The Evolved ISV

The articles, thoughts and ramblings about running a UK based Micro ISV (small software business)

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Twitter

Working this morning out of the office; at parents. They play with Dylan – I get some work done! #
Time for a caffeine slingshot. Double espresso and a 30 minute kip. BRB! #
Ok so I'm lying thereon my caffeine high, dreaming up all kinds of applications for the iPad. I'm thinking fixed kiosks for small [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Twitter

Bill Gates' brilliant talk at TED 2010: "Innovating to Zero": http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/767 #
It looks like some recent Windows update has screwed with my Oracle developer installation. Gee, thanks. Thankfully I can VMWare rollback! #
Finally I can get on with my tasks for the day. Have just spent the whole evening fighting Oracle, NHibernate & refactoring 100's [...]

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I’ve got an iPad!

February 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · General, Hardware and Gadgets

The iPad is due for official retail release in the UK in April starting from £389 (inc VAT) for the WiFi only, 16gb model. Thankfully, it looks like the price difference between the US and the UK is negligible and you might even be better off purchasing in the UK if you’re VAT registered and [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

February 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Twitter

The inner juvinile in me found this news report amusing! (Google Street View Protest w/ Pantless Protesters) http://bit.ly/coYu1P #
I'm considering email/phone offline day(s) so I can get a full 8 hour uninterrupted software development session done. Anyone else do this? #
Back from taking Dylan to Orthapediac appt. 2.5 year wait but he's getting some tailored [...]

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Is your wireless connection dropping constantly?

February 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

It was back in 2002 when I got my first wireless router. Wireless routers were in their infancy and hardly anyone had broadband never mind the awesomeness of now ubiquitous wireless broadband. Eight years ago I was newly married and renting a two bedroom flat in a new housing estate in Aldershot, working the day [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

February 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Twitter

Just upgrading MBP hard drive from 64 to 160GB. Now I'll be able to fit Windows back on it too, in a few hours after Time Machine is done! #
Do I want to get Bioshock 2 for PC? Enjoyed bits of the first one but also have ME2 & DA:O to distract me from my [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

February 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Twitter

Sharing: BETA testers wanted: FreeAgent Receipts Uploader (webcam to FAC software) – Hello everybody,
<br /&g… http://gsfn.us/t/pmqs #
Nice trip to the Village Hotel in Farnborough again tonight. Quick spot of code checking in and catch up on the news before bed. #
United Nations web (uniosil.org) has been hacked by anti-Israel hackers. Any UN staff watching [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

January 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Twitter

Why do the TV licensing people presume that everybody watches TV? I have a TV, yes – connected to aerial? No. Tuned? No. Movies & Xbox FWIW. #
Chasing a database connection issue around in circles for half an hour. Need 60ml of Espresso. Stat! #
Today I wrote 100 lines of code and removed 130 lines [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Twitter

Clients are like buses… You know the rest, I just wish I could clone me, or make a better me! :p #
Just ordered a three year warranty top up (an extra two years) on my Macbook Pro from Woolies for £29. (RRP £199). Hope it's not a misprice! #
Visual Studio tools down. Button pressed on [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

January 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Twitter

Doing my VAT return, five minutes to check the transactions in FreeAgent and to paste the values into VAT Solver and to click "send" #
Just placed an order for some Skype credit and then realised QuidCo are doing 25% cashback and I didn't go through QuidCo! D'oh! #
In an Italian mood [...]

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