January 18th, 2010
I recently found and tried a great product: the WireframeSketcher (http://wireframesketcher.com )a plug-in for the Eclipse IDE. I have used over time almost all of the techniques and tools that help web developers and designers create a high level web designs. All the way from notepad, PowerPoint to Visio to graphical programs. None have been my favorite although I have tended to use PowerPoint since it is the fastest way to create screen layouts. The two things that we must do for our clients is to present them with a web flow (the storyboard) and screen [...]
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January 13th, 2010
I always try to take the time to review then evaluate CRM products. I like to see what vendors are doing, what they think is needed out in real world. One such product I’ve recently tried is OpenCRX http://www.opencrx.org/ . I t look like a nice product for small to smaller mid-sized businesses. I have a lot to learn my here are my first reactions.
More difficult to install then a straight Java based application. Especially when compared to a bunch of other open source java applications that install easily.
It requires a [...]
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August 10th, 2009
The Software Intelligencer is a site that is devoted to informing business people about the software products that they may use, may want to use or looking to use in their business. There is so much good and bad information about business software… we profess not to know all that is impossible, but with 40 years of experience building and installing software I have an experienced eye for software.
We intend to write about just a few key software subject areas, ones that we have plenty of knowledge about… we will leave others to cover the other subject areas. [...]
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Please…. No more 8080
Those of you who run many of the linux/java applications know that number “8080″. Right. It is the port address that almost every program that runs wants to use, http://localhost:8080/SomeApp. Unfortunately, only one can use the port at the same time. I don’t want to waste my time anymore finding and changing, then remembering the new port address that I was forced to change so I can run these applications simultaneously.
Seems like there is no imagination out in software land. Can’t software developers find other numbers to use… It’s really not [...]
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