Category Archives: Development

Why User Experience Should Matter

Much has been said on this topic, by smarter people than me. I won’t attempt an educated version of the topic (as I’m not actually educated in that subject area other than by experience), I have nothing backing this rant other than an ability to empathise with end users and a burning need to Make [...]

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Optional Directions

I’ve just been sent a copy of the contact list for our major client. Listed within are instructions as to how to navigate the automated switchboard to reach various people.
As some of you may know, I’m in the throes of redesigning the software our company uses to manage its contracts/contacts/operations and stuff. What didn’t occur [...]

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Entering NULL into table using Enterprise Manager

For those occasions when you are manually editing data and need to replace what you are removing with a NULL. The keystroke is control-0
The number of times I’ve googled for that, as I can never remember it..

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