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My New Gig: CTO at Avalanche Technology Group

After ten years (!) at the SitePoint Group, I started a new job in January. For posterity, here’s the press release announcing my new gig as CTO of Avalanche Technology Group:Avalanche Technology Group...

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Pre-order PHP & MySQL: Novice To Ninja, 5th Edition

At parties, one of the things I tell people I do for a living is write books that teach people how to build websites. It might be more accurate, however, to say I write a book: I’ve just written it...

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Diet Coda for Modern Web Development

Following the announcement (and imminent release) of Diet Coda from Panic Software this week, I’ve heard some complaints that it has been designed for a workflow that no longer exists (or shouldn’t)....

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Fix “format not supported by the iPad” error on transferring iTunes movie...

For the past several months, I’ve had an ongoing issue with iTunes, where TV shows that I purchase from iTunes download, but then are unplayable with the error “This movie requires QuickTime, which is...

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My Sublime Text Setup

A couple of months ago I produced a video course for lynda.com about the Sublime Text programmer’s editor, “Up and Running with Sublime Text 2”—sample videos below! One of the best things about...

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Orbitkey + 1Password + Hazel = ♥

This past week I received my Orbitkey, a local Kickstarter success story recommended to me by my pal Matt Magain. It’s an alternative to your typical keychain that holds your keys snugly within a...

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Verbal Diarrhoea at Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Event

Yesterday’s Microsoft Surface Pro 3 launch event showed off what I think is a fairly compelling product. If what I really wanted was a single device that could replace the more specialised devices I...

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Melbourne Web Developers Fireside Chat

This Thursday, August 14th, I’ll be speaking at the Melbourne Web Developers meetup in a “fireside chat” with event organiser James Gallichio from General Assembly.The theme of the night is “show me...

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Introducing Screencast a Week

I’ve missed producing video training since I left Learnable in 2012, and published my Up and Running with Sublime Text 2 course in 2013. To scratch this itch, I’ve just launched Screencast a Week, a...

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CSS Selectors Redux

Last month in Sydney and Melbourne I was honoured to speak at Respond 2016, the third Web Directions conference at which I’ve had the privilege of speaking after Web Essentials 2006 and Web Directions...

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Shrink Videos With ffmpeg On Your Mac

In these times of communicating remotely, sending video files to each other (and even to customers) is becoming a daily reality! But the videos that our phones and computers record are often extremely...

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Privacy & Security settings in macOS reset on reboot

Since macOS Monterey 12.6.1, including the current macOS Ventura 13.1, whenever I reboot, my Mac forgets some or all of the applications I’ve given permissions to in the Privacy & Security...

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Subspace Radio #20: Star Trek: The Animated Series

In Subspace Radio #20, Rob and I pass the time before Star Trek: Picard season three by doing a full watch-through of Star Trek: The Animated Series for the first time. We discuss the creation of this...

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Subspace Radio #21: Star-crossed Lovers

In Subspace Radio #21, Rob and I greet the season three premiere of Star Trek: Picard with cautious optimism, then notice the number of broken romances strewn about the place in a single episode. We...

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New Mac Day One Installs

I just picked up a new MacBook Pro 14" for personal use. Here’s what I’ve installed on my first day with it. In other words, these are my “essential items” for a comfortable macOS...

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Subspace Radio #22: Scenery-chewing Villains

In Subspace Radio #22, Rob and I are only momentarily distracted by the parentage of one Jack Crusher before latching onto Amanda Plummer’s performance as Vadic in Star Trek: Picard season three,...

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MelbJS March 2023 notes

Raw notes from the MelbJS meetup held at Culture Amp in Richmond on 8 March, 2023.Fundamentals of Module Federation, Mathew ByrnePermalink to Fundamentals of Module Federation, Mathew...

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Subspace Radio #23: Best Worf Moments

In Subspace Radio #23, Rob and I agree that “Seventeen Seconds” was an episode written specifically for Rob, thanks to its loving embrace of Deep Space Nine as a core contributor to Star Trek history....

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Subspace Radio #24: Swearing in Star Trek

In Subspace Radio #24, Rob and I are both dazzled by what may be the best episode of modern Star Trek, “No Win Scenario”, and shocked by the return of 21st century expletives to the Star Trek universe....

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Subspace Radio #25: Ro Laren / Michelle Forbes

In Subspace Radio #25, Rob & I come from opposite ends of the spectrum of Ro Laren familiarity, but we both loved Michelle Forbes’s return to Star Trek in “Imposters”. Rob introduces Kevin to some...

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