My first Google Gadget - Foxmarks

Posted by indomitablehef | Filed under Uncategorized

I created my first Google Gadget this morning, to display my Foxmarks bookmarks on my “Weekly Review” tab for my Google Homepage (now called iGoogle, believe it or not). It was disgustingly easy to do.

Here’s the code:

When you first open the homepage, you have to log in to your Foxmarks account, then you get this:

Nothing to it. And since it is totally based on what the Foxmarks page renders, there’s virtually no end to what you could do with this. For example, I could just change the url and the title, upload it using Google Page Creator:

and viola! Homestar-in-a-box (with galvanized nails, of course).

For info on creating your own Google Gadgets, check out http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/

and you can add the Foxmarks gadget to your page using the URL: http://indomitablehef.googlepages.com/Foxmarks.xml, and the Homestar Gadget using http://indomitablehef.googlepages.com/homestar.xml

Google Calendar Gets Better

Posted by indomitablehef | Filed under Uncategorized

One of the few complaints I’ve had with Google calendar was that I only got reminders from my primary calendar. I use several calendars to track my time-sensitive tasks/events/etc, and to rough out my daily plan. Now you can set reminder options for all of your calendars individually. [via GoogleOperatingSystem]

Agile Project Management

Posted by indomitablehef | Filed under Agile

I’m working on some more thoughts on managing projects on an agile team. I’ve been doing some reading on the subject, and trying to make it work in my organization. Until I have my thoughts ready to post, I’ll share a couple of the things I’ve been reading/listening to:

Managing the Work in an Agile Project - Dan Rawsthorne, PhD, CSM

Agile/Lean Documentation: Strategies for Agile Software Development - Scott Ambler
and check out the Featured Webcast (I can’t link directly to it, so find it on the page), at IASA - Scott Ambler on the basis and implementation of agile architecture.

Home Sweet IndomitableHome

Posted by indomitablehef | Filed under Personal

I’ve neglected this blog for the past couple of weeks, while I’ve been busy buying and moving into this little house in Franklin, TN.

But I’m back!