Death and Service

My brand new iPad died today. One minute I was taking notes on it. Next minute, dead as the proverbial fat bird with a big beak, or the Norwegian Blue (lovely plumage). There are three theories which fit the available … Continue reading →

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in iPad, Personal News, Thoughts on the World

Keep Taking the Tablets

I’ve recently purchased an iPad, partly to satisfy some unrequited gadget lust, partly to satisfy some real needs for which I hoped it might be a good match, and partly to try and understand what all the fuss is about. … Continue reading →

Friday, January 7, 2011 in iPad, PCs/Laptops, Reviews, Thoughts on the World

Season’s Greetings

A very warm “Merry Christmas” and best wishes for 2011, from all at Coppertrees to all the followers of my blog. Andrew Continue reading →

Friday, December 24, 2010 in Personal News, Website & Blog

First Bibble Plugin Published

I’ve just published my first plugin for the popular image processing suite, Bibble. CAQuest manages chromatic aberration correction, so if you find yourself always having to apply correction for “purple fringes”, this is the tool you need. To find out … Continue reading →

Saturday, December 11, 2010 in Code & Development, My Publications, Photography

The Half Arsed Agile Manifesto

If you’re wondering why agile methods don’t work in your organisation, look no further than this. Very funny, but scarily accurate. In the words of the Tao of Lao-Tsu, “If you want to control something, you must first let it … Continue reading →

Saturday, September 18, 2010 in Agile & Architecture

21st Century Schizoid Man

Ruminations on leadership, and how leadership responsibilities change with your perspective Continue reading →

Sunday, August 29, 2010 in Agile & Architecture, Thoughts on the World

Integrating External Content with WordPress

I’ve been developing andrewj.com for about 15 years, and although I’m not that prolific I’ve built up quite a lot of content. I recently converted my blog from an old bespoke (= “custom”, for my American friends) solution to one … Continue reading →

Thursday, August 12, 2010 in Code & Development, My Publications, Website & Blog

The Big Blog Split

Well, maybe not exactly a split as such, but a new structure. “Thoughts on the World” is a pretty eclectic mix of professional, personal, humour and photography-related content. However, one reader who follows mainly my “professional” content expressed a wish … Continue reading →

Sunday, July 11, 2010 in Website & Blog

A Confident Prediction

Musings on the history and future of Microsoft Windows Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World

New Blog Now Live – Please Update Your Feed

Hi, My new blog is now live. This allows a lot more flexibility, including commenting etc. Please can you make sure you are taking your RSS feed from one of the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThoughtsFromAndrewJohnston (preferred) https://www.andrewj.com/blog/index.php/feed/ (straight from my site) I … Continue reading →

Sunday, June 20, 2010 in Website & Blog

Lots of News

Quite a lot of news… Migration of our web sites and email to the new hosting server is almost complete. See previous article/rant for some of my findings. After some initial frustration with my hosting provider (WebFusion) when I discovered … Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in My Publications, Personal News, Photography, Thoughts on the World, Website & Blog

In Damnation of PHP

<rant>Apologies if the title is a bit strong, but I think it’s the nearest I can get to the opposite of “In Praise of PHP” I’ve just spent a week-end migrating my website to a new hosting server. As part … Continue reading →