Month: February 2005

A $21 Million Reward for Failure. When I got up this morning and heard the news that Hewlett-Packard had fired Carly Fiorina as CEO, my immediate reaction was to imagine the column I'd be writing about the move. Then I remembered: I don't do that anymore. But I can't resist noting that, once again, corporate… Continue reading A $21 Million Reward for Failure

good and bad web design, let's be honest here. Erica Olsen astutely and succinctly puts her finger on it. A lot of library web sites suck. If they're not flat out ugly, they're deficient in other ways like usability, accessibility, poorly customized templates or just plain old lack of updates. They ignore conventional widsom about… Continue reading good and bad web design, let's be honest here

A Firewall for Your E-mail. The 3Com E-mail Firewall 'powered by BorderWare' aims to bring big-business security to SMB e-mail servers. Can it benefit your business? [Datamation Product News]

The rise of lighttpd as the alternative web server. Apache has long appeared to be the only viable show in town for your Rails’ web serving needs when it comes to running a production system. Of course, there has always been many others, but beside my brief fling with thttpd, I’ve never actually been terribly… Continue reading The rise of lighttpd as the alternative web server

XDrive Streaming Music Service: Online iPod.  I saw this news bit on Palm Info Center this morning about how XDrive is now streaming music to Palm devices from your storage locker online. I think this is really, really cool. Imagine having a process on your PC at home which snags new Podcasts and then uploads… Continue reading XDrive Streaming Music Service: Online iPod

Transparency is easier. Eric Sink has posted his latest Business of Software column titled Tenets of Transparency. The article contains some excellent recommendations for selling software in today's world and I agree with many of the points he made. What I like most though is the 'Practicing What I Preach' section … [microISV]

One person IT group. Yeah that title does seem like a contradiction, doesn't it? Seriously though, I got an email over the weekend from Steve, who wants to start up a Google group called “One-person IT Department” Seems like that might be an interesting idea. If it interests you, drop by, join up and start… Continue reading One person IT group

Learn More About ColdFusion MX 7. If you'd like to learn more about the new ColdFusion MX 7, here are links to several online articles that you may find useful: Introducing ColdFusion MX 7 – my introductory article. Building Reports with ColdFusion MX 7 – Dean Harmon and Collin Tobin introduce the powerful new ColdFusion… Continue reading Learn More About ColdFusion MX 7

Presentation Card.   Here's another Tinderbox Card: a presentation card. It's the first of several related cards. The core problem with lots of PowerPoint-style presentations is not that PowerPoint is bad. The core problem is that people write what they have to say on the slide, and then they put the slide on the screen,… Continue reading Presentation Card

DYNASTY Patriots beat Eagles for third Super Bowl victory in four years. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It's official. Tom Brady follows Joe Montana into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The University of Belichick takes its rightful place alongside Harvard and MIT. And the New England Patriots of the 21st century are established as an NFL… Continue reading DYNASTY Patriots beat Eagles for third Super Bowl victory in four years