I provided a high-level overview of web platforms in the first part of this series. This second installment will delve into tools. I should also say, at the outset, that I’ve been a Mac guy for some time now, and part of what I like about OS X are the many fine web development tools available…
Web Development 101
I get questions from time to time about how to get started in web development. So I thought I might write out a guide. What follows is a not-too-terribly-technical introduction to what you’d need to get started, with some directions to follow if you want to get further into it. This is the first in…
My Kingdom for a Precision Screwdriver
2015 is off to a good start, but fate had a bit of fun with me on my journey home from work today. When I arrived at work this morning, I exited my car and clicked my key fob to lock the doors, but it didn’t work. I pushed its buttons a few times to be…
In Praise of Grant Green
There are a lot of great guitarists in the history of jazz. Of the ones I’ve had the pleasure of surveying, Wes Montgomery is probably the greatest, and that’s a not-at-all-uncommon opinion. But the one I find myself turning to again and again, the guitarist who is probably my favorite of all of them, is…