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The leap seconds are coming, the leap seconds are coming. Oh, great–first the government mucks with DST, and now leap seconds are back for the first time in 7 years. I was starting to think that we were done with them for good. My timezone is going to have an extra second added at 3:59:60… Continue reading The leap seconds are coming, the leap seconds are coming

Useit.Com: Open New Windows for PDF and other Non-Web Documents. All these guidelines stem from the same underlying phenomenon: the non-Web documents are native PC formats. These formats have their own applications, each of which gives users a set of commands and navigation options that are completely different than the ones for browsing websites. [Tomalak's… Continue reading Open New Windows for PDF and other Non-Web Documents

Eric Mack gets runaround from Toshiba tech support. Eric Mack is giving Toshiba a hard time for its customer service after his Toshiba M4 Tablet PC crashed and JK gets on Microsoft to fix the problem. I agree. I hate not having recovery disks available. I've sent these to the guy who is in charge… Continue reading Eric Mack gets runaround from Toshiba tech support

The Microsoft Office I Really Want. Are you looking forward to the next release of Microsoft Office, whenever that is and whatever it will do? Yeah, me neither. However, I can see how a lot of value could be delivered on top of supposedly ultra-mature products. Consider the needs of a virtual team doing things… Continue reading The Microsoft Office I Really Want

Note to Apple: Keep the Mac expensive!. I was pondering the Mac's security and the fact that, compared to Windows, it's largely virus and spyware free. Why should that be? Some answers which spring readily to mind might be: the Mac's low market share compared to Windows dislike of Microsoft making it an easy target… Continue reading Note to Apple: Keep the Mac expensive!

Development iFolder Server Available  If you've ever wanted to download the iFolder Client and try it out quickly, now's your chance. Previously, you've had to build it yourself following the instructions in a HOWTO. But now, it's just as simple as installing a couple of RPMs. I just finished up some work to build an… Continue reading Development iFolder Server Available

Exploring a different approach to bookmarks  I'm taking Glyphmarks in a new direction. Since, at the moment, iFolder is the process controlling Simias (when it starts up and shuts down), I'm planning to piggy back all the account connection stuff right from iFolder. Additionally, I've made a decision to bag complete integration with Firefox/Mozilla Bookmarks.… Continue reading Exploring a different approach to bookmarks

Realignment Friday. Monday I interviewed David Allen, bestselling author of Ready for Anything and Getting Things Done and a personal hero of mine. You will be seeing more from David from that interview, especially on how to apply GTD to starting a micro-ISV, but there was one point he made worth sharing now. When you… Continue reading Realignment Friday

Creative Time – part 2. If you are not allowing yourself time every week to create/build/draw/compose as you wish, you are needlessly shortchanging yourself. You may even be shortening your life. I am not trying to make you wrong for not doing so, because it has taken me years to realize how vital creative time… Continue reading Creative Time – part 2

Creative Time – part 1. If you are one of the many people who work at a tedious job for a company that treats you like machinery, there is at least one thing you can do, short of getting a better job, which will improve your chances of staying sane. This one thing is to… Continue reading Creative Time – part 1