Scott C Reynolds -

How I Set Up My Mac

Some time ago I switched to Mac OS X for my day to day work, using Windows only in a virtual machine for when I absolutely needed to use Visual Studio. I just got a new 15" MacBook Pro as part of an initiative to roll my entire team over to Mac as...

Published Wed, Jun 24 2009 12:24 AM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: mac

A Couple of Quick Ubuntu Tips

I'm setting up an Ubuntu Jaunty install for a friend and trying to get it nice and usable. I'll be messing more with Linux in the near future I think. Anyway, I ran across a couple of things that really bugged me and that took me a *while* to...

Published Sun, Jun 14 2009 6:58 PM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: Linux, Ubuntu

Getting up and running on git-svn (5 minute quickstart)

Git seems to be all the rage these days, and, while I was quite reluctant at first, I am here to tell you that I definitely see what all the fuss is about. As a bit of intro, these are just a few of the reasons I am loving git: It's FAST. Basically...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 10:23 PM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: git, svn

Pro Tip: Don't co-opt .net conventions for your own purposes

Right. So it turns out that the visual studio/.net convention of assembly.extension.config for config files is NOT to be used for your own devices outside of visual studio. Example: Today I made an app called whatever.client.exe. It needed to read an...

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 12:11 AM by Scott C Reynolds

VMWare Fusion Shared Folders and Visual Studio Development

So today I had a bit of an adventure that I figured I would document for those of you that may run into this same thing and get just as frustrated as I was for many hours trying to make this work. I do my work on a MacBook Pro these days. My first setup...

Published Tue, Mar 31 2009 2:01 AM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: mac, vmware

Beginning Objective-C for the C# Guy

So my new language of the year is going to be Objective-C and Cocoa/CocoaTouch. This is actually a new language and a new IDE and a new platform and, well, everything. I've decided to document much of what I'm doing along the way. As you know...

Published Thu, Feb 05 2009 12:33 AM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: mac, Objective-C, Cocoa

On Teaching, Learning, and Being Honest With Ourselves

Preamble: I'm not an expert teacher or mentor. I practice all the time to get better. Much of what you are about to read comes from personal failings in this arena, as recently as a week ago. This is an open letter to all who would teach. I've...

Published Fri, Jan 23 2009 12:15 PM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: community, teaching, mentoring

Pablo Welcomes Scott Densmore!

It is my pleasure to announce Scott Densmore as the newest Los Techie. Scott is a reformed Blue Badge with work in P&P and CodePlex in his credits, and, more importantly, brings some credibility to the Florida wing of LT which was being held back...

Published Mon, Jan 19 2009 12:42 PM by Scott C Reynolds

TDD Firestarter Wrapup

This weekend Sean Chambers and I put on a day-long testing workshop at Microsoft in Tampa, FL. I want to thank all the attendees for giving up their Saturday to come out and learn about testing. Special thanks to Joe Healy for putting on the event. He...

Published Sun, Jan 18 2009 11:25 PM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: community, testing

TDD Firestarter - Saturday, 1/17/09, Tampa, FL

This coming Saturaday, January 17, Sean Chambers and I, in conjunction with Microsoft, will be hosting a day-long set of workshops centered around testing. Admission is free, so come prepared to spend the day getting intimate with testing! The day will...

Published Sat, Jan 10 2009 9:31 PM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: community

Creating a Culture of Responsibility

Shooting from the hip a little here, please to bear with me. Also, turned out a little lengthy. Sorry 'bout that. I hear a lot about (and talk a lot about) the idea of a culture of quality. This is, arguably, where we would all like to be. But the...

Published Wed, Jan 07 2009 2:24 AM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: lean, management

Lean & Kanban Software Conference

Just wanted to put it out there for my fellow Floridians that the Lean & Kanban Conference is going on in Miami, February 18-20. Space is strictly limited so register today for your spot. I'm currently trying to make my own arrangements to attend...

Published Tue, Jan 06 2009 2:04 PM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: community, kanban, lean

On Your Health and Your Career

People haven't really heard from me in a while, and there's a few reasons for it, but I'm about to talk about the major one. Sometime around the Kaizen Open Space in Austin, just a little before actually, I stopped being able to look at my...

Published Sun, Dec 14 2008 1:01 AM by Scott C Reynolds

Why Apple isn't ready for the corporate game

I've been wanting to get this off my chest for a while now, and in a way that is more than a handful of tweetbursts. So here goes. Some of you may have heard or seen me tweet about my saga with my MacBook Pro over the last several weeks. Long story...

Published Thu, Sep 11 2008 9:54 AM by Scott C Reynolds

Filed under: rant, mac

Ocala-Central Florida Geek Pub Night 9/17

Wednesday, 9/17, 6:30pm until we're done. Tin Cup's Tavern - 11 E Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala Map This is the second installment of the Ocala Geek PubClub Meetup. If you're in the area, come on out, have a couple beers, talk development and...

Published Thu, Sep 04 2008 7:43 PM by Scott C Reynolds