Contents tagged with productivity

  • Caps Lock Me Up

    When is the last time you voluntarily pressed Caps Lock for its intended purpose? When was the last time that last time wasn’t meant as an ironic mocking of the key’s intended function? And yet, the key is so easy to reach, nestled in the loving embrace of the fan favorites Shift and Tab. It seems quite unfortunate that such a useless key has such a prime piece of keyboard real-estate. Continue reading...

  • Reorganizing the Visual Studio 2010 Solution Explorer Context Menu

    If you work extensively with Visual Studio, it's entirely possible that you've ended up with a solution explorer context menu that is strikingly similar to the one you see at the right. In fact, I have seen many substantially worse context menus in real-world scenarios. Options just tend to pile up as you approach different projects, each with different tooling requirements that can eventually culminate in a menu that is extremely difficult to browse. Continue reading...