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Zubbles: Technicolor Bubbles. Popular Science has a wonderful feature about colored bubbles. The inventor, Tim Kehoe, spent 11 years figuring out a way to make bubbles with color that disappeared after the pop. And then the bubbles broke—on the kids, on the parents, on cars, on Haddleton's prized German Shepherds. It looked like there had… Continue reading Zubbles: Technicolor Bubbles

The fine art of programming. Here's a list of excellent online programming guides that i am compiling. I will add more links as time permits. How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary, Robert L Read: Not short, but excellent distillation of one man's programming wisdom. The Art of Unix Programming, Eric… Continue reading The fine art of programming

To Tech or Not to Tech? – Article. Here's the Key. You must choose technology on the basis of whether it helps you be who you are and do what you want better than the other alternatives that you are considering. There are several consequences of this approach. First, my best technology choices will not… Continue reading To Tech or Not to Tech? – Article

Niall Kennedy: “I created a Simple Sharing Extensions exporter for NetNewsWire followed links as a proof of concept.” [Scripting News]

The enterprise evaluation of Rails vs Java. Rick Bradley has kindly shared the evaluation document that was part of the decision for picking Rails over Java for the rewrite of CenterNet. Their enterprise health care system. On top of that, Rick has started a blog to follow the project through. Right on.  [Riding Rails]

Microsoft SSE Thoughts. Everyone knows Ray Ozzie is my hero right? I spent the first several years of my professional career as a Lotus Notes developer, and even worked for Lotus itself for a brief stint in 1996, so you can imagine what an Ozzie disciple I am. I even was able to pay fealty… Continue reading Microsoft SSE Thoughts

Outsourcing to the Heartland. Outsourcing IT jobs to India hasn't been wholly successful. Now some companies are realizing there are plenty of outsourcing opportunities here in rural America. By Emma Johnson. [Wired News]

Companies I'd like to Profile (but don't exist). There are companies I review every day that I don’t write about. Reasons vary – it’s been done already and the product isn’t even as good as what’s been done, its a mostly or totally one-way application, or it isn’t consumer focused (or have implications for consumer… Continue reading Companies I'd like to Profile (but don't exist)

5 Factors for Library Web Site Redesign. Michael has a list of five things to consider when beginning a library website redesign, and I know some of you out there are doing just that. His list is a good place to start…. [LibrarianInBlack]

New Companies Will Be Built with SSE. Wow, am I excited this morning to see Microsoft announce Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE), which turns RSS bidirectional and which is released under the Creative Commons License. I wrote more about this at CrunchNotes, but I want to mention it here because this is an incredibly important technology… Continue reading New Companies Will Be Built with SSE