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Thursday, June 18, 2009
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3:24 PM
- Thanks Anonymous Poster
I am still working on getting my development environment and webspace set up again, to fix the broken links in my SciTE installer. I'll get this set up again when I can. In the meantime, thanks to the anonymous poster who published the latest edition here:
http://www.easy-share.com/1905777019/scite-1.77-setup-1.exe
(Legal Disclaimer: It looks clean, but since it's on a server outside my control, I can't verify its authenticity.) |
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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8:46 PM
- SciTE links broken
The website where the SciTE installer was hosted came down during a cross-country move, and unfortunately the backup copy is still packed and hasn't yet emerged into the light of day. This means the link to my SciTE installer is offline for the moment. Sorry for the inconvenience. I will get it restored when I can. |
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
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6:51 PM
- Back to GIS
So, it has been two and a half years since I left my career in the GIS software industry to pursue something of broader scope in some ways, narrower in other ways, as the Enterprise Architect for a private, regulated, vertically integrated electrical utility.
It was a great experience for me - I was able to diversify my background, helping to guide application architecture and infrastructure platform choices not just for GIS - not even mainly for GIS - but for a broad range of applications throughout the enterprise. I also got exposure to IT operations, working closely with the manager of operations and sometimes backfilling for him, which gave me a new appreciation for what is required to keep thousands of computers (servers, desktops, and laptops) running well and all of their users satisfied.
Through the projects I was involved in (either as a manager or as a doer), I gained a broad apppreciation of what is involved in the business of running a utility - not just the one I worked for, but many others throughout North America (even a few in the West Indies, although I didn't get to visit them in person). So I gained a perspective that I never, ever would have gotten from the outside.
I worked with a number of system integrators during my tenure. When I did, I watched carefully and learned, because I knew it was always possible that I would return to the consulting field. So in some cases I saw examples of what not to do (e.g. things that really do not play well from the client perspective), and in other cases I saw things that I could adopt to elevate my own practice. Both are valuable insights.
The experience was not without its growing pains, mind you, but it was very rewarding and I will never regret doing it.
But now, I'm back in the GIS industry. I say back since it is a return, even to my old employer, but I don't see it as a step backward. I am coming to a position that leverages the experience I gained on the other side of the fence: I will be providing professional services almost exclusively to the utility sector. I hope it will afford me the opportunity to bring a new flavor to my work, bringing value not only through my previous background in GIS, but leveraging the things that I have learned since then.
Am I still a GIS Developer? Well, I don't code as much these days, but I still know how and I do so when required (or outside of work, when I feel like it). But the team that I joined has some really good people with excellent coding skills and detailed product knowledge which complementary to my own expertise, so between us we'll get the job done.
Why did I make this change, if working for a utility was such a positive experience - why not just stay where I was? The simple truth is I need to move across the country for personal reasons, and I saw this as a good way to maintain some continuity in my career as I move into a new phase in life. But, it's a no-compromise move and I am really looking forward to it. |
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Sunday, December 07, 2008
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4:10 PM
- SciTE 1.77-wbd-1
I've published a new version of SciTE, based on the official distribution of 1.77 plus my changes. This version also includes:- Updated context menu handler from Andre Burgaud
- Updated version of Lua bit library from Reuben Thomas
- Updated code to restore the Lua package environment during buffer changes
The new version is published in the usual place. |
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Saturday, March 01, 2008
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11:40 PM
- SciTE Setup updated to 1.75 (really)
After a long hiatus I've found time to make an update to my setup wizard for the
Scintilla Text Editor.
Please test this and let me know where the problems are; it is a custom build and
I may be a bit rusty since this is my first public release that uses Lua 5.1
(merging the official code from recent offial releases with the bits I had worked
on previously), and I was more than a year out of date so there were quite a few
conflicts to resolve when I finally got around to the big ol' CVS update.
Truth be told, I wanted to get one release out the door before SciTE 1.76 comes out, just for practice - and today was a good day for it due to a snowstorm.
You can pick up the latest release, or (as always) a selection of older known-to-be-stable releases, from here. |
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Monday, June 26, 2006
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11:09 PM
- SciTE setup wizard
I am no longer keeping my custom SciTE setup wizard in sync with every release. However, I will still update it periodically for my own use, and will continue to post it here when I do.
That said, SciTE 1.70 (with my customizations) is available .
My next update will probably be in September / October, unless there are some really compelling enhancements before then. |
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