Linked Out… and who are you anyway?! April 11, 2007
Posted by James Webster in : web , add a commentI happened to be looking through my LinkedIn account and noticed that they have finally added the ability to remove connections. More on the process here. I don’t know when they added this functionality but I know it has been requested by many people. Funnily enough though, I find that I don’t particularly need to use it… I generally only add people that I have worked with directly or I know enough about to feel comfortable vouching for them should the occasion arise. There are some obvious exceptions such as Stan Relihan, Australia’s most connected LinkedIn user, whom I heard about on this episode of the GDay World podcast.
Visitors to the website backing this blog will also see that I’ve recently signed this blog up to MyBlogLog. If you are member, or become a member, I’d be interested to learn who you are and where you are from; my subscriber numbers although still VERY small do seem to be increasing and I’m simply keen to know a little more about my readers. Hey, maybe some of you aren’t already friends and family! Alternatively drop me a line at jim.mcslim@gmail.com.
DRM, EMI, iTunes and Sellaband April 4, 2007
Posted by James Webster in : web , add a commentIf you were anywhere near the Internet yesterday you would have seen the blogstorm of commentary regarding the EMI/iTunes deal. I think its a great step forward however many are justified in being a little skeptical.
Is this the death rattle of DRM or the major labels as we know them? If you have talent there are many more options today beyond handing your soul (and masters) to a label. The Podsafe Music Network has been swinging along for quite a while now; I have generally ceased listening to broadcast radio so I hear alot of new music via podcasts. My mate Pete also put me onto Sellaband, read TechCrunch’s reviews here and here. Like Pete I also bought a part in Second Person and was delighted to see them reach the $50,000 target. The latest SellaBand Tribune announces that Second Person will be headlining a Sellaband showcase gig in London during June.
I see several parallels between Kiva and Sellaband; allowing people to easily connect with capital to realise their dreams.
A Selenium hint… December 14, 2006
Posted by James Webster in : web, development , add a commentWhen you are writing your Selenium tests, I highly recommend that you use the ‘verifyXxx’ versions of the assertions rather than the ‘assertXxx’ versions. The ‘verify’ commands still cause the tests to fail however they allow a greater number of failures to be brought to light in a single test run. This saves time later when changes to requirements introduce subtle but broad changes to the expected values that are being asserted. You can observe the changes en-mass rather than one at a time.
Its probably an obvious tip but doubly so in hindsight.