New Machine Setup

Recently I’ve got a new work Mac Book Pro.
Here a a summary of my initial setup:

Preferences

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Software

Chrome
Firefox
1Password
Dropbox
Evernote
Sublime Text 2 (with packages for CoffeeScript and Stylus)
iTerm 2
GIT
node.js
Heroku toolbelt
Mongo DB
Spotify
Skype
Adium
Kindle
Twitter
XCode

Global NPM packages

coffee-script
node-dev

Command line

Custom bash prompt
Heroku SSH
Shortcut for Sublime (sudo ln -s “/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl” /usr/local/bin/subl)
Show hidden files (defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE & [...]

April 3rd, 2012 | Category: General | 2 comments

Connecting Pivotal Tracker with GitHub

GitHub with Pivotal Tracker is the killer agile combination.
With the just release Tracker v3 API update it is now easy to connect them.

You only have to configure GitHub Post-Receive Hooks so you can automatically deliver stories/bugs by providing the Tracker ID in the commit statement like: Fixes #TrackerId

How to set it up:

Create a Pivotal Tracker API [...]

January 25th, 2010 | Category: Agile, General | One comment

GIT Tips and Tools

If you don’t know GIT yet it is a software version control system like Subversion, CVS or Perforce. It was primary developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development.  I have started using GIT in the beginning of 2009 and I must say that after a not so small learning curve I really like it and [...]

November 2nd, 2009 | Category: Agile, Eclipse, General | One comment

High level AS3/Flex library for OAuth with Twitter from AIR

Recently I have played again with the Twitter API and finally have OAuth working. When I have first played with the Twitter API I have used the example from Tour de Flex. The example loads up the friends list and uses the Twitter AS3 API. The API is not really my taste but offers the functionality [...]

July 8th, 2009 | Category: ActionScript, AIR, Flex, General | 61 comments

Agile with Pivotal Tracker

I have used a few project management tools in the past and the one which really convinced me is the award winning Pivotal Tracker (PT). It is hosted in the cloud and is for free so you can start using it right away.

The first thing you and all project members should do is activating the email [...]

April 27th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Agile, General | One comment

Mac Book Cycle Count?

When you are a Mac Book/Pro user watch your cycle count meaning how often your battery has recharged. You should use your battery here and then otherwise the battery lifetime decreases rough. My wife didn’t use the battery for a longer time and the battery performance was a mess. Apple support wanted to know the cycle [...]

March 8th, 2009 | Category: General | 13 comments
 
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