Like many people that work in front of their PC’s and Macs, I spend a bit of time on different types of calls; mobile, landline, Skype, and Conference Calls. I am my Skype and my iPhone a lot, but never seem to find a happy place for what devices I use to listen to or speak on. My solution so far...

I have decided to blog about this, as I have had never ending problems in the past to try and get this configured. Here is the scenario; you have a project that requires hosting a single website in a single web domain, but you have a mix of PHP applications and Java (or in my instance, GRAILS) applications...

So you wake up in a cold sweat one night as you are in a ‘half sleep”. While you were in this delirious moment, you conjure up the most amazing idea that is going to make you a bazillion dollars and no one has done it before!!!!! ho hum…………………..BORING!!!! This...

This morning I came across the most inspiring web site – http://www.24hour-startup.com/. (watch the 3 minute video presentation here) Basically the idea was a bunch of developers, business guys and designers got together and delivered a startup, from start to finish in 24 hours. And I mean START...

In a recent project I was working on I had a requirement to be able to set up Quartz jobs programatically as the application is running. So in other words, when the app is started, there are no jobs scheduled or running, but through a user interface, create jobs and schedule them. I could not find any...

Don’t you find that when you get a small team working on a project, that they end up being far more productive compared to when you load that team up with many developers, designers, testers etc? Well I have, so much so, that I tried to formalize it at Aegeon. We called it ‘trailblazing’...

I recently read a blog posting from Seth Godin, that really hit the spot with me. Selling to business (particularly to small business) can be particularly challenging. Not only will they want exceptional value for their investment and ensure low costs, but they are extremely sceptical. More so than consumers....

We are all excited about what is install for us as the web evolves. Web 2.0 and Social Networking are so parsé, when are we going to get something new? I have been keeping a close eye on discussions about Social Computing. And you may have also seen a recent post of mine where I discuss “Connected...

I know there is a lot of developers kicking and screaming when they see this, but hear me out, as it is important for the success of your project/product and your sanity and the business being happy with you as a developer. Lets get one thing straight; REQUIREMENTS WILL CHANGE! I cannot stress this enough....

Often we find the challenge of turning an idea into reality quite daunting. And rightly so, its not easy. But the fact is, if you apply a) a process, and b) the discipline, you can get this done. The discipline is difficult and really up to you, but the process can certainly be challenging, and this...