Invoice Manager Mac Client Available
Please download our Mac client here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14560223/Download/Invoice%20Manager.dmg
We just updated Invoice Manager to version 2.0, with all-new features like inline-formulas, a super-sleek new design and a native Mac client.
Users of version 1 can log in on Invoice Manager v2 at http://apps.tomttb.com/invoice.
The Mac App version will be available for download soon.
Interested in using the Invoice Manager? Shoot us an email, and we will provide you a demo account and pricing information.
Update: The Mac client is available for download at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14560223/Download/Invoice%20Manager.dmg
Programming as educational tool
I use programming as a lot of things, as a way to make money, a way to challenge myself over and over again, but also as a tool to help me learn.
It’s always good when you not only try to learn things the passive way, i.e. by only reading a text, but to work actively with it, to convert that text in as much different content forms as possible, and try to see it in its context, for example by looking at different way to use a formula and attach it to things you do daily, or get more insight on a history text by looking at relevant pictures or videos.
I try it on another way, by programming. When I have to learn about a series of events in history, I might program a interactive timeline with automatic YouTube integration to find relevant footage. When I have to learn a lot of Latin words, I might build an search engine to find more information about a word, famous sentences with that word and words from modern languages that have a certain similarity.
What you achieve with this, is that you put something you don’t know yet, or simply can’t understand, in a model that you already know and understand. By finding a model in which this fits, you get to understand it, but also you learn the differences between those two models.
Working this way makes the learning process a lot easier and more fun for me, but now I have to finish my history assignment!
Latin-Dutch Dictionary App downloaded over 5000 times!
My Latin-Dutch dictionary app was downloaded 5000 times in about 15 weeks!
It features around 7000 Latin words (that’s half of the pocket dictionary), including conjugations of some important verbs, Latin abbreviations and the words of 6 textbooks.
But the most interesting part is that, to create the app, I haven’t typed a single word. I created a search engine that searched the internet for lists with Latin words and their Dutch translation and put them in a database. After reaching this 5000-download milestone I’m going to improve my search engine and try to add even more words to this app.
