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Today the pull request for my first ever contribution to someone else’s open source project was accepted and merged. It was a small bug fix to Framework7 - a really cool HTML5 framework for building iOS 7 style apps. I’m using it for my first cordova project and what it outputs looks …

So once again I’m waiting, this time whilst I download the XCode 6 preview. I’m working on a simple node application for photo management - uploading, storing, showing thumbnail previews and showing the pictures. Nothing complicated but more of my self learning of node and javascript. …

Building on the previous post in this series, I thought it would be fun to try to learn Angular.js and include this in my Cordova app. I could also do with so nice looking widgets, so I decided to have a play with TopCoat. First thing I need is an app to build. One of my current ‘First World …

It’s a glorious day here, a perfect day to take my wife and daughter to the beach. Unfortunately we currently live in Bermuda, an island paradise with stunning beaches and clean water. Why is this unfortunate? Because the country is so badly run. Today is Bermuda day, and they are celebrating …

I wrote this post on Medium a while ago, so as part of my attempts to bring together all my work into as smaller number of places as possible, here it is. Shouldn’t our default position be to trust first? I was having a conversation with a friend of mine recently about his current work situation. …

So after yesterdays attempt to create a ‘Hello World’ app using the new Cordova tools for Visual Studio, I thought tonight I’d try again. If you haven’t heard the news, Microsoft announced a CTP of support for Cordova inside Visual Studio. Thats right, Microsoft is opening up …

Every journey begins with a first step. Unfortunately that first step is not always made as soon as the journey is ready to begin. Over the past few days I’ve been starting the preparation for a new life. My family and I are escaping the rat race for a while. I’m working out the notice …