Month: May 2011
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Create data centric products to get rich
Data, not software, paves the road to riches via Data, not software, paves the road to riches • The Register. This is an interesting article. I would also add that data is the only long-term competitive advantage. With any product you want a positive feedback effect; each new sale should increase the value of the…
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FogBugz training tip: take care with Windows symlinks in Mercurial (Kiln)
We had a strange problem this weekend. I develop on Windows 7, my co-worker uses Ubuntu. After he upgraded his Ubuntu and got a more recent version of Mercurial he could no longer download the repository. The problem was that Ubuntu hg was choking on a file that had once been a Windows symlink. Some…
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Play a wav sound when your ant build has completed
I have spent the day doing various ant builds. I leave the build running and sometimes don’t notice that it has finished or failed along the way. Wouldn’t it be nice if the ant script went beep on success or failure? Well at the Windows 7 command prompt you can do prompt> (CALL ant dist…
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ElephantPM is now on Twitter
You can now follow me on Twitter @ElephantPM. In a quirk of self referential fate this blog posting will now be syndicated on Twitter.
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Amazon IAM does not support Elastic Beanstalk
Amazon Identity and Authorisation Management is now out of beta and has both a GUI and a command line unfortunately it still does not work with Elastic Beanstalk. It gets worse. You single username and password provides complete access to all Amazon properties including shopping and associates. So unless you want to share this with…
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Android Market goes commercial in 131 countries
Android Market goes commercial in 131 countries. Everywhere except China. via Android Market goes commercial in 131 countries • The Register.
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New graphics engine hack risk to Firefox 4 and Chrome users
I am have not upgraded to Firefox 4 yet because I am waiting for the bugs to shake out. The Register reports a potentially serious issue. … On Tuesday, members of the US-CERT echoed the advice that WebGL be disabled. So far, neither Context nor CERT has given instructions for turning off the standard in…
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Elastic Beanstalk review
I have been doing a small scale trial of Amazon’s Elastic Beanstalk. I have previously trialled Rackspace cloud. I am impressed Amazon’s with the ease of use and configuratibility. Amazon’s is very much the techies’ solution. Although Amazon Web Services console is very easy to use and a great way to get started you can…
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FogBugz and Mercurial training in London
One seat left for FogBugz and Mercurial training in London next Tuesday. 60% discount. Call 07989 381331 for details.
Dr James Bayley 