What does it take to be a CEO?

{ Posted on Nov 21 2008 by david }
Categories : Business
I recently quit my job to (re)start my own software company so I decided to do some research to find out more about the responsibilities of a CEO. During the search I found a great article from Steve Robbins in which ...Read More »

More photos in the gallery

{ Posted on Jul 05 2007 by david }
Categories : Photography
I have a lot of photos lying around and I’m putting them up as I have time. Here are some newer ones from last year. Enjoy! Read More »

Photos of San Francisco Fireworks

{ Posted on Jul 04 2007 by david }
Categories : Photography
I have posted some of my photos that I took from the 2007 fireworks in San Francisco, California. Check them out! Read More »

My predictions about the success of Apple’s iPhone

{ Posted on Jun 28 2007 by david }
Categories : Apple, Business, Technology
After digesting all of the stories, videos, blogs and comments on the ‘Net, I make my predictions about the success of the iPhone. Here we are on the eve of what is arguably the hottest product launch in the history of ...Read More »

Converting journal entries from Outlook to MacJournal

{ Posted on Jun 24 2007 by david }
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Categories : Python
I wrote a Python script to convert a journal file export from Microsoft Outlook to one which can be read by MacJournal. It requires the Python module csv (included with Python 2.3 or later) Run the script like so: ./outlook2macjournal.py [input_file] [output_file] If no ...Read More »

Ditching Zope and Plone for simplicity and creativity!

{ Posted on Jun 23 2007 by david }
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Categories : Misc, Technology
To be fair, I had found a theme plug-in that was a template which could be used to create your own theme. I knew that I could do it, but also knew that it was going to take time. For ...Read More »

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, which DVCS should I let go?

{ Posted on Jul 18 2006 by david }
Categories : Technology
A critical tool in a programmer’s chest includes a version control system (VCS) to keep track of software changes. I was initially going to install the Subversion VCS for my new projects, but decided to look around for other alternatives. ...Read More »

Teaching an older Macintosh how to use large, modern hard drives.

{ Posted on Jul 13 2006 by david }
Categories : Apple
When I received the hard drive I put it in my FireVue, an external firewire enclosure I bought many moons ago from a company called Granite Digital. …The punch-line to this story is that all computers and hard drive hardware having ...Read More »

Searching for Artificial Intelligence

{ Posted on Apr 30 2006 by david }
Categories : Programming
Over the past week I have been doing some research on the Internet to learn a little about AI. I want to create an intelligent scheduling algorithm, so figured I would delve into the world of AI ...Read More »

Freezing away my Nokia woes

{ Posted on Apr 24 2006 by david }
Categories : Geek
The biggest problem which still plagues my Nokia 6600 is that the phone is difficult to turn on after it has been turned off. When I try to turn it on the backlight will illuminate, but the boot ...Read More »