From the category archives:

Corporate Development

Locked subversion working copy

October 9, 2009

I don’t know how it happened, but my local working copy got locked. This meant that every time I tried to commit, I got a ‘working copy is locked’ error.
The solution was easy, after I found a reference in the FAQ:
svn cleanup <directory>

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Looking for IT work in Australia? JobReel.com.au!

March 16, 2008

I’m currently looking for contract work, and all of the usual places offer vague job descriptions that makes it hard to differentiate one from the other. This makes it hard to decide which ones to apply for, and almost always mean that you end up applying for jobs that are totally inappropriate.
Now there is JobReel.com.au [...]

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Why are you coding?

September 29, 2007

There is a good article here about the need to explain why you are coding. I’ve often found that with most projects or tasks people are reluctant to give you the high level picture - it wastes too much time and, “you don’t need to know”.
It reminded me of several situations where someone comes to [...]

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