Doing Battle with System Updates
For the last couple of days I have had off and on issues with Visual Studio and the Android Virtual Device, AVD, manager. I will get my mobile app running…
Building Screens in Xamarin: XAML vs C#
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
The Road Not Taken — Robert Frost
The Two Roads
Xamarin forms development offers form construction either via XAML mark up or via code. I've been experimenting with both to see what route I would recommend to anyone building cross platform mobile applications with Xamarin.
What I've determined is that, for me, there isn't a clear winner. Both have positives and negatives that pretty much balance out. So in this post I will review each and give my perspective on when one might be more appropriate than the other. My hope is this will give you the information you need to answer for yourself and your scenario which option is the best choice. (more…)
Your Quiver is Never Full
As a technologist your career will be filled with change. New technology, new versions, new platforms, and new approaches are a constant in your chosen field. Often times skills are referred to as tools in a toolbox. For you these tools are more like arrows in a quiver. Many times you can use them over and over but eventually you are going to need to replenish your supply or you will eventually become less effective or worse, irrelevant. (more…)
Resurrecting Technology Artifacts
This week at work I will be resurrecting two technological artifacts that were casualties of server transitions that didn't quite cross the finish line. My organization made the move to…
Go Play in the Cloud, Get Started with Amazon Web Services
Where to Begin I've recently begun the conversion of my infrastructure to Amazon Web Services, AWS. My previous host, GoDaddy, has been great but I can no longer ignore the…
Awesome Automation with Type Form and Zapier
This stuff is cool! I've been aware of Type Form for some time now. I've used it to let people request an invitation to my live Slack team. But until…
Be Slackers! Collaboration Done Right.
Hello #Slackers! Slack has quickly become one of my go to tools for communication. It's more streamlined than email. It parses conversations out into easy to organize channels and it…
Recommended Technology Resources for Business
TOOLS These are some low cost highly effective technology tools for your business. Trello - An indispensable tool to model the workflows of your business and manage the work in…
The Terrible Cost of Multi-tasking
Very simply I want to illustrate the impact of multi-tasking. It has an impact on value delivered as well as satisfaction from stakeholders and customers. My very simple model consists…
