Deleted Theory » Web Tools

Namescout.com re-launch

viller — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:38:21 +0000

I am stoked to share with you the re-launched namescout.com. Our team worked super hard to bring it together & the re-launch marks the beginning of new era for the momentous registrar group.

The project involved many teammates from momentous.ca, and sleek design/intro video by mad.ca. Great work!

DemoCampOttawa 13

viller — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:14:06 +0000

We are super happy to announce DemoCampOttawa 13.

Date: April 15, 2010 – 6pm to 9pm
Location: ClockTower Brew Pub (575 Bank St. and 417, downstairs)
Format: 5 demos: 2 minute introduction, 8 minute demo, 5 minutes for Q&A and discussion

To sign up your demo and for more information: http://barcamp.pbworks.com/DemoCampOttawa13

Sign-up to attend: http://guestlistapp.com/events/18768

Hope to see you there.

WordPress 2.9 oEmbed – Gotcha

viller — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:12:10 +0000

WordPress 2.9 has sweet new features, but my favorite addition is oEmbed. For a wordpress author the oEmbed feature lets you simply paste a media link into your post and presto, the media will automatically embed itself. This feature is enabled by default in WordPress 2.9 and works with Vimeo, Youtube, flickr, and a host of other sites which are listed in the documentation.

The Gotcha!

If you copy your link into the visual editor, the editor my may surround it with the HTML tags, and the oEmbed tag may not work as expected.

The easy solution is to paste your link into the HTML view, and to double check that your oEmbed link is:

On its own line in the HTML Source
Is not surrounded by tags which may interfere with oEmbed

If all else fails, try surrounding the link with the short code.

Devshop 2.0 // Kicking the top bad habits of project management

viller — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:10:44 +0000

This week I attended an open lunch and learn hosted by Ramius, and featuring Craig Fitzpatrick of devshop. The topic was kicking the top bad habits of project management, more specifically with software development projects. While this was a little bit of a product demo for the recently released devshop 2.0, Craig did a great job of conveying his ideas and solutions so that one could follow through regardless of the chosen management tool. None the less, Devshop is prettly slick and I can’t wait to try it. Craig showcased how Devshop bakes in buffers and trends for esitmation error & distractions to give an accurate, and always up to date project time-line.

While devshop is currently geared towards longer term projects (in the order of months), Craig announced that he and a team of advisers are looking at extending support for agency environments. The key challenges being that there are many active smaller projects which developers have to deal with simultaneously, and these projects usually have a very short turnaround. I am looking forward to hearing his thoughts and seeing the features they dream up.

As part of a Devshop 2.0 launch promo, you can sign up for a free trial account. I suggest that you check it out not only for the project managment advice, but also because it is a well designed web 2.0 app.