Category Archives: Development

Batch Add Contacts in Outlook

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

I finally got an iPhone, and will be syncing it to my company’s Exchange environment.  I used to sync my WinMo phone with my personal world.  I wanted to start adding contact pictures so they would show up on my … Continue reading →

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iPad SDK

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

Way back when, I signed up for the iPhone developer program, downloaded the SDK, read a few articles, never bought an iPhone or iPod Touch, and never actually built anything. Now with the iPad, I think I’ll buy one, and … Continue reading →

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What is a Product Champion?

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Rick Lobrecht

I still need to write a “What is a Product Champion?” post, but Joel Spolsky has done a great job writing a post on Program Managers.  At SLB, we don’t have a position with the title of Program Manager, but … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Mac Switcher – programming

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Rick Lobrecht

I’m not really a programmer (developer) however I have programmed professionally off an on for over fifteen years.  I started with LOGO and BASIC as a kid.  During college I had proper courses in FORTRAN.  Since then I’ve programmed primarily … Continue reading →

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