A passionate agile developer who's enjoying learning what's on the other side of the .NET fence. You might even find a little on GTD, Lean Startup, BDD and Usability here too. More...

Dependency Inversion Principle

Dependency Inversion Principle

Covers Dependency Injection, Service Location, TDD & Mocking (how they play together nicely), Auto-mocking, IOC tools and a little best practice.

Aug 16, 2012     No Comments
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Great Software Design Slides

Great Software Design Slides

Slides from a talk about Great Software Design. Takes in SOLID, Design Patterns, Anti-Patterns and Tips.

Jul 19, 2012     No Comments
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Sociable Software Delivery – An Introduction to BDD

Sociable Software Delivery – An Introduction to BDD

Slides from a talk about Behaviour Driven Development. From idea to working software.

Jul 10, 2012     No Comments
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The Best GTD App

The Best GTD App

A roundup of some of the best GTD apps for Android and Mac, following their in depth reviews. Only one gets chosen as the best.

Jun 19, 2012     69 Comments
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GTD App Review – Conqu

GTD App Review – Conqu

Conqu is a good, yet odd in places, looking GTD specific app for a host of platforms, including not so common ones such as Blackberry Playbook and Nook Color.

May 3, 2012     5 Comments
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GTD App Review – Nozbe

GTD App Review – Nozbe

A well thought out GTD specific app, that has some great integration with other popular services like Dropbox and Evernote.

Apr 17, 2012     8 Comments
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XKCD Couch New Feature – Remote Control

XKCD Couch New Feature – Remote Control

XKCD Couch gets a new feature. The remote control. Navigate to more comics from your couch.

Mar 18, 2012     No Comments
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Cassette. The Javascript CSS Minifying Combining Compressing Tool for ASP.NET

Cassette. The Javascript CSS Minifying Combining Compressing Tool for ASP.NET

Reducing your page load times by minifying, combining, compressing and caching your css and javascript files with Cassette.

Feb 2, 2012     No Comments
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Backbone on the Couch

Backbone on the Couch

A simple Backbone.js plugin for use in leanback apps, where someone is sat on the couch using a remote control to use your app.

Jan 30, 2012     No Comments
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Introducing XKCD Couch

Introducing XKCD Couch

An app for lounging on your couch, with your remote control, flicking through XCKD comics on your TV.

Jan 30, 2012     No Comments
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Testing Backbone with Jasmine and Sinon

Testing Backbone with Jasmine and Sinon

An example of using Jasmine and Sinon to test a Backbone app. A XKCD leanback app that will form the basis of a html5 boxee app.

Dec 23, 2011     No Comments
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Santander Login Translations

Santander Login Translations

Santanders online banking login makes me think every time I use it. Some handy translations for logging in.

Dec 21, 2011     2 Comments
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Business Model Canvas Slides @ Lean Liverpool

Business Model Canvas Slides @ Lean Liverpool

Slides from a presentation about Business Model Canvas. What it is and how you can use it with Lean Startup and Customer Development.

Dec 9, 2011     No Comments
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GTD App Review – Producteev

GTD App Review – Producteev

A beautifully designed task list app, that feels like every little piece has been well thought out and designed.

Nov 21, 2011     20 Comments
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GTD App Review – Astrid

GTD App Review – Astrid

Popular task list app for Android, that is easy to use and comes with a host of syncing options.

Nov 7, 2011     3 Comments
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GTD App Review – Wunderlist

GTD App Review – Wunderlist

A beautiful looking free app that is unbelievably simple to use. Providing that same experience across all the major platforms and devices.

Oct 25, 2011     5 Comments
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GTD App Review – Doit.im

GTD App Review – Doit.im

A fantastic multi-platform free service, designed specifically for GTD.

Oct 13, 2011     10 Comments
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GTD App Review – Toodledo

GTD App Review – Toodledo

An extremely feature rich web app but unfortunately this is also its falldown.

Oct 8, 2011     13 Comments
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GTD App Review – Due Today

GTD App Review – Due Today

Great looking app, that is easy to navigate and manage tasks on a small screen. Highly configurable.

Sep 30, 2011     3 Comments
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GTD App Review – TODO for Mac

GTD App Review – TODO for Mac

Great app with an impressive number of features whilst still managing to be easy to use

Sep 30, 2011     1 Comment
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