Author: Vince Kimball

More Windows Insecurity Links. A few more useful resources on the whole Windows security question. [DennisKennedy.blog]

RSS Reader Reviews; New FeedDemon Beta. From Extremetech.com, rating the RSS readers. Note that a new beta version of the highest-rated reader on this list, FeedDemon, has just been released, offering, in my opinion, some nice improvements to a program I already like and use. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Lifespan of CD-RWs Critically Short. cdfreaks.com reports on a study by the Dutch magazine, PC-Active, involving tests on 30 separate brands of recordable CDs to… [beSpacific]

Tim Bray wonders if he should let his kid go into IT? It's all supply and demand. Personally, I'm trying to get my son to learn Chinese. Why? Because China is going to be more and more of a world power and very few Americans learn to speak Chinese and those that do will have… Continue reading if he should let his kid go into IT

Berkshire Hathaway. “How is picking the right index fund any easier that picking a good stock?” [The Motley Fool]

Dell's Hollow Buybacks. As Zeke Ashton explains, buybacks don't always serve shareholders. [The Motley Fool]

Useit.Com: Usability 101. Usability is a quality attribute that assesses how easy user interfaces are to use. The word “usability” also refers to methods for improving ease-of-use during the design process. [Tomalak's Realm]

Cooper Interaction Design: The Origin of Personas. Alan Cooper. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum, published in 1998, introduced the use of personas as a practical interaction design tool. Based on the single-chapter discussion in that book, personas rapidly gained popularity in the software industry due to their unusual power and effectiveness. [Tomalak's Realm]

MX 2004: New Versions of Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks. Macromedia announced MX 2004 today, new versions of Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks. Flash now comes in two editions, Flash MX (the update to Flash MX) and Flash MX Professional (a brand new Flash with a development model that will appeal to us application coders). I am… Continue reading MX 2004: New Versions of Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks

Notorious applications for PHP. PHPQuébec is about to publish the first PHP DVD ever. The PHP Québec Conference, in Montreal, is leading this project. It will gather 7 hours of high level PHP sessions. Coming with the two DVD case, a CDrom will be included, with the most notorious PHP application, made for or with… Continue reading Notorious applications for PHP