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SaaS Integration: Multi-Step Workflows & The Category’s Future

Retrieving and remixing data from web APIs and SaaS through two or more steps is a decade-old idea, starting with Yahoo Pipes in 2007 if not earlier (screenshot above from Derek… Read more »

user experience, web apps & SaaS, web services & APIs   

Mount, Backup, Sync: Flexible Cloud Storage Options for Windows Users

Cloud storage for consumers and small businesses (i.e. not enterprise) has “traditionally” been associated with the concept of syncing a dedicated local folder with the cloud, because it’s the way… Read more »

cool tools   

Combine PhpStorm with Browser Dev Tools on Windows For Top Productivity

Following my entries on PhpStorm and Docker, here are my notes on the state of browser dev tools. When working on a website, especially if you’re doing full-stack work that… Read more »

building online products, cool tools   

Robots Everywhere: Orchard Edition

You may think apple picking is the sort of  inexpensive yet complex enough labor that it’s not worth automating. You’d be wrong. Abundant Robotics’ prototype is still slow but you can… Read more »

cool tools   

How to Find & Open Any File In a Jiffy with Launchy + Everything + Dopus

Here’s a quick animated gif showing how I use Launchy to send scoped searches to Everything, leading to opening folders in Directory Opus or files in their associated app.

cool tools   

Interesting Design Pattern: Content Organized by Date

I’ve noticed in several apps and sites lately that the way they organize content based on date metadata ends up being pretty convenient. What these apps have in common is that you… Read more »

best & worst practices, meta-tagging the universe, software   

Using Docker Instead of Vagrant for Web Dev on a Windows PC

I started using Vagrant to develop Linux-based websites on my Windows desktop in 2014, as an upgrade from running XAMPP. At the time there were significant practical differences between Vagrant and Docker, but… Read more »

building online products, management & operations, software   

PhpStorm Integration & Productivity Tips for Windows-Hosted PHP Dev [Visual Guide]

Along with my recent move from Vagrant to Docker I decided to revisit a number of tooling choices that I hadn’t second-guessed in a couple of years. The best new… Read more »

cool tools, software   

Favorite New Office 2016 Feature: Tell Me

“Tell Me” is Microsoft’s infamous Clippy finally done right, and somehow I hadn’t paid attention until very recently. It gives unobtrusive help when you need it, focused on task completion… Read more »

best & worst practices, user experience   

Integrating Judo and BJJ for Effective, Holistic Grappling

When I was learning judo as a kid while growing up in France in the early 80s, ground work (aka newaza) was a significant component of the art, especially as… Read more »

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