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Connecting to TFS on a Mac

06/20/2013 / Tech Life / Mac, TFS, tools, workflow

For over 10 years now, I have worked on a Mac with a .net back end. Depending on the tech teams setup, there are several ways to connect to TFS (Team foundation Server) method 1 use parallels, with windows installed, mapped to a shared folder install a visual studio shell (isolated) for windows8 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30670 for windows7 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1366 […]

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Web Design IS the Code

06/09/2013 / Tech Life / code, tools, web design

Update: Just finished reading Other Flexible Media: balloons and tattoos, which fits right in with the thought process below. This always happens, I start on a train of thought and I find others writing in the same vein. Just sayin’ “good” design is to succinctly take a concept and translate it into a tangible form through

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Compiling all those window and tabs into One Tab

05/18/2013 / Tech Life / browser, tools

Most of my development time is spent with Chrome, of late. I tend to keep multiple windows of multiple tabs open, with all minimized but one. I am creating interfaces and sometimes applications, so there is always ongoing research. I want to be sure that css-tricks has not found some new magic for Responsive Tables,

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Prelude to road Trip

08/28/2012 / Small Talk, Travel / road trip, tools

Yes, i’m getting organized (in a big way). I guess the nature of my work has osmosified my brain. I am now thoroughly organized for any life task with the same zeal used for A/B testing and code debugging. I have lists, and i’m checking them twice, as piles build to the ready. Life intensifies

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textmate snippets

07/03/2011 / Code, Design, Tech Life, Tools / CSS3, snippets, textmate, tools, variables

I recently came across this textmate tutorial “Use Textmate Bundles to Increase your Productivity”. It is easy to follow.If you aren’t familiar with adding language bundles to Textmate, you can start here Textmate Bundles, or get a list of current bundles. If you are a fan of HTML5 boilerplate, then you will be interested in

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