October 2008

Gregor Always Was A Mountain

October 18, 2008

I should have done this when I started my latest re-read of A Song Of Ice And Fire. But anyway .. A Game Of Thrones, Sansa 2 (Chapter 30) Image via Wikipedia Gregor Clegane is such a massive character. From the moment he was introduced, I was intrigued. It’s the way GRRM paints him. So [...]

Tagged as: a song of ice and fire, george rr martin

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Order In Context (Part 2)

October 14, 2008

I’ve been doing more work on a system which needs to model Relationships (see the first post in this Series). The Relationship table is set and cannot be changed by the User. I realise you could handcode the Relationships themselves, maybe as Equates, but I prefer to create a Table. Values in the Relationship table [...]

Tagged as: data modelling

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$10 Million To Make A Clarion .Net Ad

October 14, 2008

Let’s say you were tasked with the job of coming up with an advertising campaign for Clarion dot Net. What would you do? Here’s an idea to kick things off, although anyone who’s listened to the podcast will already know it. The Focal point of the campaign is the word "Rad". It’s said by a [...]

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The Revamped Clarion Podcast, #1, Is Live!

October 14, 2008

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] WARNING: This is a large mp3 file, 70+ megs. Apologies, I’ll be trimming the structure for next time. Hosts Bruce Johnson http://www.capesoft.com http://www.clarionshop.com Dave Harms http://www.clarionmag.com Kim Davies http://www.agedcaresoftware.com Stu Andrews http://clarionfolk.com Some Of The Things We Talk About: Nettalk 5 Clarionmag rewrite Marketing ideas for Clarion Important [...]

Tagged as: clarion folklore

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Who Is ChattyDM And Why Should You Care?

October 12, 2008

I’m starting a series. It’s about people. The idea is to _point_ to people.   Who is ChattyDM? About three weeks ago, exploring deep into an ancient Mayan temple as I do every September, I came across a scroll. It was old. Old and older. A prophesy of great power. It said .. That Phil [...]

Tagged as: chattydm

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What I’ve Been Up To

October 8, 2008

I’ve just put the Clarion Folk podcast live. It’s over an hour, which is too long. Will be trimming the structure for next time. Chris Brogan gave me the thumbs up to post on DadOMatic, which I just did now, here. It’s a fantastic site, something that struck a chord in me the first article/post [...]

Tagged as: clarion folk, dadomatic, flashdevelop, the plastic detectives

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Why I’m Not A "Mad Professor Genius" Programmer

October 2, 2008

Hi, my name is Stu, and I”m a .. ??? Two posts I”ve just read (thanks to Lindsay for posting them on FriendFeed) have sparked my mind into action. 1. Do you know any programmers that exhibit these personality traits? 2. How to get the most out of your Eccentric Programmer/"Genius" Lispy, the author, seems [...]

Tagged as: software development

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