Groove Networks Site Powered By ColdFusion. Ray Ozzie (best known as the creator of Lotus Notes) created Groove Networks to create software to simplify how groups work together, and Microsoft has announced plans to acquire Groove Networks. Several of you have written to tell me that the Groove Networks Web Site is powered by ColdFusion.… Continue reading Groove Networks Site Powered By ColdFusion
Month: March 2005
Microsoft Acquires Groove Networks: Three Years Too Late, Four Years to Impact
Microsoft Acquires Groove Networks: Three Years Too Late, Four Years to Impact. Shared Spaces announces the release of an independent Strategic Viewpoint report assessing Microsoft's acquisition of Groove Networks. Authored by Michael Sampson, the 7-page report: ” … works through what is ahead for a combined Microsoft and Groove entity, and ultimately concludes that Microsoft… Continue reading Microsoft Acquires Groove Networks: Three Years Too Late, Four Years to Impact
Dollar Woes
Dollar Woes. AT. The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), which acts as a bank for the world's central banks, has just released a study showing that the ratio of dollar deposits held in Asian offshore reserves declined to 67% in September, down from 81% in the third quarter of 2001. India was the biggest seller,… Continue reading Dollar Woes
‘I set out to prove those Rails folks wrong’
‘I set out to prove those Rails folks wrong’. Steven R. Baker was “…depressed by web development”, but he also pretty sure that “…sophisticated applications wouldn’t be any easier to build with Rails”. So what did he do? He gave it a try: So I did what any self-respecting skeptic would do: I set out… Continue reading ‘I set out to prove those Rails folks wrong’
The Adsense Economy
The Adsense Economy. USA Today looks at how small publishers and bloggers are making money via Google Adsense, a self-serve program that enables anyone to put contextual ads on their site…. [Micro Persuasion]
Novell Packs Plenty in SUSE Linux 9.3
Novell Packs Plenty in SUSE Linux 9.3. Like Ragu, it's all in there: Centrino support, latest OpenOffice, virtualization tools, iPod file transfer and Mono, to name a few of the 3,000 open source packages. [Datamation Product News]
Microsoft ties the knot with Groove
Microsoft ties the knot with Groove. My former employer purchased Groove today, making official what was already a very close working relationship. I’d like to be optimistic about what the acquisition will mean for the information worker part of Microsoft’s business. But let’s look at the track record that the Information Worker business unit has… Continue reading Microsoft ties the knot with Groove
The power of readable metaprogramming
The power of readable metaprogramming. Oliver Steele is Chief Software Architect at Laszlo Systems and he’s digging into Ruby on Rails: During my last vacation it took about five lazy vacation days with Ruby on Rails to implement a fairly sophisticated 40-page web application with five models, two metamodels, CRUD, cookies, image upload, and login.… Continue reading The power of readable metaprogramming
The story behind Rails at O’Reilly
The story behind Rails at O’Reilly. Jason Fried from 37signals talks about the origins of Rails with Marc Hedlund from O’Reilly: Ruby on Rails is the open source web application framework we extracted from Basecamp. When we built Basecamp we didn’t know we were building Rails at the same time, but that’s exactly how it… Continue reading The story behind Rails at O’Reilly
Stever Robbins on email overload
Stever Robbins on email overload. Great article on dealing with high email volume that focuses on what you can do to craft email messages that are easy to process, read, and answer. [43 Folders]