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A really quick tip today : I am completely fond of <strong><a title="Llama" href="http://www.appbrain.com/app/llama-location-profiles/com.kebab.Llama" target="_blank">Llama </a></strong>on my Android phone.
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="705"]<img title="Llama application" src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4286043/00_Website/03_Images/llama.png" alt="Llama application icon " width="705" height="345" /> My beloved Llama[/caption]
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<img title="Llama application" src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4286043/00_Website/03_Images/llama.png" alt="Llama application icon " width="705" height="345" />
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Actually, it the very first application I would install on a new device.
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The same rule applies for software development : Let's write some dirty code, I'll clean it afterwards . . . Bad idea! When I write dirty code <a title="good developers bad code" href="http://taylonr.com/only-good-developers-write-bad-code" target="_blank">(everyone does, isn't it?)</a>, I always constraint it in a method and don't let it spread everywhere ! And <strong>if my collegue is struggling with deadlines, I try to help him by cleaning up</strong> all those elements that he hasn't time enough to perfect. Doesn't take much time to get into it (as it is constraint), and it will definitely help him work faster.
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Which one . . .
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[caption id="attachment_675" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Which one . . ."]<a href="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Kitchen-mess.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-675 " title="Kitchen-mess" src="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Kitchen-mess.jpg" alt="mess in the kitchen" width="600" height="448" /></a>[/caption]
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<a href="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Kitchen-mess.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-675 " title="Kitchen-mess" src="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Kitchen-mess.jpg" alt="mess in the kitchen" width="600" height="448" /></a>
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Do you prefer?
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[caption id="attachment_676" align="alignright" width="600" caption=". . . do I prefer ?"]<a href="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/clean-kitchen.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-676 " title="clean kitchen" src="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/clean-kitchen.jpg" alt="clean kitchen" width="600" height="448" /></a>[/caption]
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<a href="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/clean-kitchen.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-676 " title="clean kitchen" src="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/clean-kitchen.jpg" alt="clean kitchen" width="600" height="448" /></a>
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Customer contact is a fuel that keeps you motivated, and make you give the best of yourself every day. What reward is better than a smile on someone's face after you spent the whole morning preparing him lunch ?
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Of course, with cooking even more than with software customer contact also means that if you screw up there is nowhere to hide (especially when you have a plate in your hand :)). I had forgotten about that feeling until some days ago, when<strong><a title="facemovie" href="http://jlengrand.github.com/FaceMovie/" target="_blank"> Ignacio contacted me about FaceMovie</a>.</strong> It gave me a great push of motivation. <strong><a title="first customers" href="http://leostartsup.com/2012/06/the-first-people-using-your-product-are-an-amazing-breed/" target="_blank">Customer contact is really the best fuel on Earth !</a></strong>
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Of course, with cooking even more than with software customer contact also means that if you screw up there is nowhere to hide (especially when you have a plate in your hand :)). I had forgotten about that feeling until some days ago, when <strong><a title="facemovie" href="http://jlengrand.github.com/FaceMovie/" target="_blank">Ignacio contacted me about FaceMovie</a>.</strong> It gave me a great push of motivation. <strong><a title="first customers" href="http://leostartsup.com/2012/06/the-first-people-using-your-product-are-an-amazing-breed/" target="_blank">Customer contact is really the best fuel on Earth !</a></strong>
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<em>One last thing though</em> : As cool as customers can be, never forget that you have to make money from them! At the very beginning, I had a tendancy to please them as much as possible, reducing my margin as a side-effect. . . Not a really good idea in the long run.
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I think this effect tends to disappear (in fact my boss was pretty good at creating macros), but it still true though.
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This can be a good point for you, as long as you take this into account when talking to your customers. And this also means that user experience is really the main key to enter those niches.
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<h1><strong>Bonus :</strong></h1>
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As I said, being a cook also helped me get my last Job. <strong>More people that you think are really into food</strong>, and this is one of the reasons I like to keep this experience in my resume.
