So about a month and a half ago, I was driving home from work one day after working on some NSIS installer code (which in my humble opinion is very ugly and hard to work with), when I had the… Continue reading ‘A better installer’ →

tl:dr:To celebrate the long-awaited releaset of TextMate 2 this week, my friend Kevin and I have started a new tumblelog called Text Mate 2 Tips to offer simple visual tips on how to use the new features of our favourite… Continue reading ‘TextMate 2 Tips’ →

Conventional wisdom says you should listen to your customers. Most people will agree to that without questions. The idea of listening to the people you serve – be they customers, users, etc, becomes so prevalent that the discipline of gathering… Continue reading ‘Building tomorrow’ →

A calculated property is something that is calculated based on the results of some other properties. For example: Subtotal = Unit Cost * Quantity The finalize button should be enabled if the order status is Open The unit cost is… Continue reading ‘A declarative way of handling property changed notifications’ →

Our company is named Archon Systems so it should be no surprise that some of us love Starcraft. I’ll be heading down to the Anaheim for Blizzcon this year. If you see someone with the “Archon Systems” t-shirt (as shown… Continue reading ‘Blizzcon 2011’ →