David Kellam

Steve Chan on Javascript tags:

… put simply, they are fuzzy dice in a car made of php

I liked that one. More on AJAX soon, once The Gatekeeper is up and suitable for public consumption.

An enlightening read: The Tao of Backup
Waterfront IT offers backup & disaster recovery systems consulting.

Kevin’s post (and the links therein) is most timely. John and I were today discussing our strategic approach for our new software (the codename keeps changing) in light of the recent Leopard announcements. Mail is broken and still will be from the looks of things. We’re going to fix it. Anyway, back to the [...]

Just read Christopher Hawkins’ post on One-Stop tech shops and had to comment. I think he’s mainly right - there’s a serious argument (backed by economic theory and history) for specialisation. There’s also serious contemporary practice for it as companies are divesting their non-core assets and concentrating on what they do best. In a society [...]

This is how job applications should be. I can show you that one. I can’t show you the applications I received for this position, but suffice it to say most came nowhere near Guy’s second version, let alone his first.
I did lament this fact to a few people, but quickly realised I should not try [...]

http://www.apple.com/getamac/drivers.html
they REALLY need to advise to look for “mac compatability”, at least (or particularly) on printers.
Even most mac-compatible printers I’ve worked with had something fucked up about their driver. e.g. My current Brother setup utility will only detect the printer when only one network interface is present.
Some MFD devices work fine as printers, but not [...]

Alright, so everybody is into this ‘web app’ thing. How is it, really?
What need does it really solve?
(Open-ended questions)
Let’s look at a few applications:
1. CRM
Example: SugarCRM (courtesy of myDataHub)
URL: demo.mydatahub.com.au
Technology:

Web 1.0 (LAMP)
Dedicated Server connected via Tier 1 peers in Australia (WebCentral)
Need solved: manage the sales process
Problem: Clients complain that it’s too slow.
Solutions:

AJAX-ify
Run a traditional app [...]

Short version:

Living in North Boring (3104)
Waterfront IT is going slowly
Just launched myDataHub (SugarCRM hosting, customisation & support)
Working on HiveServices, an eBay/YellowPages hybrid service (obviously more to it than that)
Also working on JD Enterprises (beta); smarter Mac software for smarter people
Over 2/3 of the way through my Masters now - doing Knowledge Management and [...]

Contact me for future post passwords (they’re all the same)

Update: Google are doing something similar!
Well, I’m back on dialup!
No, really, there’s nothing wrong with my adsl. In fact it’s recently been upgraded to 1500/256 at no financial cost, merely a reduction in download quota from 12GB+12GB to 5GB+5GB. I’ve purchased a dialup account for Waterfront IT’s use, and I’ve been playing around with [...]