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I found the idea excellent, clever and elegant at the same time. It amazed me !
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<strong>Needless to say today won't be the day where I remove the word cook<a title="resume advices" href="http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/01/resume-advice-for-software-engineering-new-grads-interns/" target="_blank"> from my CV</a> !</strong>
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<strong>Needless to say today won't be the day where I remove the word cook <a title="resume advices" href="http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/01/resume-advice-for-software-engineering-new-grads-interns/" target="_blank">from my CV</a> !</strong>
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<em>And you, what past experience makes you a better developer ? </em><em>Do you love cooking, how do you feel yourself in a kitchen ? </em>
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But as Napoleon once said :
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<blockquote>Un petit dessin vaut mieux qu'un long discours</blockquote>
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here is a demonstration of Ivolution capabilities.
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Here is a demonstration of Ivolution capabilities.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZpKnSjvmXo
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9ZpKnSjvmXo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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I have been working on it for dozens of hours now, and slowly see it taking shape. If I had a functional core for some weeks now, it is far from enough to get a nice product and much is still missing (nice interface, performance, documentation, easy installation, . . . ). And <a title="Job Space" href="http://www.lengrand.fr/job-space/" target="_blank">as a computer vision engineer</a>, it takes me a lot of time to implement all those elements !
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="294"]<a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4286043/ivolution_gtk.png"><img title="Ivolution interface" src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4286043/ivolution_gtk.png" alt="" width="294" height="547" /></a> Ivolution interface[/caption]
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<a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4286043/ivolution_gtk.png"><img title="Ivolution interface" src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4286043/ivolution_gtk.png" alt="" width="294" height="547" /></a>
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<strong>So I redeveloped a new interface from scratch, this time using wxPython.</strong> Here is what it looks like right now :
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[caption id="attachment_731" align="aligncenter" width="337"]<a href="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ivolution_29_08.png"><img class=" wp-image-731 " title="ivolution_29_08" src="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ivolution_29_08.png" alt="New gui of ivolution" width="337" height="391" /></a> New version of ivolution interface[/caption]
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<a href="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ivolution_29_08.png"><img class=" wp-image-731 " title="ivolution_29_08" src="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ivolution_29_08.png" alt="New gui of ivolution" width="337" height="391" /></a>
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It is still really raw, and some of the menus are not implemented yet. But I find it <strong>way simpler and catchy</strong> than the old one.
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But I am proud to say that the Ivolution now can be properly installed on a Windows machine, and the user is even given pretty shortcuts ! To create this installer I used <strong><a title="NSIS" href="http://www.winamp.com/" target="_blank">NSIS</a></strong>, a tool created by the developers of <strong><a title="winamp" href="http://www.winamp.com/" target="_blank">Winamp</a> </strong>(amongst other great software). And I must say I was impressed how simple it was to get a simple working example. I definitely recommend using it !
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[caption id="attachment_748" align="aligncenter" width="763"]<a href="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/00_ivolution_installer.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-748" title="00_ivolution_installer" src="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/00_ivolution_installer.png" alt="Ivolution windows installer" width="763" height="543" /></a> Ivolution windows installer, and desktop icon as a bonus ![/caption]
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<a href="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/00_ivolution_installer.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-748" title="00_ivolution_installer" src="http://www.lengrand.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/00_ivolution_installer.png" alt="Ivolution windows installer" width="763" height="543" /></a>
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<h3>My objectives for next week:</h3>
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<li><strong>Write a proper documentation/manual.</strong></li>
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<div><strong>I'd love to hear about the tools you use to stay focused. Especially how you force yourself into having enough sleep. I must say this is the part is still struggle with :). </strong></div>
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<div><a title="stay focused sand" href="http://www.asla-socal.org/2012/02/stay-focused%E2%80%94the-more-successful-you-become-the-more-distractions-will-appear/" target="_blank">[source language="image"][/source]</a></div>
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