Look at the Orange

I just found out about a nice, easy place for developers who want to post code on their blog to share with others.

I’m sure other platforms do it, but WordPress.com has a really nice, simple way of making it happen. It does all the syntax highlighting, shows line numbers, allows the reader to copy the code, print it and has support for 26 different languages.

To see an example of this, check out http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/

Nice job WordPress!

Recently I have been reminded of the idea of going for the best, not just the good.

It really is a great problem to have, this problem I have…I have to many good opportunities. Seriously – this bible study, this book to read, this blog post to write, this community to be a part of, this church service to go to, this way to volunteer, this conference to go to, etc. So in a life of to many good opportunities, how do I live out a life of stewardship?

I think the answer  is do less.

Be less distracted, give everything I have to those few things. It sounds so good, but is so hard for me to do.

I’m working on it. Just told someone that I’m going to have to stop doing this one thing last weekend…progress.

How do you keep track of things you need to work on? I have yet to find something I think is perfect, but have tried many different tools. Most recently, I’ve just been using a notepad and pen. I write down the things I need to do and then highlight them and put the date next to it when it’s complete.

There’s no shortage of tools…

*Google Tasks  *Toodledo  *Things  *Evernote

…question is, which is most helpful, without being yet another time consumer/distraction?

How about you? What tool do you use? And what is the method you use in that tool?

Yesterday I went out and bought Seth Godin’s new book, Linchpin. I am really excited to read this and have heard a lot of good things about it from people who have already read it.

Earlier today I was thinking about writing a post asking for your opinion between two pieces of web development software… Coda and Espresso. However, after spending the evening working with Espresso (have been using Coda trial for about 15 days) I decided that the source control options with Coda were enough to set it apart. Although it felt somewhat ridiculous trying to get subversion set up in Coda, I found out it was ridiculous just because it needed to be restarted a couple of times during the subversion setup process. Now that I have it all set up I am quite happy!

For now I’m hosting my subversion (not really sure if I’m even saying that right) on Unfuddle.com which seems pretty good…and it’s free, which is the perfect price.

So there ya have it…it’s Coda, Subversion & Unfuddle for me for the time being. Feel free to share your thoughts still…maybe you’ll persuade me to change.