Month: January 2005

Some disappointing news from Macromedia today: As of January 3, 2005, Macromedia will consolidate product subscriptions into the Macromedia Volume License Program (MVLP) and will discontinue sales of the DevNet subscription service. We will fully support current DevNet subscribers through February 1, 2006 Why?  “To better serve our customers” of course.  They're eliminating development server… Continue reading Macromedia Volume License Program

Power Users, Ready for a Refill. With Starbucks and other public venues increasingly serving as impromptu offices, the jockeying for electrical outlets can be brutal. By MICHEL MARRIOTT. [NYT > Technology]

I Want a Pony: Snapshots of a Dream Productivity App. Just a few of the things I'd love to see in a productivity app. (Hint: bloated, proprietary file formats are not one of them) [43 Folders]

Replace Your NT4 Domain Controller with Samba 3. With all but paid support offerings for Windows NT4 gone, it's definitely time to consider migrating to another platform. Here's how Samba 3 can step in to the gap NT4 is leaving by taking over PDC responsibilities. [Datamation Product News]

Small Business Financials. Today, Microsoft launched its first new small-business product of 2005, the first of many that competitors and partners should look for this year. The product, Microsoft Small Business Financials, is designed for the some of smallest SMBs, those with 10-49 employees. The software comes out of Microsoft's Business Solutions division, which focus… Continue reading Small Business Financials

microISV Profile: Jesse Grosjean, Hog Bay Software. Jesse Grosjean of Hog Bay Software is the latest microISV to be profiled. Hog Bay Software specializes in apps for Apple's OS X operating system. Jesse is a full time microISV who offers his insights on pricing, user support and productivity. … [microISV]

The ideal job. David St. Lawrence has an excellent blog where he often posts about careers, small business, and becoming an entrepreneur. In his post The ideal job, he defines the ideal job as follows: Definition: The ideal jobs are those that prepare you for long-term job security as your own boss. [microISV] Some further… Continue reading The ideal job

Alignment Gap. One of my day-job clients – Genesys Solutions, LLC (http://www.genesysllc.com/index.html ) – has made a very productive business by helping businesses and large organizations see the gap between what they think they should be doing and what they are doing. Call it the Alignment Gap – the distance between all those things that… Continue reading Alignment Gap

Alternative Views — Best practices. Fundamental to MasterList Professional being worth your time is the idea that the more ways you can quickly organize your projects and tasks, the more control you have over them. That’s why in the MasterList, Current, Checklists, Projects Overview and Projects views you see a View Button just below the… Continue reading Alternative Views — Best practices

A second blog. I've started another blog, titled Lachlan on Delphi. I'll be using it to record my experiences mainly with Borland's Delphi software development environment with the odd excursion into other areas. I won't be discussing Sydney over there, so if you're not a programmer it probably won't interest you much. On a sidenote,… Continue reading A second blog