Groove and a few other things. I saw the announcement today that Groove is being acquired by Microsoft and Ray Ozzie is joining as another CTO. Congratulations to Ray and all the Groove people! I hope this is good for you. For Massachusetts, this is a great thing: Microsoft finally has a real development office… Continue reading Groove and a few other things
Month: March 2005
How to start a startup
How to start a startup. Paul Graham writes another of his usually interesting essays, this one on How to start a startup. I think he is insufficiently worried about the dangers of venture/vulture capital, but his three core principles are sound. [Ceejbot]
It's the Bill and Ray show
It's the Bill and Ray show. It was only a matter of time (and money)… Microsoft is swallowing Groove Networks. For several years, I've had an intense love-hate relationship with Groove. It's absolutely fantastic to have instant, secure workgroups and a place to put all your data that is not a fragile hard drive or… Continue reading It's the Bill and Ray show
Another case of massive consumer data theft
Another case of massive consumer data theft. It must be the season for playing free and easy with consumer data. Consumer data aggregator Sesint reports that hackers broke into one of their databases and made off the info on 32,000 US consumers. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
Tinderbox 2.4
Tinderbox 2.4. Tinderbox 2.4 is now available! It's got tons of important new features: sticky and locked adornments powerful and fast rules smarter agents lots of new XML/HTML export tools The overnights are great: “Huzzah! ….All sorts of new goodies… I will be sorely tempted to spend the rest of this week digging into the… Continue reading Tinderbox 2.4
Eyesite
Eyesite. This is how people look at search results: It's not a theory, it's all sorts of fancy science put to good use. And yes, my headline is a pun. Think about this the next time you want to save a few shekels on where you show up on the screen. Now that we've trained… Continue reading Eyesite
RewriteEngine Tutorial
RewriteEngine Tutorial. Needed to do some fancy footwork with htaccess and rewriting urls for redirection. Found this tutorial on yourhtmlsource.com, which so far seems pretty simple to understand and helpful. [scriptygoddess]
ChoicePoint Says “Please Regulate Me”
ChoicePoint Says “Please Regulate Me”. According to ChoicePoint's most recent 8-K filing: Based on information currently available, we estimate that approximately 145,000 consumers from 50 states and other territories may have had their personal information improperly accessed as a result of the recent Los Angeles incident and certain other instances of unauthorized access to our… Continue reading ChoicePoint Says “Please Regulate Me”
My first book: the art of project management
My first book: the art of project management. The new book from O'Reilly on how to lead and manage software development, from a ten year Microsoft veteran. [uiweb.com]
STATE FAILURE 101
STATE FAILURE 101. Iraq spent another night in total darkness due to a cascading infrastructure failure that shut-down electricity throughout the country. It was another major tactical victory for Iraq's global guerrillas in their campaign to keep the country in perpetual failure. … [Global Guerrillas]