Throughout a normal workday, I have tons of different programs running at any given time. Here is a snapshot of the programs I typically run, and why: Dev Visual Studio 2005/2008 My primary development environment. I’m normally working in Asp.net 2.0+ w/C#. Of all the different development platforms I have worked in, this is by [...]
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Testing Windows Live Writer
I just watched a great talk by Scott Hanselman about Social Media for Developers. Among other things, he recommended using Windows Live Writer as a notebook to gather your thoughts throughout the day. So far, I like it. This is much easier than managing drafts with WordPress. WordPress does have a great admin system, but [...]
Remove Follower Count?
Should Twitter remove it’s follower counts? Clearly, this is a game — and really, gaining followers on Twitter, for most people, is a game. Which raises the question: Should Twitter just remove the follower counts? I think the question is a bit silly. Some people think that is important. Should you hide that information from [...]
Facebook Connect
I am testing out a plugin to allow commenting using your Facebook sign in. UPDATE: It works. You may now comment on posts using your Facebook Login. No need to create an account here any more! UPDATE II: Some tweaking will be necessary. Working on it… UPDATE III: Something is definitely wrong. I’ve disabled the [...]
IE Not Welcome?
WeDontSupportIE.com is a site with a simple message: Don’t use Internet Explorer. This is a message I can get behind, however I would not take it to the level they have. Disliking a browser and not supporting it are two very different things. As a web developer, I would never announce that I did not [...]
Accessibility
While doing a bit of after work stumbling, I came across an article about 5 underused HTML elements. The list was spot on. I dont recall ever using many of these. What really caught my eye about this article was a blurb about web accessibility: Labels are useful for accessibility and clicking them sets focus [...]
ForrestLedbetter.net: My new sandbox
It has been a long time coming. For the first time ever, I have a reliable, affordable asp.net host. I can’t believe I am *HAPPILY* using a hosting service from GoDaddy. I have been averse to go godaddy over the years, but im a .net develoepr. How am I supposed to pass up $5 / [...]
.Net Hosting
Today I created a Windows web hosting account so I could start testing my new CMS project. The current version is extremely basic and lacking in content, but it works and is improving daily. The rendering engine is at a point where I am ready to begin connecting everything to the database. Once I get [...]
Launchy
Launchy : The Open Source keystroke Launcher I have found Launchy to be rather useful. You tap alt+space, type in what you are looking for (“youtube SomeStupidCatVideo”, “google Douglas Bubbletrousers”, “vlc /home/me/videos/AnotherStupidCatVideo.avi”, etc) and hit enter. Boom. No clicking, no looking for crap in menus. It is as simple as: 1. alt + space 2. [...]
sharptube
For the past week, I have been working on creating a content management system, using a template I found on oswd.org. As I was writing the boring stuff, I thought about several more interesting components I could create. The first thing that came to mind was an easy way to display a video from any [...]
