Hi. My name is Joel and I'm addicted to Trello. I'm not afraid to admit it. I started using it just for one little thing - tracking what I was working on for Develomatic. My work with Develomatic usually only takes place after 9 or 10 at night, and rem… more »

Ever since Windows Home Server hit the streets, I've been eying them enviously. I looked at building my own, buying an OEM copy and repurposing a machine I had laying around the house (which was serving the same purpose, albeit all manually), and buying… more »

Over the past couple of months, I've been participating in a virtual book club. We had been reading Steve McConnell's book on Software Estimation, and having weekly discussions about the chapters we've been reading. The pace has been reasonable - two or… more »

Now that Google's new browser, Chrome, has been released for a month, I figured I'd take a look at my blog's statistics to see how it's affected overall browser stats. Even though it's only been a month, a few things jump out as interesting to me. Firs… more »

At the last GR Tech Lunch, we had Bill Klevin as our guest speaker. Bill runs DaVinci Capital, a small company in Grand Rapids focused on helping entrepreneurs secure funding to build their business. He mainly deals with Angel investors, particularly the… more »

I often wonder how much I rely on my laptop. And I'm not referring to development, but for the other things I do - email, twitter, IM, IRC, and RSS feeds. Or put another way, how much of a performance hit am I taking by running those things locally? My l… more »

The fourth Grand Rapids TechLunch is coming up quickly, and I'm excited about our guest this time around. We're going to have Bill Kleven, who is a partner at DaVinci Capital, a local firm who's goal is to help businesses develop business strategies and… more »

I spend most of my day in an IRC chat room (##twittertribe on irc.freenode.net - stop by and say hi sometime!), just kind of lurking to see if anything interesting comes along. Every now and then, I'll find a link worth clicking on. Today was one of thos… more »

The second Grand Rapids Tech Lunch has been announced, and it'll be at the Grand Rapids Brewing Company on July 7th at 12:00 PM. We have their private room reserved, so it should be a bit quieter than last time, and maybe we'll all fit around the same ta… more »

Two summers ago, I got a new laptop - the Dell Latitude D820, a nice dual core machine that works great for what I do - software development. The only issue I had with it was RAM. It came with 2 GB, but that wasn't enough for me. I do all of my developme… more »