Jira Issues on my desktop
Since I seem to have committed to the Yahoo Widget Engine (see my earlier post about RSS Readers) I thought I’d see if there was anything that could help me keep track of my JIRA issues. Of course there is! The Jira Issues Widget by shinetech is just what I needed. And it’s almost perfect. I can easily see what my open issues are (or use any other filter for that matter), and click through and update them in about 30 secs. The only thing I don’t like about it is the amount of real estate taken up by the header and the footer. They could be made a lot smaller and more subtle. Still, can’t complain too much eh?
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Filed under Java, RSS, Technology, Updates | Comment (0)Yet another RSS Reader
YARR! Sounds like some open source project name. Hmm.. got me interested. Amazingly, no one has taken it. But I digress. Yes, I’ve added another RSS reader to my arsenal. But weren’t you happy with MultiNewsReader I hear you cry? Yes, very happy. But I only have so much screen real estate, and there are only so many blogs that I really want to track with that model. I’m more than happy to subscribe to lots of others and not check them that that often. Enter FeedReader. Very slick, allows me to handle multiple feeds and displays them in a visual style that I’m used to. i.e. similar to Email.
Things I really like about it:
- I can configure exactly how many articles I want in my archive so when I get more than that older ones drop off. NewsGator didn’t do this for me.
- It does the “outlook”esque pop up very nicely, but of course I can turn that off too
- It’s free. Hey, shouldn’t that be at the top!
So I think I’m done with RSS feaders now. If only I could be my BluePulse reader working on my phone, I’d be in heaven.
Filed under RSS, Technology, Updates | Comment (0)Scrybe – the last organizer you’ll need?
Jason Clark has a write up of an awesome new organizer. Having watched the video I might just be tempted to finally ditch my Outlook calendar. I tried that with Google Calendar but couldn’t quite make the switch. Not that Google Calendar is great but it didn’t quite meet my needs. I don’t _just_ need a Calendar. Scrybe is a step beyond that though, allowing you to do a lot more when organizing your crazy life. Links, lists, syncing, grabbing notes from your web travels right into your organizer. And the best part? Offline mode! Now that’s a killer feature.
Filed under Technology, Updates | Comment (1)Lava lamps tell the build story
Since we’ve began using the awesome Pulse build server to automate our continuous integration process the whole team and company has been getting hooked. Most people have just been getting the email notifications, some of the more advanced are using the RSS feeds. But then along comes Hal to take notification to the next level, lava lamp notification!
Sweet huh? This hack brought to you via Pulse, Ruby, X10, REST and some good old lava lamps. You can find Hal’s write up here.
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Filed under Java, Technology | Comment (1)Widgets for your phone
Stumbled across Bluepulse during my travels. I think I found it here, but I can’t be sure. It’s an interesting idea that basically brings MIDP widgets to your phone. Now, I’ve been looking for something like that for a while. I use my phone a lot to satisfy periods of MicroBoredom ™. But reading CNN is getting a little bit passe. I wanted to be able to catch up with my RSS feeds. Now I can!
Note: I initially had some difficulty getting Bluepulse to work on my RAZR on Cingular. This article has details of how to make that work.
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