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Sometimes the Internet is great – you can find exactly what you’re looking for, quickly and easily. Other times, it takes you down a rabbit hole of different sites that may provide the right answer but, more often than not, the 90% rule is often true. So when we decided to consolidate our multiple git … Read more
I’ve started listening to Tim Crawford’s Cautionary Tales podcast recently and aside from listening to enjoyable tales of design mess-ups and warfare losses, the most recent episode Bowie, Jazz and the Unplayable Piano has given me two of the things I love about great podcasts: -they make me think– they introduce me to something I’ve never … Read more
In the latest FoxShow episode, I interview Robert van der Hulst, one of the main leads on the xSharp project. Unlike many product team leads, Robert has a secret advantage – he actually USES the product. The interview answers a number of questions VFP developers may have about this initiative. While he’s been a direct … Read more
It’s funding (whether private or public) that decides the reality of ideas like GPS, interstellar travel, the Internet and more – what would you pay for? f you listen to podcasts and haven’t listened to Levar Burton reads, you may want to consider it. It does offer some very interesting stories and Levar’s readings are … Read more
Southwest Fox is coming up in October and as I do every year, I spoke with the organizers Rick, Doug and Tamar on the FoxShow. Deadlines for Southwest Fox: Super-saver price (before July 1): $695Early-bird price (before August 1): $770Regular price (August 1 and later): $820 This year, I took a different approach with separate … Read more
Twenty-thousand Hertz just had a spectacular episode – Sonic Illusions. I encourage everyone to listen to it and perhaps more importantly the underlying message. It starts off referring to the whole Yanni Laurel thing which has been explained in a number of places but one of the psychologists, Diana Deutsch, noted that the idea of … Read more
One thing I’ve noticed in larger organizations is that there would be a seemingly sporadic initiative to move employees into different office spaces. Most recently, I left my office to go to a meeting. During the meeting, I received a message telling me that my office had been moved – all within an hour! Yikes! … Read more
FoxPro VFP I was in a meeting the other day and someone mentioned Visual FoxPro 10. Well, we all know this doesn’t exist but I received a follow-up email with a note from the developer of the LienWriter. Definitely curious, I took a look online. There were some posts online about it but nothing really … Read more
I think I’m getting old….and it’s a sign of the times that being old means you’re looking for blog posts about conferences rather than looking for tweets or Facebook videos. The main reason I mention it is that a full week after the conference and searching for “Southwest Fox VFP” turns up four links to swfox.org … Read more
In years gone by, whenever an application had a problem, you could always count on certain steps from tech support (the three Rs) 1. Reindex (if a database application) 2. Reboot 3. Reinstall But I’ve been spoiled in recent years by the iPhone where this seemed to be a thing of the past. This might … Read more