You will eventually own a smart watch.
Until recently, I was convinced smartwatches are cute gadgets but they are not very useful. I mean, you have a cell phone already. After spending some time with Android Wear, I’m sold, these are going to become very popular. I’ll try and explain why in this blog post.
A few odds and ends
I have a few odds and ends that I have been trying to put together into full posts, but for now it’s not gonna happen. Instead, I’ll share some thoughts as previews for posts that may or may not happen in the near or far future.
Manipulating sites using the DOM editor in Chrome
Ever visit a site and there’s just something about how it looks that you don’t like? Ever want to modify elements of your site in real-time without having to refresh the page? You can do all of this and more…
Creating HTML documentation in C# using Visual Studio and Sandcastle
I had a coworker ask me today about creating documentation in C#/.NET ala javadoc by rendering embedded developer remarks into HTML. It’s actually pretty simple to do because most developers use the built-in XML documentation features of Visual Studio when…
Random useful stuff
Image by SP8254 Every day I find things that are insanely nice to have or useful. These things vary from a blog post that saves me hours of abort/retry/fail to really handy utilities and fancy frameworks. It’s worth mentioning a…
Remote mounting SSH filesystems from Windows 8
There are a number of great reasons to mount SSH filesystems from Windows, and there is a great library and utility, Dokan SSH Filesystem, that makes it really easy to do. First, you need to download the Dokan library. This…
Getting an activity ID from a Google+ Post URL
Taking the URL to a post and then determining the post ID for additional API calls is a little tricky but also fundamental for the Google+ public data API. First, you have to list activities and then search through them…
Pimp my MacBook
I recently started at Google and the first thing that happened on start for me was I was issued a brand new MacBook Air. I just barely missed the newly released version based on the Ivy Bridge and including a…
Top dev resources for Windows Consumer Preview
Just a few months after the Developer Preview, the Windows team has released the Windows 8 Consumer preview. In case you didn’t notice, we have been working our butts off. So, if you’re foaming at the mouth to get the latest dev…
Odds and Ends: apps and tools worth mentioning
The following list covers a few of my favorite apps from over the years and mind you is in no particular order: 1) Sonique – One of the most unique MP3 players of all time, this project was killed after…