http://www.startupcto.com/ 2012-02-05T09:35:54-06:00 http://www.startupcto.com/ http://www.startupcto.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-01-06T22:43:53-06:00 David Ordal http://www.startupcto.com/processes/project-management-when-you-dont-know-what-you-are-building?rev=1325911433 Next time you’re flying somewhere in the US, consider this: the air traffic controllers that are guiding your plane are using technology originally developed in the 1960’s and 1970’s called ARTS to make sure you don’t crash into another plane. They started working on a new system called AAS in 1983, canned it in 1994, and resurrected part of it in 1996. Now we’re already in 2006, and they’re saying Phase I deployment won’t be done for another year. text/html 2011-12-06T11:54:52-06:00 David Ordal http://www.startupcto.com/server-tech/macosx/upgrading-mamp-pro?rev=1323194092 Upgrading MAMP Pro is a little complicated. Here's the procedure I used to upgrade from 1.8.3 to 1.9.6.1: * Make sure MAMP isn't running. * Download the new MAMP from <http://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/index.html> * Rename the existing MAMP folder to be MAMP_OLD. * Copy the new MAMP and MAMP Pro 1.9.6.1 folders to your Applications folder. * Load MAMP Pro and allow it to initialize its components. * The MAMP upgrade docs say that you may need to copy your htdocs and db folders ove… text/html 2011-11-28T22:01:08-06:00 David Ordal http://www.startupcto.com/server-tech/macosx/installing-ioncube-loader-on-mamp?rev=1322539268 This doc outlines how to install the IonCube loader on MAMP. These instructions were written with MAMP Pro 1.9.6.1, but this should be generally the same for any version of MAMP. * Download the IonCube loader from the download page. You probably want 'OS X (x86)', but if you have one of the newest 64-bit versions of MAMP, you'll want OS X (x86-64) text/html 2011-10-18T23:40:03-06:00 David Ordal http://www.startupcto.com/processes/web-launch-checklist?rev=1318999203 This checklist is useful when you're launching / relaunching a website or webapp. It doesn't substitute for a full QA; it's more of a 'don't forget to...' list. Pre Launch * Verify that QA is complete and there are no outstanding issues / tickets. * Verify server settings. Vhosts must be setup and ready. The domain must be pointed at the new server (or have a 300s TTL if you're still pointing to the old server until launch). * Make sure you've migrated the old .htaccess file, including spe… text/html 2011-10-07T01:29:40-06:00 David Ordal http://www.startupcto.com/processes/web-qa-testing?rev=1317968980 This is intended to be a brief overview of some of the things you need to do think about when doing QA/testing a website or web application. It is aimed more at the front-end than the back-end, and is not comprehensive (but should still serve as an excellent guide).