Author: Vince Kimball

Contribute 2 Released!. You can now buy Contribute 2 for Windows or Mac OS X. I have been using Contribute since before the first version was released to the public and I love it! It makes my life so much easier because it… [An Architect's View]

DRK4 Released!. The latest DevNet Resource Kit – Volume 4 – is now available for purchase. Lots of ColdFusion goodness in this edition including an enhanced logging framework, XML / query conversion components, a filter framework for form / URL variables, and… [An Architect's View]

I've been learning a bit about the Peer-to-Peer SDK that Microsoft released the other day. It's really an interesting way to build distributed applications that scale to large numbers of people. One interesting thing that I learned in discussions is just how security aware Microsoft has become. The P2P kit puts a private key on… Continue reading Peer-to-Peer SDK

John Robb: “Microsoft, despite the mountains of logic that dictate that they should, has never made it easy to migrate to new hardware.” True. And, it's something that all Microsoft employees should care about. Particularly those of us who need to reformat our machines every few days to test new things. What's my solution? I… Continue reading Microsoft, despite the mountains of logic that dictate that they should, has never made it easy to migrate to new hardware

MindPlex: The Weblog Network.  I should have a project/business plan (although for all intents and purposes this will be operated to maximize revenue for the authors) for this by the end of the week.  This will let me prioritize the steps necessary to bring this project to fruition.  I am working already on some of… Continue reading The Weblog Network

Dan Bricklin opines on the importance of domain ownership when publishing a weblog (or anything for that matter).  My weblog is used as an example.   [John Robb's Weblog]

I just got a presentation (thanks Myron), too large for me to post, on MyLifeBits by Gordon Bell of Microsoft.  This project promises to provide a PC-based organizational system for all the digital data a person accumulates during a lifetime. Frankly, the presentation looks more than a little convoluted.  Further, the presentation claims the project is aimed at Longhorn.  I don't think it will make… Continue reading MyLifeBits

DEVONthink (thanks Thomas).  This is pretty interesting.  A freeform database with a browser interface that organizes your local data by similarity.  Lots of nice plug-ins including 3rd party efforts. OSX only unfortunately.  It does handle OPML though. [John Robb's Weblog]

Simple instructions on replacing your expensive and relatively useless KM system with a K-Log system that actually works…. [John Robb's Weblog]

SFExaminer.  Microsoft will spend $6.8 b a year on R&D in 2004 (they have routinely spent ~$5 b a year prior to this).  Perhaps I am missing something, but I haven't seen anything new in Windows over the last 4 years that justifies this research budget.  If a tenth of this budget was spent acquiring innovative ISVs… Continue reading SFExaminer