Category Archives for tools
Google Announces App Inventor
Google announced App Inventor today, what seems to be “drag-and-drop” Android app maker for non-programmers. Anyone had a chance to play around with it yet? It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out for Google. On one hand, I … Continue reading
Pomodoro Technique Test Run
Earlier today, I stumbled across this article on lifehacker about the Pomodoro technique–ironically, it was while I was wasting time on Google Reader. I had heard of it before and it was recommended to me in my previous post on … Continue reading
Too Much Screen Real Estate?
photo from lifehacker Is that even possible? Engineers at Google either had one 30 inch monitor, or two slightly smaller ones. But many people also had “acquired” more monitors. 3 or 4 was not uncommon. After leaving, I adjusted to … Continue reading
Moving/Unpacking
The past week we’ve been packing, moving and unpacking. We are still unpacking, but the bulk is done. Packing and moving always seems like a ridiculously daunting task, and well, it is. I am happy to say I am a … Continue reading
Time Tracker for Productivity
I realized last week that I didn’t really know how much time I was spending each day on my webapp. Maybe 2, maybe 8, who knows? It’s hard to say because sometimes I get distracted, and oh! google reader has … Continue reading
DigitalColor Meter FTW!
DigitalColor Meter is a built-in Mac app that is oh-so-handy! A lot of “color picker” apps have an interface where you pick a color on a color circle and it tells you the corresponding RGB values. This can be useful … Continue reading
Source Control Nightmare
After two weeks of working with no source control (gasp) I decided it was time… I’d previously only used SVN at school briefly (a few weeks), and Perforce at Google, so I wasn’t too picky about which source control tool … Continue reading
Up and running on AppEngine!
Yay, I read up on Datastore today and got a basic insert and get from datastore working, and deployed a very basic “hello world” type app to app engine! Above is a cute logo mashup I found on the Google … Continue reading
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?
I spent the day getting some end-to-end functionality using GWT and mysql. Little did I know my web hosting service (dreamhost) doesn’t support java servlets. Tyler suggested I double check that I could run the backend before I go too … Continue reading
Top 10 Google Tools for People Who Build Websites
Interesting article I found this morning on The Best Article Everyday Blog. While it’s mostly tools I’m familiar with, it’s nice to see them all in one place for reference. Written by Jacob Gube 1. Google Chrome Developer Tools Most developers … Continue reading