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Buzzword – Finally A Nice Word Processor

By Ben | Published: October 13, 2007

I prefer notepad over word.
I prefer writeboard over notepad.
Still, I always feel like nothing has struck the write balance between these three tools. I’ve been looking for something with the formatting capabilities of word (although an easy-to-use subset), the cleanliness of notepad (although with some more options), and the conveniences of writeboard.
It looks like Virtual [...]

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Newshutch

By Ben | Published: February 5, 2007

I’ve been using Newshutch for a couple of months now. This is probably the longest time that I’ve ever used a single feed reader and I have to say that I’m loving it. The shortcut keys, the simplicity, and the fact that it doesn’t overwhelm me with a large number of unread feeds at first [...]

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A Quick Thought On User Experience

By Ben | Published: September 15, 2006

It really pisses me off that there are so many software companies out there that don’t understand the importance and implications of user experience. I just sat through a demo of a large product suite and the only thing that ran through my mind throughout the demo was “If I had to use this tool, [...]

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Using Sparklines for Sprints

By Ben | Published: June 17, 2006

On the project that I'm working on, we are currently tracking our sprints with index cards (on a wall gantt) and by daily/sprint/release burndowns in a spreadsheet. The wall gantt is the tracking that is used for our day-to-day tasks and the spreadsheet is used more as a communication tool for our external stakeholders.
Our team [...]

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ReSharper Shortcuts

By Ben | Published: April 13, 2006

Jim Holmes has put together a list of ReSharper shortcuts for the current 2.0 EAP build.
The EAP isn't quite ready for primetime yet, but it's getting a lot closer. 
Thank you Jim!

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