The Journal.

On Personal Productivity

Prioritizing Tasks

A short guide to prioritizing tasks, in order to maximize personal satisfaction and productivity.

Never Roll Your Own If You Don't Have To

After programming frantically on my latest shareware program, feeling like I'm not making progress... I heard a voice say to me: "Keep all the code you write. But never roll your own if you don't have to".

On Business & Software Development

How To Run A Beta Test... Or Not?

A cautionary tale to indies and micro-ISVs - should you develop a virtual community or social group for your beta testers? If so, here's some thoughts to consider.

Should You Run A Beta Test Yourself?

Should microISVs and small software startups use professional beta testing services? Some of the advantages to running a test yourself.

On Troubleshooting & Everyday Issues

Solving HP Photosmart C7180 Printer Driver Problems

How I solved problems I had installing the Windows drivers for my new HP Photosmart C7180 All-In-One printer, and how driver software written by Apple fixed my Windows printing problems.

On Ethics & Politics

What's Wrong With The Anarchists?

Why have I stopped identifying with anarchists? Aren't the Sex Pistols cool anymore?

For A Ride

Do you have $2? Do you have $2.50? Do you have $5? I start to get suspicious.

The Electronic Lifestyle

A sarcastic & pessimistic checklist of things you must learn to become a top computer programmer and computer science student... at least, that's how it seemed in 2001.

On Religion, Spirituality, Reflection

Ocean's Edge

The rays of the sun make the waters shimmer and sparkle like liquid gold, and my soul finds this scene just as valuable.

Appreciated Sincerity

It's only after the event that people are starting to remember. Some of them seem to feel a bit guilty about having missed it.

Simplicity

The danger is that people are led to believe there are always simple answers, when quite often there are not...

No Surrender

Do you need to give control of yourself over completely to God?

Lyrics and Incoherant Rhyming

(untitled)

2 against 1, you're outvoted my friend, she says I'm fine and he says I need it...

Staccato Chromatic

your chromatic reassurances are compelling but somehow I feel there's no colour in mine...

Melodrama

hear them yell because you are only making things worse...

Other Personal Ramblings

USA Trip

The diary of my trip through the US. I visited San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, Aberdeen and many many small towns along the way. Some of the highlights were the Shareware Industry Conference I spoke at, SFMOMA, the Experience Music Project and the Seattle Space Needle. I've tried to include photos where I can.
See also: part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10.

What Am I Up To Lately 2003?

Whenever I'm asked what I've been doing with myself, I tend to forget everything. It all blurs into one, and once it's done it's out of my mind. Despite that, I do keep busy. This is a list of things I've been doing since the last website update.

What Am I Up To Lately 2004?

When you don't know what else to write for a journal entry, just write about what you've been doing lately.

Maybe Tonight

The defining moment was when I found the courage to stand up to those who were crushing my spirit, suppressing my individuality....

Losing My Touch

It was a simple but distinctly unobvious mistake, equivalent to deciding whether to put one or two spaces after the stop of a sentence.

Betrayed

I shouldn't let her do this to me. I shouldn't ever allow anyone to make me feel this way. But I'm letting her anyway...

This Needs A Name

I've spent weeks searching for old memories across the web, when all the time it wasn't memories I was looking for but moments...

An Idea

It would be nice if I could let people experience what I'm feeling in my life, rather than just making pointless statements....

Still Here

After being at Geocities for 2 years, I have finally moved into my own domain at namesuppressed.com. A number of factors contributed to the decision...