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Open Source Saturday. Dave Winer today tells a story about seeing someone floating by his beach house window who waved at Dave. I had a, um, geekier experience. I walked into Peet's coffee in Petaluma. There a really tall guy kept staring at me like he was trying to figure out who I was. I… Continue reading Open Source Saturday

New model: Moleskine Reporter Notebooks. Spanking new Moleskine Reporter notebooks look really nice. Can’t wait to pick one up. [43 Folders]

Serverless Laszlo is here. LPS 3.0b2 is now available for download from OpenLaszlo. The big feature that's new in this beta is the ability to deploy Laszlo applications without the presentation server. That means that from this point forward, if your Laszlo app does not require a set of specific features (including SOAP, Java RPC,… Continue reading Serverless Laszlo is here

Course on Personal Information Strategies. Oliver Wrede is looking at using Tinderbox in a course on personal information management strategies. Interesting. He describes his vision of “an introductory course that could prepare students to have a better grip at project management, conceptual brainstorming and knowledge work. I wonder if anybody has heard of such a… Continue reading Course on Personal Information Strategies

The Developer Code.  Here are two very good interviews with leaders of small development companies. The Building of Basecamp O'Reilly interviews Jason Fried, who you are surely way too familiar with at this point. There is a lot of valuable information here, and some unique perspectives that challenge conventional wisdom. On why they built Basecamp:… Continue reading The Developer Code

Better attorney photos for your law firm website. There's nothing worse than a law firm website that has lame photos.  Well, actually firm websites that completely lack attorney photos are pretty bad, and amazingly not all that rare.  Anyway, I mention this topic because a friend of mine in Seattle is a photographer who specializes… Continue reading Better attorney photos for your law firm website

Broadband as common as electricity. Pick up your mobile phone and watch your favorite TV show. At home, on your computer, download a feature-length movie in no time at all. If you live in South Korea, it is an everyday reality to have always-on superfast Internet — broadband — both in your cell phone and… Continue reading Broadband as common as electricity

Know your Enemy: Tracking Botnets. Ever been interested in how botnets work? The Honey Project has released an interesting paper entitled Know your Enemy: Tracking Botnets. In the research, they discuss the tools, tactics, and motives of attackers who run botnets. A botnet is a network of compromised machines that can be remotely controlled by… Continue reading Know your Enemy: Tracking Botnets

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