Comments for Midwest Developer Insights http://blog.yeahstu.com What I Like and What I've Learned Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:15:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Personal benefits to taking the bus to work by Brad Lantz http://blog.yeahstu.com/2010/07/02/personal-benefits-to-taking-the-bus-to-work/#comment-62 Brad Lantz Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:15:28 +0000 http://blog.yeahstu.com/?p=167#comment-62 I would love to take the bus too, but unfortunately they don't really have a good system here for going from one suburb out to another suburb. I think I could technically do it by taking one bus to downtown, and then another bus back out to the suburbs and land about a mile away from work, but that would involve about a couple hours of bus riding daily. The only good alternative to commuting I have found is that I have a work-from-home arrangement with my current employer that allows me to stay home from Fridays and connect via VPN. It's the highlight of my week, and usually my most productive day. And I love saving the miles on my car and the hour+ in the car. I would love to take the bus too, but unfortunately they don’t really have a good system here for going from one suburb out to another suburb. I think I could technically do it by taking one bus to downtown, and then another bus back out to the suburbs and land about a mile away from work, but that would involve about a couple hours of bus riding daily.

The only good alternative to commuting I have found is that I have a work-from-home arrangement with my current employer that allows me to stay home from Fridays and connect via VPN. It’s the highlight of my week, and usually my most productive day. And I love saving the miles on my car and the hour+ in the car.

]]> Comment on Personal benefits to taking the bus to work by Josh Anderson http://blog.yeahstu.com/2010/07/02/personal-benefits-to-taking-the-bus-to-work/#comment-60 Josh Anderson Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:08:16 +0000 http://blog.yeahstu.com/?p=167#comment-60 Couldn't agree more. I so loved taking the bus to/from work on an almost daily basis when I worked in downtown Cincy. I think I read all of LOTR in about 2 months thanks to those bus rides. Ah, the good ole days... Couldn’t agree more. I so loved taking the bus to/from work on an almost daily basis when I worked in downtown Cincy. I think I read all of LOTR in about 2 months thanks to those bus rides. Ah, the good ole days…

]]> Comment on I Heart Karnaugh Maps by Sam Schutte http://blog.yeahstu.com/2010/06/11/i-heart-karnaugh-maps/#comment-55 Sam Schutte Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:17:31 +0000 http://blog.yeahstu.com/?p=156#comment-55 Ok - that makes more sense. Thanks! Ok – that makes more sense. Thanks!

]]> Comment on I Heart Karnaugh Maps by Stu http://blog.yeahstu.com/2010/06/11/i-heart-karnaugh-maps/#comment-54 Stu Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:18:01 +0000 http://blog.yeahstu.com/?p=156#comment-54 Thanks for calling that out. I was admittedly lazy at that part and could have been more clear. I have updated the paragraph immediately following that graph and I hope it makes more sense. Also, this is a pretty narrow example, so it isn't meant to cover every rule, but I hope it helps people to follow the process and to gain an initial understanding of how it works. Thanks for calling that out. I was admittedly lazy at that part and could have been more clear. I have updated the paragraph immediately following that graph and I hope it makes more sense. Also, this is a pretty narrow example, so it isn’t meant to cover every rule, but I hope it helps people to follow the process and to gain an initial understanding of how it works.

]]> Comment on I Heart Karnaugh Maps by Sam Schutte http://blog.yeahstu.com/2010/06/11/i-heart-karnaugh-maps/#comment-51 Sam Schutte Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:53:46 +0000 http://blog.yeahstu.com/?p=156#comment-51 That's really cool Nate! I'm confused though - how did you go from the last graph of circles and boxes to the boolean expression? What do you mean "the two variables that differ can be discarded"? I've reduced complex boolean expressions in a similar manner before, but never had the benefit of a graph. Of course, I guess it gets more complicated if you have more variables... s. That’s really cool Nate!

I’m confused though – how did you go from the last graph of circles and boxes to the boolean expression? What do you mean “the two variables that differ can be discarded”?

I’ve reduced complex boolean expressions in a similar manner before, but never had the benefit of a graph. Of course, I guess it gets more complicated if you have more variables…

s.

]]> Comment on Which Platform is the Best for My Mobile App? by Stu http://blog.yeahstu.com/2010/04/28/which-platform-is-the-best-for-my-mobile-app/#comment-48 Stu Tue, 04 May 2010 11:28:20 +0000 http://blog.yeahstu.com/?p=135#comment-48 I think I would be more willing to write something in HTML & JavaScript than to jump through hoops to build an iPhone app in C#. Why go out of my way to force the platform to work how it was not intended? I would like the idea of Mono if it seemed like Apple wasn't fighting it. I think I would be more willing to write something in HTML & JavaScript than to jump through hoops to build an iPhone app in C#. Why go out of my way to force the platform to work how it was not intended? I would like the idea of Mono if it seemed like Apple wasn’t fighting it.

]]> Comment on Which Platform is the Best for My Mobile App? by Sam Schutte http://blog.yeahstu.com/2010/04/28/which-platform-is-the-best-for-my-mobile-app/#comment-45 Sam Schutte Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:31:27 +0000 http://blog.yeahstu.com/?p=135#comment-45 Check out the Unity Framework - it lets you develop iPhone apps in Mono C# - a developer working for me right now develops iPhone apps in this manner I believe - I'll double check with him to see if that's right though. There are several different ways to make iPhone apps though - in addition to Objective C and Unity, you could also just make a javascript/html one, or use Flash to create one and export it with their new iPhone platform export feature. Check out the Google Calendar iPhone app and the Dropbox.com iPhone app for two examples of decent HTML/javascript iPhone apps. They run pretty well, though of course they don't have all the fancy graphics that a true blue iPhone OS app would gain. Check out the Unity Framework – it lets you develop iPhone apps in Mono C# – a developer working for me right now develops iPhone apps in this manner I believe – I’ll double check with him to see if that’s right though. There are several different ways to make iPhone apps though – in addition to Objective C and Unity, you could also just make a javascript/html one, or use Flash to create one and export it with their new iPhone platform export feature.

Check out the Google Calendar iPhone app and the Dropbox.com iPhone app for two examples of decent HTML/javascript iPhone apps. They run pretty well, though of course they don’t have all the fancy graphics that a true blue iPhone OS app would gain.

]]> Comment on ¡No Firmen! by Sam Schutte http://blog.yeahstu.com/2010/04/09/no-firmen/#comment-43 Sam Schutte Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:10:03 +0000 http://blog.yeahstu.com/?p=107#comment-43 That was a joke, btw. :) That was a joke, btw. :)

]]> Comment on ¡No Firmen! by Sam Schutte http://blog.yeahstu.com/2010/04/09/no-firmen/#comment-41 Sam Schutte Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:21:07 +0000 http://blog.yeahstu.com/?p=107#comment-41 That reminds me - I have some contracts for you to sign...actually, if you could just fax over your signature on a blank page of paper, I'll just attach it to the contracts - no need for you to waste your time reading them. ;) That reminds me – I have some contracts for you to sign…actually, if you could just fax over your signature on a blank page of paper, I’ll just attach it to the contracts – no need for you to waste your time reading them. ;)

]]> Comment on My First Experience with Microsoft Windows Azure by Jeux http://blog.yeahstu.com/2009/12/13/my-first-experience-with-microsoft-windows-azure/#comment-18 Jeux Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:24:48 +0000 http://blog.yeahstu.com/?p=37#comment-18 toujours de tres bonne info merci pour ce post ! Translated: always very good info thank you for this post toujours de tres bonne info merci pour ce post !

Translated: always very good info thank you for this post

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