Month: December 2005

A conversation with Salesforce.com co-founder Parker Harris. I had lunch this week with Parker Harris, nominally the executive vice president, Technology, at Salesforce.com, but more importantly the co-founder of Salesforce.com. Our discussion ranged from executives at Salesforce once considering a name change to Workforce.com to two of the company's latest technologies, AppExchange and Sandbox. As… Continue reading A conversation with Salesforce.com co-founder Parker Harris

SEO for bloggers. Nick Wilson, over at performancing.com has a nice interview with “senior Google engineer and webmaster relations chappy Matt Cutts” that sheds some light on SEO as it relates to blogging. I think everyone should sit down with Google's webmaster guidelines and just read it all. It will only take a couple hours,… Continue reading SEO for bloggers

Rails 1.0: Party like it's one oh oh!. 15 months after the first public release, Rails has arrived at the big 1.0. What a journey! We’ve gone through thousands of revisions, tickets, and patches from hundreds of contributors to get here. I’m incredibly proud at the core committer team, the community, and the ecosystem we’ve… Continue reading Rails 1.0: Party like it's one oh oh!

Ruby on Rails 1.0 is live (with a new site too). Hey hey! Ruby on Rails is 1.0. We sprinkled a little 37signals dust on the new site to help make the announcement. A ton of really hard work went into getting 1.0 — and the site — ready. Big ups to the Rails Core… Continue reading Ruby on Rails 1.0 is live (with a new site too)

Wanna see how easy it is to compromise an unpatched Windows Server?. Whoppix has done it again. As recorded by the attacker, have a look at how easy it is to compromise a Windows 2000 server with an unpatched IIS5 implementation. Before you go and say “but Windows Server and IIS6 are out”, remember that… Continue reading Wanna see how easy it is to compromise an unpatched Windows Server?

Google Calendar said to be close to launch. Rumors have been swirling for awhile that Google is preparing an online calendaring and scheduling service. Many blogs and news outlets predicted it would hit last week, but several search related industry events that were thought to be launchpads came and went without a Google announcement. More… Continue reading Google Calendar said to be close to launch

The end of a year. Web design/development firm Forty Media is coming up on the one year anniversary of the launch of their business. James Archer takes a look back at the first year and gives some good advice for those just starting out. via Stylegala   [microISV]

Autonomy Buys Verity. Somehow I missed this announcement. I was doing a little research on FAST, the search engine used by Lexis TotalSearch, when I came across their offer to be a “safe harbor” for Verity customers who are concerned about the future of the Verity search engine because of Autonomy's (currently pending) purchase of… Continue reading Autonomy Buys Verity

How Safe Are Nanoparticles?. Lots of new products, from toothpaste to khakis, use nanotechnology. But some say we don't know enough about the health and environmental risks from the particles tiny enough to penetrate cells in lungs, brains and other organs. [Wired News]

The Firefox Hacks You Must Have. With a new version of the open-source browser out, we offer our guide to the nifty, fun Firefox extensions that will change your life. By Quinn Norton. [Wired News]