Tag Archives: Work

Working smarter, not harder

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Scott Gruby

Work has been the focus of my life for a long time, especially the 5.5 years prior to my new job. Being a self-employed contractor meant that every hour I worked, I got paid. Then when I started ReceiptWallet, I … Continue reading →

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New job

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Scott Gruby

As some of you that follow my blog have inferred from my posts, I have a new job. I started with alwaysBEthere, Inc. as Director of Technology. alwaysBEthere was a client of mine for several years, and I was offered … Continue reading →

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Aging Hardware

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Scott Gruby

Every now and again, I tend to look at the equipment I have on my desk and think about how long I’ve had it. The oldest piece of “equipment” is a pair of Apple Design speakers that I got in … Continue reading →

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Sample code is great (when it works)

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Scott Gruby

I think that it’s great that companies like Apple put out sample code to help developers write code without having to resort to figuring it out themselves or doing something in a way that will break. Several years ago I … Continue reading →

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Tracking down bugs

Posted on February 7, 2006 by Scott Gruby

One of the hardest aspects of writing code is debugging it when it doesn’t want what you expect. In one of my past jobs, I was given the task of making a server stable which meant finding a bug buried … Continue reading →

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Reliable Internet Access

Posted on February 5, 2006 by Scott Gruby

It seems that people I work with have Internet problems a whole lot more often than I. I feel quite lucky that my cable modem provider, Time Warner Cable, has been pretty rock solid for the last 6+ years that … Continue reading →

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The Joys of Working at home and being self employed

Posted on February 2, 2006 by Scott Gruby

I’ve been working at home for about 6.5 years and have been self employed for almost 3. When I tell people I work at home, they usually respond that it must be nice. Well, it takes a certain kind of … Continue reading →

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Hard Drive Recovery complete

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Scott Gruby

I restored my PowerBook’s hard drive to the state it was on Saturday before it crashed using the most excellent SuperDuper!. If you aren’t doing regular backups (daily), then you are asking for trouble. There are 2 kinds of computer … Continue reading →

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Hard drive failure

Posted on January 28, 2006 by Scott Gruby

One of the worst things that could happen to a computer happened today to me. The hard drive on my PowerBook failed. It started making funny noises yesterday and then today it stopped spinning. Given that I’m a bit paranoid … Continue reading →

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Cocoa NSAutoreleasePool

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Scott Gruby

Autorelease pools are extremely convenient for not having to worry about memory allocation and freeing the allocated memory, similar to the Newton days with its garbage collection. A problem that I’ve been aware of with autorelease pools, but promptly forget … Continue reading →

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