Month: April 2005

7 Myths about Network Security. So this evening I was doing the dew and catching up on some reading when I came across an interesting article on Security Pipeline about the “7 Myths of Network Security”. It is well worth the read. In summary, the article breaks down the 7 Myths as: Myth: Encryption guarantees… Continue reading 7 Myths about Network Security

New Blackberry Same As The Old. We got the BB 7290 in today. Even with the extra memory, it is slow, slow, slow. RIM needs to do a completely new redesign because the current models are just about worthless as a PIM for someone who has a lot of contacts. I mean, the whole point… Continue reading New Blackberry Same As The Old

Jon Udell discovers Ruby on Rails. Jon Udell discovers Ruby on Rails and shows special affection for Active Record in Separating code from its environment: I’ve only scratched the surface of Ruby, but when I recently started a project that required a Web-based interface to a SQL database, I reached for Ruby on Rails, because… Continue reading Jon Udell discovers Ruby on Rails

DogEar. Another nice refinement in the latest Tinderbox is in the map view. When a note contains text, Tinderbox draws a dog ear in the corner of the note. Now, the background color of that dog-ear reflects the note's age. Fresh notes are a very light, pale blue. After a day or so, the note… Continue reading DogEar

Beyond striking. A Java developer, an expert in some of the Java web app frameworks, recently rewrote an existing Java web app in Ruby using the Rails framework. Not only was the Ruby rewrite significantly less code, but it ran faster. He called the LOC difference “beyond striking”. He also discusses his results sanely, mentioning… Continue reading Beyond striking

No relation between price and quality. In industries under siege from external change (and I count music, books, airlines, pharmaceuticals, IT, telecommunications, etc) you'll find that the extra fees extracted by the legacy companies DO NOT go for quality. They go to prop up the status quo. That's why CDs cost $18 and why Jet… Continue reading No relation between price and quality

Recommendation: Attend Gel. Mark Hurst from Creative Good sure puts on a good show. If you are going to be in NYC at the end of April you should check out the Gel Conference. It’s a mixup of a bunch of folks from different industries and disciplines talking about what a “good experience” is. Some… Continue reading Recommendation: Attend Gel