Install multiple versions of IE for cross-browser testing

March 7, 2009 Web Design

The bane of many web desginers existence is cross-browser testing. Not every browser renders web pages in exactly the same way, so we are forced to test our designs using as many different browsers as possible to make sure that our site will look the same for all our visitors.
Even though Internet Explorer 8 [...]

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Searching for an Active Directory user with C#

March 2, 2009 Programming

Recently I had the need to add a piece of functionality to one of my web applications that allowed for users to search through Active Directory. This turned out to not be quite as simple as I would have thought, mostly due to lack of documentation. I figured I would share what I [...]

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Introducing iVanish, My 3rd iPhone App

February 25, 2009 iPhone Development

Today I am happy to announce the release of my 3rd iPhone application, iVanish.
Remember those old novelty pens where the woman’s clothes disappeared when you tilted the pen? With iVanish, you can have that same novelty gag on your iPhone or iPod Touch!
For those keeping score at home, iVanish is the app that I previously [...]

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Getting started with iPhone development: Learning how to use the Interface Builder

February 21, 2009 iPhone Development

Over the past couple of months, I’ve found myself diving into the land of iPhone development. I’m doing it mostly just for fun and for the learning experience, but who knows, maybe I’ll even make a few bucks in the process.

One of the first things that you need to figure out when learning to [...]

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You are using source control, aren’t you?

February 16, 2009 Programming

For something that is so important to the software development process, I am continually amazed at how many developers are still not using source control. There’s a good reason why using source control is #1 on The Joel Test: any development team that is writing coding without it is asking for trouble.
One of the [...]

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Twitter hit hard by a social engineering attack

February 12, 2009 Security

Earlier today, Twitter was hit with a classic social engineering attack. Tweets started showing up everywhere with a simple “Don’t Click” message and a link. Being the curious human beings that we are, we couldn’t resist not clicking the link! Besides – the message was coming from a friend, how could it [...]

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