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Using Writeboard to collaborate on the text for our new book

Using Writeboard to collaborate on the text for our new book. We’ve been using Writeboard to collaborate on our upcoming book about Getting Real. For our previous book (“Defensive Design for the Web”), we swapped Microsoft Word files back and forth. Even with the program’s “track changes” functionality, things got messy and confusing. Writeboard’s been… Continue reading Using Writeboard to collaborate on the text for our new book

Guardian UK: Ben Hammersley on GTD and The David himself

Guardian UK: Ben Hammersley on GTD and The David himself. 43F confidant Ben Hammersley does a great piece on David Allen and GTD for today’s Guardian UK. Terrific summary of why GTD works as well as some nice insight into David’s background (DA & I share an alma mater, you know).  [43 Folders]

G.E. Commits to Dredging 43 Miles of Hudson River

G.E. Commits to Dredging 43 Miles of Hudson River. General Electric made a binding agreement to dredge the dangerous chemicals from the river in one of the largest and most expensive industrial cleanups in history. By ANTHONY DePALMA. [NYT > Home Page]

Achieving Energy Independence

Achieving Energy Independence. Everybody is in favor of America becoming independent of foreign sources of energy. Republicans say let's build up our energy sources at home; never mind environmental problems and global warming; it's more important to keep our economy strong. Democrats say protecting our environment and preventing global warming is more important than digging… Continue reading Achieving Energy Independence

Keep It Simple Stupid

Keep It Simple Stupid. # Today over beers with some of the Novell hackers I wrote a new session manager for GNOME. It goes like this: #!/bin/sh eval `ssh-agent` gnome-settings-daemon & gnome-panel & nautilus -n & beagled –bg & gnome-screensaver & exec metacity Login time on my machine, as measured with a stopwatch, has been… Continue reading Keep It Simple Stupid

Are you a Microsoft Partner and don't know your Support offerings?

Are you a Microsoft Partner and don't know your Support offerings?. How about some assistance with that presales question that has been keeping you up at night? Ever have a licensing question and tried to get a straight answer? Building boxes and could use some advice? Coding for your add-in and stuck? What about some… Continue reading Are you a Microsoft Partner and don't know your Support offerings?

Tim O. on Web 2.0

Tim O. on Web 2.0. Well, the slide has been viewed more than 18,000 times so far, but here are some highlights in text: Tim O'Reilly, in summarizing a brainstorming session at Foo, lists the following attributes of a classic Web 2.0 company:  … [Seth's Blog]

Over 10,000 Writeboards created since yesterday's launch!

Over 10,000 Writeboards created since yesterday's launch!. We’re happy to report that more than 10,000 Writeboards were created since the launch yesterday. In celebration, we’ve launched HTML exports today to accompany the pure-text choice. And it’s not even all over. Before we leave Writeboard sit for a while, we got a few more things in… Continue reading Over 10,000 Writeboards created since yesterday's launch!

37signals named a key player in Ajax alongside Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon, Tibco by Business 2.0

37signals named a key player in Ajax alongside Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon, Tibco by Business 2.0. Business 2.0 just published a a feature called Seven Technologies That Change Everything with Ajax listed as number #1. In that write-up, the magazine names six companies as the key players: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon, Tibco, and, guess who!,… Continue reading 37signals named a key player in Ajax alongside Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon, Tibco by Business 2.0