.
Today, it was a fluorescent green hula hoop.
I don’t know why… and I don’t know how it came to be positioned at my desk… but it was. Ultimately,...
UPDATE 20/03/09: GM version of Internet Explorer 8.0 is now available.
Download it at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/worldwide-sites.aspx
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 was released to public today…
Download available via:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?pocId=&freetext=Windows%20Internet%20Explorer%208%20Release%20Candidate&DisplayLang=en#
I’ve been taking advantage of the iPhones Exchange mail support for several months now. Overall, its been a rather uneventful experience. It seems to do what it claims to do… allowing me to send and receive mail via our corporate exchange server… unexciting but convenient.
A couple of weeks ago, I encountered...
I don’t intend on using this as an advertising platform… except when something really cool pops up… like this…
www.syncplicity.com
Syncplicity allows you to sync files between multiple computers. Files can be synced between home pc’s, laptops and work pc’s. Changing a file on one machine...
Cross-browser related issues have plagued the work I’ve been doing lately. It’s no surprise really… we’ve started to use more complex JavaScript and CSS in an effort to improve the usability of our website.
Needless to say, cross-browser testing is a necessary evil. Whilst browser support statistics...
