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XDrive Streaming Music Service: Online iPod.  I saw this news bit on Palm Info Center this morning about how XDrive is now streaming music to Palm devices from your storage locker online. I think this is really, really cool. Imagine having a process on your PC at home which snags new Podcasts and then uploads… Continue reading XDrive Streaming Music Service: Online iPod

Transparency is easier. Eric Sink has posted his latest Business of Software column titled Tenets of Transparency. The article contains some excellent recommendations for selling software in today's world and I agree with many of the points he made. What I like most though is the 'Practicing What I Preach' section … [microISV]

One person IT group. Yeah that title does seem like a contradiction, doesn't it? Seriously though, I got an email over the weekend from Steve, who wants to start up a Google group called “One-person IT Department” Seems like that might be an interesting idea. If it interests you, drop by, join up and start… Continue reading One person IT group

Learn More About ColdFusion MX 7. If you'd like to learn more about the new ColdFusion MX 7, here are links to several online articles that you may find useful: Introducing ColdFusion MX 7 – my introductory article. Building Reports with ColdFusion MX 7 – Dean Harmon and Collin Tobin introduce the powerful new ColdFusion… Continue reading Learn More About ColdFusion MX 7

Presentation Card.   Here's another Tinderbox Card: a presentation card. It's the first of several related cards. The core problem with lots of PowerPoint-style presentations is not that PowerPoint is bad. The core problem is that people write what they have to say on the slide, and then they put the slide on the screen,… Continue reading Presentation Card

DYNASTY Patriots beat Eagles for third Super Bowl victory in four years. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It's official. Tom Brady follows Joe Montana into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The University of Belichick takes its rightful place alongside Harvard and MIT. And the New England Patriots of the 21st century are established as an NFL… Continue reading DYNASTY Patriots beat Eagles for third Super Bowl victory in four years

Pope's illness a powerful symbol. Pope John Paul II's weakening health, underscored this past week by his hospitalization with complications from the flu, has left the world's largest religious denomination without a strong chief executive, but with an iconic leader who can unify the church symbolically even as he is increasingly unable to do so… Continue reading Pope's illness a powerful symbol

Modeling User Workflows for Rich Internet Applications. David Hogue has put up a brilliant explanation and tutorial on how to build improved work flows using Flex. It's all brilliant and totally right on. And it's typified by what Laszlo Systems user interfaces were doing two years before Flex. But that's spilt milk now. Just when… Continue reading Modeling User Workflows for Rich Internet Applications

Business Plan Tips. Planware.org provides weekly business planning tips in addition to a host of other information, shareware and freeware. [microISV]

Technology Review: The Password Is Fayleyure. Michael Schrage. So why are we demanding that millions of people spend more and more time and memory on a security procedure that yields less and less protection? The world doesn't need “better” or “more secure” passwords; it needs to wean itself from passwords and PINs as the medium… Continue reading The Password Is Fayleyure