Message-based Chrome Extension incorporating JQuery

by Paul Heath on May 9, 2010

I have a Twilio Tweet to thank for getting me involved in the whole idea of exploring chrome extensions. Intrigued, I looked at a few videos on “how easy” it was to build a Chrome Extension, so I set forth. In the end, it’s really not tough, although there was some fiddling to do and [...]

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HTML5 Client Side Storage

by Paul Heath on April 19, 2010

As of this writing there is a lot of noise around HTML5. Given the varying levels of browser support for the new HTML5 features, it’s definitely a question of “who’s on first”. I’ll attempt to make sense out of one aspect of HTML5, albeit a pretty significant one, that of Client Side Storage. In the [...]

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Cocktails

April 18, 2010

I have to thank my good friend Erik Christenson of WIN Home Inspection Bellevue fame for his encyclopedic knowledge of mixology – I have picked up more than a few tips from him along the way … following are some favorites: Chef Pablo’s Classic Margarita Per Serving: 2oz Silver Tequila 1oz Triple Sec 1oz Freshly [...]

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The executive’s guide to software product innovation

April 6, 2010

There are plenty of good ideas in the world, there is an abundance of IQ, and good talent is now available on a global scale. So why is successful innovation so elusive for so many? Let’s start with one of my favorite quotes: “Talent is cheap, execution is the expensive part”. We’re often hear that [...]

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Why do people fumble at Subway?

March 26, 2010

EVERY SINGLE TIME I visit Subway, I see someone turn into a big pile of uncertain mess when ”the pressure is finally on” to order their sandwich … despite my impatience, I find the spectacle somewhat amusing. Doesn’t really matter what they look like (Suit, Overalls, Male, Female, Just got back from the gym …) [...]

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The Perfect Butt? Just Say NO to Low and Slow

March 24, 2010

Of course I’m talking about Boston Butt, you know, the pork shoulder – boneless. We had some foodie friends over last weekend – all four of them are seriously good cooks, so I had to bring my “A” game. My smoked butts (2 of them) turned out well enough I’m going to share the techniques. [...]

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Add Click-to-call to your blog for 3c/minute

March 6, 2010

This is a great service from Twilio.com – they do an excellent job of making this a relatively easy integration task for the functionality you’re getting. If you want more sophistication, you can write some code to develop custom call center apps. Sample Scenario A prospect or customer comes to your blog/site and wants someone [...]

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Thesis WordPress Theme and custom_functions.php

March 5, 2010

If you ever try to edit this and make a mistake, your site is down! Yes – pretty drastic and even if you correct the mistake in the editor, it retains the invalid code (out of view) – nice! So, no matter what you do in the editor, from this point forward, it always says [...]

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Social Computing Guidelines

March 4, 2010

Following is a link to IBM’s social computing guidelines along with an easier to follow video. Much of it is common sense, but as a policy, and a business owner, it is wise to spell it all out and have each employee read and signoff on their understanding of the same. Of particular note is [...]

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Affordable JVM Cloud Hosting

March 3, 2010

The fact that Ruby on Rails (RoR) and PHP can run on shared hosting (e.g. BlueHost.com) for $7/mo with 12-month minimum,or for free at Joyent.com thanks to a Yahoo promo, it’s no wonder the adoption is so widespread in the dev community. However, thanks to Rackspace and their Linux-based cloud offering, a 512MB Cloud Server [...]

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