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Eric Sink sells Winnable Solitaire. Eric Sink is the person responsible for coining the term microISV and he did so when he created a program called Winnable Solitaire and wrote an article about becoming a microISV. Eric has just announced that he sold Winnable Solitaire which ends his microISV journey but maybe one day after… Continue reading Eric Sink sells Winnable Solitaire

Structured Blogging,The “Del.icio.us Lesson”, Personal Datamining and The Knowledge Commons. There is a lot of discussion going on in the “blogosphere” about the Structured Blogging. The idea behind Strucutred Blogging is to make a set of standards for RSS and blog software. Here is an article describing this: Structured blogging is an initiative to add… Continue reading Structured Blogging,The “Del.icio.us Lesson”, Personal Datamining and The Knowledge Commons

Long Live Superpatron!. I've talked about Edward Vielmetti here before, but I never had the right name for him. Now I do. He's Superpatron! “Superpatron is a weblog for library patrons who love their libraries, who take advantage of everything they have to offer, and are always on the lookout for great ideas that libraries… Continue reading Long Live Superpatron!

Omnidrive's Online Storage Actually Works. I’ve been talking to Nik Cubrilovic, the founder of Sydney, Australia based Omnidrive, since I posted about the need for a good online storage service in November (see no. 1 in that post). I’ve had the chance to test it over the last few days. It’s pre-beta but will be… Continue reading Omnidrive's Online Storage Actually Works

Internet Explorer Sucks. This study is from August, but I missed it. The researchers tracked three browsers (MSIE, Firefox, Opera) in 2004 and counted which days they were “known unsafe.” Their definition of “known unsafe”: a remotely exploitable security vulnerability had been publicly announced and no patch was yet available. MSIE was 98% unsafe. There… Continue reading Internet Explorer Sucks

I'm hating Symantec. Well last night I was REALLY hating Symantec, I've since cooled off a bit. A friend of ours purchased, and then tried to install, Norton's System Works 2006. She thought she had a successful install, however when she restarted her computer, her new System Works immediately went into red stop sign mode,… Continue reading I'm hating Symantec

Less templates, more user experience.  One of the things that needs to change in 2006 (which will undoubtedly be the year of the web-application) is the care for user experience and usability. Many managers and business-people need to change their perspective and hire the right people to take their web-businesses to a new level. We… Continue reading Less templates, more user experience

A conversation with Windows Vista Kernel Team. This is Channel 9’s Christmas Present to geeks everywhere. A candid conversation with the team that’s building Windows Vista’s kernel. I even ask if they wish the registry had never been invented. But, Charles Torre did most of the interviewing. Being in a room with these guys for… Continue reading A conversation with Windows Vista Kernel Team

Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report. The volume of information harvested, without court warrants, is much larger than the White House has acknowledged. By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN. [NYT > Home Page]

Heating aid slashed; N.E. faces burden. WASHINGTON — The federal program to help poor families heat their homes got cut to less than half the amount originally promised by Congress, because of a flurry of late-night maneuvers on Wednesday that could leave tens of thousands of New England families struggling with skyrocketing heating bills this… Continue reading Heating aid slashed; N.E. faces burden