andy goundry

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heroku and run rake db:migrate

July 21st, 2011 by andy No comments »

I noticed a few oddities with heroku and run rake db:migrate. Here are a few things i did to get it working:

* I moved to the Cedar stack. Without this, I struggled to get rake db:migrate to work

heroku create --stack cedar

* I now face the issue that heroku is reporting “no such file to load — pg”. Can’t install that locally as Lion’s screwed up my ruby header files so gem fails to install. Bored, so will leave this for now. Will report back as i find a solution, and the will to dig.

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The quick way to install ImageMagick and RMagick on OS X Snow Leopard

June 6th, 2011 by andy No comments »

cd ~/src #or whereever
git clone git://github.com/masterkain/ImageMagick-sl.git
cd ImageMagick-sl
sh install_im.sh

At one point, it runs a command using sudo, so it will ask for your password. After the script has finished, ImageMagick will be installed. Now, to install the RMagick gem…

sudo gem install rmagick

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My Daylite Touch for iPad case study

December 16th, 2010 by andy No comments »

I was involved in the Beta testing of Daylite Touch for the iPad and was invited to write a case study describing how my business benefits from using Daylite and Daylite Touch for iPad. Here’s the published case study.

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Posted in Business, Productivity, agile, ease at work, gtd, iPad, iPhone

Quick notes on creating a local git branch and pushing it into the wild

December 6th, 2010 by andy No comments »

Checkout the branch you want to switch from
git checkout branch_to_branch_from
Create the local branch
git branch branch_name
Switch to the branch
git checkout branch_name
Push to Remote
git push origin branch_name

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Tags: git

Busy consultancy life, growing family, and blogging

October 28th, 2010 by andy 1 comment »

Just posting because i haven’t posted in months. This is just a post about the interesting balance (or potential lack of it) when running an IT consultancy.

It’s an odd one – business is booming; clients are a-plenty; clients are happy and all extending our working contracts; all is smooth and rosy. But, in this focus on business growth and client satisfaction, there’s little time to give to feeding back into the community: I’m not attending many events; i’m not blogging much; i’m not tweeting many interesting finds. I’m just working hard, making clients happy and getting paid.

I do know others in the community who focus very much on their relationships within the community, and more on sharing and expressing than on earning. I know others who have a dedicated focus on creating products for the future.

So, i have to say that mine is a short-termist view: Generate the revenue and deliver. Of course, along with that comes the creation of some great business relationships (clients and partners), but it’s highly in the present and focused.

So, in fairness, with my family’s desire to move into a much bigger house, i have to say that the business focus isn’t planning to shift within the next 6 months. After that, we’ll see. I definitely want to create a saleable product. Of that, i’m very sure.