Andy Brice

Planning & executing 8/9/2021

I find that my paying customers keep me quite focussed! Obviously it is a bit different if you are an academic. But perhaps you can 'construct' some sort of customer (e.g. an academic peer who you pro...

Easy Data Transform 7/29/2021

mathew wrote: Andy, > >I just watched your 11 minute YouTube video. So impressive! And elegant. >I'm going to buy just to support your great efforts. Even without >knowing how I'll exactly use Easy ...

Easy Data Transform 7/28/2021

Thanks for the positive feedback! Andy Brice

Artisanal software sale 7/9/2021

Alexander Deliyannis wrote: They should offer one free app for every 4 one purchases ;) As long as it isn't one of mine! ;0)

Artisanal software sale 7/9/2021

Prion wrote: Does already having 14 licenses for the 20 candidates on offer make me >an artisan then? That is committed crimping!

Project Software that can do time tracking and relative time calculations 7/9/2021

I can only speak for Hyper Plan. We don't really support this approach at present. But what I woud like to do is add 'computed properties'. Say you have numeric properties A and B, then you could add ...

Artisanal software sale 6/28/2021

Deliyannis wrote: What follows can be considered a brief ode to artisanal software, so in >topic :) > >I think I bought Easy Data Transform briefly after it came out. I used >it for one particular ...

Artisanal software sale 6/27/2021

Thanks! I really most update that video...

Artisanal software sale 6/27/2021

>Easy Data Transform easily handled 350 meg of tax roll data. The only >thing I had to do was add a line feed after each fixed length record and >write different embedded record types to different fi...

Artisanal software sale 6/26/2021

>I just saw the video for Easy Data Transform - impressive! Thanks. The video is of a rather old version. I need to re-do it. >Our local property tax district is out of control. I asked for a copy o...

Artisanal software sale 6/26/2021

>categorizing modes of constipation Ha. Maybe I should A/B test that as a tag line on the home page. ;0) >HyperPlan is great. Thanks!

Artisanal software sale 6/24/2021

If we can have 'artisanal' bread and beer, I don't see why we can't have 'artisanal' software! And there is a sale of artisanal software over at: https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/ My own Hy...

Google Smart Canvas Coming Later This Year 5/23/2021

I read somewhere that glory and promotions in Google are very much driven by releasing new products. There is no glory or promotion for maintaining current products. If so, it is hardly surprising tha...

Google Smart Canvas Coming Later This Year 5/22/2021

I wonder if it will last any longer than Google Wave did? -- Andy Brice http://www.hyperplan.com

Is Toodledo dead? 3/27/2021

>Thanks guys. It’s a similar stacksocial deal. I’m not going for it as it runs out tomorrow. Note that StackSocial will no longer give your email to the vendor 'because privacy'. That ma...

Hyper Plan now avilable for M1 Macs and with Mac dark mode 3/23/2021

Hyper Plan has been available for both Mac and Windows right from the start. The actual mac binaries are still Intel. So it was mostly just a recompile with the latest version of Qt 5. But I have also...

Hyper Plan now avilable for M1 Macs and with Mac dark mode 3/22/2021

Versions of Hyper Plan from 2.10.3 and earlier didn't run on M1 (ARM) Macs due to problems with the underlying Qt libraries. I've now rebuilt Hyper Plan with more up-to-date Qt libraries which means i...

Experience with M1 (ARM) Macs? 2/26/2021

Listerene wrote: >One problem on the horizon is that >M1 machines have been writing data to the SSD at an alarming rate which >-- if Apple doesn't fix the issue -- likely will shorten the SSD's >lif...

Experience with M1 (ARM) Macs? 2/25/2021

MadaboutDana wrote: Well, I’ve read an awful lot of reviews, and every single one >(even by doubting Thomases) has been wildly enthusiastic. Yes, they seem to get a much more positive respons...

Experience with M1 (ARM) Macs? 2/25/2021

I have just released a new version of Hyper Plan (v2.10.4) to support the new M1 Macs. It seems the the previous version (built with an older version of the Qt framework) had issues. I am thinking abo...

Happy New Year 1/1/2021

Well said, Here is to high signal:noise and civil debate. -- Andy Brice http://www.hyperplan.com

The demise of native coded apps 12/19/2020

@Lothar Scholz I agree that Microsoft's approach (or lack of) to desktop GUI platforms for the last decade (and more) has been totally shambolic. What a mess. I don't even know what the current recom...

The demise of native coded apps 12/18/2020

Here is one developer's reflections on the difficulty of writing cross platform GUI frameworks and the applications that sit on top of them: https://blog.royalsloth.eu/posts/sad-state-of-cross-platfo...

The demise of native coded apps 12/9/2020

Apple makes most of its money on hardware. So it is in their interest to push down the price of software to make the hardware more attractive. It has reached the ridiculous point that some people cons...

The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done 12/8/2020

jaslar wrote: >The heart of the article, I thought, was this: > >"Consider instead a system that externalizes work. Following the lead of >software developers, we might use virtual task boards, where...

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