ActionGear v1.0.4 with a New Website March 02, 2009
ActionGear v1.0.4 includes an update to the interface. There's a new bottom toolbar for filtering via search, conditions, or tags. Plus, a brand new website for Gear Square, LLC.
Animation in NewsFire and LittleSnapper February 24, 2009
I use NewsFire daily to read my RSS feeds. I use LittleSnapper occasionally - whenever a website or app catches my eye. Both are great examples of how animation improves the UI.
ActionGear, lightweight task management October 13, 2008
ActionGear is the first product of my new company, GearSquare. It's a menu-bar application for lightweight task management on the Mac.
roll your own django authentication system February 27, 2008
Django comes with batteries included - the authenticated system is just another application provided by the framework. Use it and you'll have access to a lot of free code that's based off of it (like Django's famous automatic admin interface).
django context processors February 24, 2008
Django context processing is a lightweight method to expose variables in your views to your all of your templates.
django middleware February 10, 2008
Django Middleware is used when processing all requests and responses coming in and out of an application. With middleware, you can intercept a request, change it, or even deny it. Middleware is useful if you have some sort of repetition across your view functions.
