Anthony Bush’s Blog

Divide workspaces by projects, not applications.

I use web browsers, terminals, finder windows, and code editors for my software engineering projects.

I also use applications that are project independent and should stay out of the way when not needed yet remain easily accessible without having to switch through a bunch of “spaces.” I consider Mail and iTunes to be such applications. These tend to be applications that only use one window and as a result they are easily managed just by using the Dock and Command-Tab features in Mac OS X.

My setup can be accomplished with two quick steps:

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Once you’ve got Google Analytics working, you can use jQuery to easily track other links on your site, such as download links.

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I recently purchased an iPhone and decided to switch my PowWeb hosted POP e-mail accounts to Gmail’s free IMAP offerings. Doing this enabled me to read, move, and delete messages on either my iPhone or Laptop and not have to do the same thing again on the other device.

One of my requirements for this change to succeed was that anyone with my existing e-mail address would not have to make any changes. They’d still send to the same address, and e-mail from me would still appear to come from the same address.

I outline the steps I took to accomplish this below.

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