Four Days on Rails

Four Days on Rails. Four Days on Rails is a 40 page introduction to useful Rails techniques and where to go on the web for more information. Rails is well documented on-line; in fact, possibly too well documented for beginners, with over 30,000 words of on-line documentation in the format of a reference manual. What's… Continue reading Four Days on Rails

Ten Best Intranets of 2005

Useit.Com: Ten Best Intranets of 2005. Selecting the ten best intranets gets harder every year because the number of great designs keeps increasing. While tough on the judges, this is good news: it shows that the intranet usability movement is winning. [Tomalak's Realm]

Protect your site from Google's new toolbar [updated]

Protect your site from Google's new toolbar [updated]. To the delight of gadget freaks and the consternation of some designers, Google's new Autolink feature sticks links on your site that you didn't put there. You can't fight City Hall, but if it freaks you out to have anyone (even nice Google) sticking links on your… Continue reading Protect your site from Google's new toolbar [updated]

Jef Raskin

Jef Raskin. Jef Raskin, the man who started and inspired the Macintosh revolution, passed away peacefully on Saturday. [MacInTouch]

On Social Security: Fun With Numbers

On Social Security: Fun With Numbers. The Social Security debate rages on. Clearly, changes are necessary, but which ones? [The Motley Fool]

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As Logan grows, a race to train screeners begins

As Logan grows, a race to train screeners begins. CHELSEA — Logan International Airport opens a rebuilt Terminal A in two weeks, offering millions of passengers a glittering gateway to the world from the former home of Eastern Airlines. It will also create fresh personnel demands on the Transportation Security Administration, which is losing about… Continue reading As Logan grows, a race to train screeners begins

Cahier: The Honda Accord of Moleskines

Cahier: The Honda Accord of Moleskines. Nice middle ground between the high-end Classic and the modestly-priced Volant. I like that you can doodle on the cardboard cover. [43 Folders]

Microsoft to disable product activation over Net

Microsoft to disable product activation over Net. Customers who find themselves reinstalling Windows XP should be ready for a headache: Microsoft will no longer support activating the product over the Internet. Intended to curtail the stealing and selling of certificates of authenticity, the new security measure will start at the end of this month. At… Continue reading Microsoft to disable product activation over Net

E-meetings Becoming More Mainstream

E-meetings Becoming More Mainstream. This week's issue of ComputerWorld has an excellent feature story on how e-meeting systems have evolved to save companies time and money by reducing travel expenses. One of the companies featured in the story is Groove customer Steelcase Inc., the global office furniture company. Florent Burion, international CRM team leader at… Continue reading E-meetings Becoming More Mainstream