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Getting In The Groove

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As many of you know, I left Deloitte late last month and have moved onto a position within IT Audit at SMBC Nikko Securities. This new position puts me in the thick of a Japanese working environment, which is challenging on many levels – language being the least of which. I look forward to this career change since it pulls out of the rat race that Big Four job have turned into. Long gone are the days where Big Four managers could get regular work and charge exorbitant rates. The competition is stiff and the rates are falling through the … Continue reading Getting In The Groove

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Lazy Sunday

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I’m back in Japan and back to the grind after a good, short vacation on Guam. I was called back to JP for some clean-up work before I change jobs, and also thought it would be a good idea to do some programming on the home development server to release WorkPapers Windy 2011; which is about two weeks past due.Lately, I have been programming a lot of python in order to create a REST API for WorkPapers (http://workpapers.pro). The first version of this API will be used for push/pull/replication functions in this upcoming release of the desktop application. While working … Continue reading Lazy Sunday

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Web App To Desktop App

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Exactly one year ago when I started on the latest iteration of WorkPapers.Pro, the web application development took front and center position, and a desktop integration was an after-thought… for a couple of reasons. First, I had already developed about four different versions of the desktop application in multiple languages, so was not worried about generating another iteration to accommodate the web application rapidly. On the other hand, developing a web application for the internet (versus intranet) was a new experience and took more time.The release times reveal this. The web application took about nine months to develop into its … Continue reading Web App To Desktop App

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Another WorkPapers Milestone – Desktop Release

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Lately, in this blog I try not go on about my pet software project, but cannot help to brag about some milestones. So, I’ve finally done it! About four years ago when I finished the RealBASIC version of WorkPapers (v2x) for Mac and Windows, I started to create a web version, but never got to it…. just could not stretch my time  to make yet another version. The press release is here.This time around I started with the web version of WorkPapers, then went to the drawing board with an almost identical desktop version – interface and function. This led … Continue reading Another WorkPapers Milestone – Desktop Release

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WorkPapers Desktop Coming Soon

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The upcoming release of WorkPapers desktop software will be the third major release version written in yet a third, different programming language. I started with the release of the original WorkPapers in late 2004, which was a Mac only version written in Objective-C/Cocoa. Soon after that release, I developed a RealBASIC version of the software, since there was an obvious demand for a multi-platform version of the software. This second version sold quite well, but with RealBASIC, was real difficult to maintain and customize as much as end users (and myself) wanted.To meet the multi-platform demand and the long range … Continue reading WorkPapers Desktop Coming Soon

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Is It Time To Start Blocking All China IPs?

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And I’m not kidding…. I did a clean OS and web server install last week for the new web site on WorkPapers.Pro (getting ready for an upcoming software update and September 1 press release), so about one week later, like a good admin, I thought it was time to sip some coffee and go through the authorization logs.There was the usual Eastern European and former Soviet block IPs, so I blocked those, then there were a couple out of the US, so I blocked those IPs. You’d think that I would follow-up on the US IPs these days, but understanding … Continue reading Is It Time To Start Blocking All China IPs?

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Bullet Trains and Small Bladders

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Everybody in this country wants a window seat on the bullet train, but nobody can hold their bladder long enough for a two hour ride to Osaka. So, people like myself who actually like the ‘edge’ leg room and ease of mobility offered by the aisle position, find themselves levitating toward the window seats. When Japanese try to get out of their window seat, some where in their mind they think they can get get by without waiting for you to stand to get out of their way. One Japanese guy found himself sitting back down to wait for me … Continue reading Bullet Trains and Small Bladders

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‘Cloud’ Consultants

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You know when something has gone a bit far and it’s time to differentiate when so-called professionals start (calling themselves that) actually making a profession out of something. Huh? Back in 1987 when I was first hooked up to the internet as an individual through The Well community in San Francisco, I would have never imagined that just six years later job advertisements would appear for full-time email system administrators.  That came to pass and by about 2000 I was not interested in the administrative side of the business of IT any more and started working on consulting projects. Right … Continue reading ‘Cloud’ Consultants

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WorkPapers Release, Some Great OS X Applications

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First things first! WorkPapers Web Edition is now available at https://workpapers.pro. The site still has a few rough edges, but the project has progressed enough to invite blog readers, registered users of the desktop software, and others for a taste of the best work flow software on the ‘net. Register here to get into the provisioning system. At this time all provisioning is manual in order to evaluate load requirements and have a bit more security control over site access. We’ll automate the process in the near future (actually it’s already coded, but not enabled) after we have determined the … Continue reading WorkPapers Release, Some Great OS X Applications

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WorkPapers Release Around The Corner

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After much anticipation from the WorkPapers user community, I am proud to announce that invitations for WorkPapers trials and testing will go out throughout the following week. After watching some fireworks tonight (from Honolulu Hawaii), I will setup the first pre-production release that will be setup as invitationware. Those who actively participate in this phase over the next couple weeks will receive a free one year subscription to the service. Please notice the ‘actively participate’ qualifier. That means posting to the user forum with bugs since there will still be a few, suggesting improvements, commenting on your own work application … Continue reading WorkPapers Release Around The Corner