http://adamcaudill.com Adam's view on technology, software development, and world domination. Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:57:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Once again, I've decided to switch email clients; this time from The Bat to Gmail, or more specifically, to Google Apps. After some recent issues with The Bat (mostly relating to a recent update), I decided to make another go at switching to Gmail; but this time trying the Google ... http://adamcaudill.com/2007/10/09/switching-to-gmail-again/ I recently heard about JungleDrive (hat tip: Ryan), and decided that might be the backup solution I've been looking for. I've got thousands of pictures, hundreds of megabytes of source code, and documents dating back several years, all of which I'd like to ensure I never loose. So far I've ... http://adamcaudill.com/2007/08/27/backups-with-jungledrive/ Well, it was a while back that I said I would start writing again - that just never quite happened. Much interesting has happened in these months, a few co-workers left the company, a few new faces came in; there was also a promotion and a number of new projects. Oh, ... http://adamcaudill.com/2007/08/25/well-looks-like-i-was-wrong/ Later this week I'll start the process of closing my start-up, aDeVIX Software. After months of planning and development, the decision has finally been made to call it a day. It was a great idea, but time and money conspired against us, with great effect. We had a great product in ... http://adamcaudill.com/2007/05/27/another-one-bites-the-dust/ Well, it was about a month ago that I wrote commenting on being sick, and letting you all know that I would be getting back to my normal writing schedule. That didn't happen. Work happened. All my time since then has been spent managing between 2 and 5 developers, and trying ... http://adamcaudill.com/2007/05/27/a-bit-behind/ About six months ago, I predicted the end of the Valleyschwag project, that prediction recently came to pass. The Valleyscwag team recently announced the last 'issue' and the end of the schwag express. I knew it was coming, looks like I called it a bit too soon. The model they ... http://adamcaudill.com/2007/04/15/so-ends-the-river-of-schwag/ A bit over a month ago, I came down with a nasty cold and things have been slipping since then. It's taken me quite some to recover. This site, a number of personal projects and just about everything else has been neglected. Today is the first day in weeks I've ... http://adamcaudill.com/2007/03/22/under-the-weather/ For those that missed it (like me), the Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines has been updated with some additional content. This update add content in the following areas: Software Branding Confirmations Warnings Toolbars Sound Icons These guidelines are crucial to ensure the most consistent user experience possible. Though many don't, this is a document that all developers ... http://adamcaudill.com/2007/03/01/windows-vista-user-experience-guidelines/ The latest and greatest version of WordPress (the software that powers this site) has been released. This release looks to be mainly small fixes; nothing earth shattering this time around. As always, painless upgrade, and all seems to be working well. As I didn't see a package for just the changed ... http://adamcaudill.com/2007/02/21/wordpress-211/ The great Lutz Roeder has released a new version of the .NET Reflector. From what I've seen; this version is extremely nice. This has long been an required tool of any serious developer. With this update Reflector has reinforced its position in the list of tools you just can't live ... http://adamcaudill.com/2007/02/20/net-reflector-v5-released/