Nick Yeoman
Working On The Web
Nick Yeoman Working On The Web

Desktop Development

Updated 29November2009

Install VMWare Tools Ubuntu Server

I don't often install Ubuntu server on a Virtual Machine (VM) so I've documented the process here. Usually you can just click "install VMWare tools" and VMWare will complete the process automatically.

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Updated 06November2009

Ubuntu Keyboard Shortcuts

I've been using Ubuntu for about three years now and I've never taken the time to learn the keyboard shortcuts. I've wasted so much time taking the extra second to move my hand over to the mouse. The purpose of this article is to quickly teach you useful time-saving keyboard shortcuts available in Ubuntu.

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Updated 26July2009

Using grep for web development

grep is a great tool for web development. I've included a script to make things a little bit easier for searching your files for code.

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Updated 27July2009

Speed Up Development - Aliases

I just read this great article about Command Aliases in Unix shells. I felt so inspired by this post, I'm writing about how you can use aliases to speed up web development.

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Updated 06November2009

Installing Qtopia Desktop

This article has nothing to do with web development. It is more for my reference, but if your interested feel free to read.

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Updated 24May2009

Change your etc hosts file

This is just a quick post about where your host file is located. I don't work in Windows often so I always forget where the hosts file is located.

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