mobileAgent and New Years FreeAgent changes to Categories FreeAgent announced today that they have released a new version, with customisable categories for expenses (and other stuff, but thats the only bit I really care about :) ) [Quick update: The update is now in the AppStore - v1.2.2. Thanks Apple!] How does
Tongariro Alpine Crossing Leonie, mum and I did the Tongariro Crossing yesterday. I've done it a few times before (3-4x) and mum's done it more than a few times (6-10x?), but it was Leonie's first time. Nothing quite like taking a newbie up. It's still quite a
Wellington .NET User Group - MonoTouch and MonoDroid I did a presentation last night at the last Wellington .NET User Group meeting of the year. It went down well (so I'm told - hard to tell from my side of it!), and it was good catching up with people afterwards. I've put
The Vendor Client Relationship In Real World Situations So brilliant. If you have ever worked for an ISV, this will be very familiar to you.... Source: The Vendor Client Relationship In Real World Situations
Rangitoto from Achilies Point Rangitoto from Achilies Point, originally uploaded by Nic Wise. Looking out to Rangi on a very very still day.
Auckland from the Waitakeres Auckland from the Waitakeres, originally uploaded by Nic Wise. Out west, looking south-east.
Piha Beach Piha Beach, originally uploaded by Nic Wise. A grey and cloudy day at Piha, but still good :)
LA - Hermosa, Manhattan Beach, Mulholland Drive, Venice Beach LA view from Mulholland Drive Street art around Venice Beach. Venice Beach Manhattan Beach Pier
LA / Hermosa Beach / Santa Barbara Hermosa Beach (and this was a bad day.... in winter. Sheesh...) Santa Barbara from the hills above. (iPhone, pano) Santa Barbara Beach (iPhone, pano) Santa Barbara beach Aldo: Big scary dog (two out of three aint bad. He's HUGE, but very friendly) Back to
mobileAgent for FreeAgent 1.0 is out! The latest Big Ted creation is finally out! I've been working on an iPhone client for FreeAgent (a UK-based SaaS accounting package which I use) for a few months - it would have been out a lot earlier, but I got a little side-tracked
A day at the museum I took a day off today, and Leonie and I finally went to the Natural History Museum, after a somewhat lack-luster breakfast at Nude Espresso (which, to their credit, the staff (in person) and owners (via email) corrected and put right. Thanks) The NH
Bandwidth vrs Latency From the "things that kicked me in the arse" files. Everyone knows bandwidth. I have a 3 meg connection. you have 10meg. My phone has between 600k/sec and 2meg/sec depending on the cellsite. Whatever. Most people (ie, me) tend to
XKCD and London Bike App I had to laugh at XKCD this morning. Thats nothing new, really, as it's usually funny, but in this case, it was very appropriate. [caption id="attachment_1030" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="XKCD: Password reuse"
Visa "waver" program for the US just got crazy(er) Warning: possibly-useful-to-others travel rant below. File this under ESTA CBP DHS Visa Waver Program Travel Promotion Act Update: looks like it's just as bad if you are an American trying to come back to the US. OK, so it was nice a while back
Vatican tour Half day tour around the Vatican. Interesting, even if from a "look at all the cool stuff we nicked from everyone else." point of view. Sore feet tho. Highlights were Sistine chapel and St Peters cathedral. Wow. Just the scale was amazing.
'Augmented Reality: Gimmick? Useful?' I've been playing with a few Augmented Reality apps of late, on the iPhone, and frankly, I don't see what all the fuss is about. First there was the original iPhone Augmented Reality app, Yelp Monocle: And the Layer app, which is a kind
'"Fuck you" money' Adam, Andrew and I were having a discussion about Fuck You money on twitter. The idea is: I have enough money to say "fuck you" to anyone I would normally have to work for, as I can live off the interest. Adam