It’s been a busy time at Esendex Towers because behind the scenes we’ve created a whole new service for anyone whose wanting to blog on the move. BlogIt is a free service where you can sign up to be able to blog by text message. There are a lot of fancy mobile phones out there… Continue reading Blog It!
Category: devices
Windows Alive
In a way, Microsoft are trying (seemingly desperately) to play catch up. This is an ironic statement in itself being the market leader in so many sectors of the computing world. Windows Live services have been trying to keep pace with the various Google Apps that have been appearing, including Google Docs & Spreadsheets etc.… Continue reading Windows Alive
You don’t know XBox Live
Regardless of your thoughts on the various merits of each of the games consoles jostling for the top spot, the XBox 360 has the upper edge for me every time. Yes, the Nintendo Wii is amazingly addictive, but the Wiimote is often jittery and lacks accuracy at times (why bother with skill when you can… Continue reading You don’t know XBox Live
Having a Ballmer
“I would love to see all open source innovation happen on top of Windows” Ballmer: All open source dev should happen on Windows | The Register Obviously all that flapping up and down screaming “Developers, developers, developers, developers” (see after the break) has starved Steve Ballmer of critical oxygen supply to his brain of late.… Continue reading Having a Ballmer
Test Driven Documentation
Esendex fully embraces the idea of test-driven development (TDD), something I was introduced to during my time at Fujitsu-Siemens Computers. Microsoft have just released a new MSDN site called the Tester Center Home. Whilst I’m sure its got some useful information on it, the matter-of-fact MSDN style doesn’t invite me to delve into it to… Continue reading Test Driven Documentation
Joost a minute
With the news today that the Skype founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have quit Skype as eBay decide they’ve paid too much for the company, the future of the online telephony service is feeling a bit more shaky. Skype for all it has done for introducing IP based telephony to the masses is another… Continue reading Joost a minute
Wave goodbye to your cash?
With Visa payWave, you simply wave your Visa card in front of a secure reader, and you’re on your way. Most of the time, a signature is not required for purchases under $25, plus, you retain control of the card during the transaction, which reduces the risk of fraud. Visa USA | Personal | Visa… Continue reading Wave goodbye to your cash?
Is ploughing like software development?
“Software is still a young endeavor. At the birth of agriculture the excitement must have been similar, with the same sense of enormous potential.”—Joe Berkovitz Adobe – Flex Developer Center I agree with people who say “code is poetry” to illustrate the fact that there are elegant ways of proving software solutions to problems. I’m… Continue reading Is ploughing like software development?
Episerver and Page Languages
We’ve been doing some work recently using EpiServer, extending it to fit our needs, to support our new website look which is one of many new features coming soon. Having website content in more than one language reflects the international coverage that Esendex has. We ran into a bug today which initially wasn’t easy to… Continue reading Episerver and Page Languages
A little SugarOS on your Plesk?
There are many quirks which are picked up by using a website management package like Plesk. My remote Linux server has this installed by default on it, and it does simplify a lot of basic operations. It does become difficult when standard Linux / Apache information doesn’t help because Plesk rearranges things into its own… Continue reading A little SugarOS on your Plesk?