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Anticipation builds as cardinals gather. VATICAN CITY — On the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, where the next pope will be introduced to the world, a red curtain now hangs open, as if waiting for a cardinal to arrive and pronounce the news in Latin: ''Habemus Papam.” [Boston Globe — Front Page]

Recovering the Lost Art of Note-Taking. I spend most of my work-life in meetings. Note-taking is a survival skill. Yet, I am surprised at how few people bother to take notes in meetings. Those who do sometimes express frustration at how ineffective the exercise seems to be. In this post, I’d like to expound on… Continue reading Recovering the Lost Art of Note-Taking

LucidLink Offers Free Small Office Security Package. It's pretty extraordinary when there's competition for giving away security: On the small-office/home-office (SOHO) end of the market for Wi-Fi security products, there's an increasing trend to just give away products that can help very small number of users in the hopes that those users then adopt the… Continue reading LucidLink Offers Free Small Office Security Package

Adobe + Macromedia + Longhorn. Adobe applications are built with a proprietary platform-independent application framework to support both Windows and Macintosh. I've used it in the past to write plugins for various Adobe products and found them very cumbersome to use. The situation at Macromedia is about the same since they also have to support… Continue reading Adobe + Macromedia + Longhorn

Adobe to Acquire Macromedia in $3.4 Billion Stock Deal. Adobe, which makes the popular Acrobat and Photoshop programs, said today it had agreed to acquire the multimedia software firm Macromedia. By TERENCE NEILAN. [NYT > Technology]

Traditional conclave has modern twists. VATICAN CITY — Cardinal William H. O'Connell of Boston had made it across the Atlantic and was on his way from Naples to Rome when he got the news: The papal conclave of 1914 had begun and ended, and O'Connell was too late to vote. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

online-bookmarks 0.6.0 (Default branch).  online-bookmarks is a bookmarks management system to store bookmarks, favorites, and links on the WWW where they actually belong. It is meant for people who work often with different computers and browsers. It supports multiple users, multiple languages, and has a folder structure of arbitrary depth. Importing and exporting bookmarks from… Continue reading online-bookmarks 0.6.0 (Default branch)

An Update on Stuff That's Cool (Like Google's Photo Maps). A “where are they now?” report on Skype telephone calls, Google Maps and access to National Weather Service data. By JAMES FALLOWS. [NYT > Technology]

Jerk CEOs, Part 12,434. The boss of Verizon tells the SF Chronicle: “Why in the world would you think your (cell) phone would work in your house?” [Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, Etc.]

Some notes on the building of CodeZoo. Last week, O'Reilly (where I work) launched a new site called CodeZoo, which is a directory of free, reusable components for software projects. The launch was a big success, with an instant Slashdotting and a lot of fantastic feedback from early users, and Jason suggested I write up… Continue reading Some notes on the building of CodeZoo