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Edinburgh named world's first City of Literature. EDINBURGH'S literary credentials were recognised last night when UNESCO announced that the Scottish capital would become the world's first City of Literature. [The Scotsman]

Beyond Crayons. Nick Duffill, of Gyronix, (co-creator of ResultManager – a visual GTD Dashboard for MindManager) has just joined the blogging community. His new blog is called: Beyond Crayons. Nick plans to focus his blog on visualisation for professionals, but I hope that he branches out (OK, pun intended) into other areas too. He's an… Continue reading Beyond Crayons

Patterns for change. Mary Lynn Manns & Linda Rising are pattern evangelists who have just completed an interesting book on 48 patterns for introducing new ideas. Patterns Capture expertise in the form of vetted solutions to repetitive issues. This is a key knowledge representation and a neat way to leverage learning. Patterns are an advanced… Continue reading Patterns for change

Defend Your Apps and Critical User Info with Defensive Coding Techniques. MSDN has released an interesting article on “Defending Your Apps and Critical User Info with Defensive Coding Techniques”. The article discusses securing user credentials and logon information, how to protect client and server data using encryption and how to defend COM clients/servers. It covers… Continue reading Defend Your Apps and Critical User Info with Defensive Coding Techniques

Slashdot | Ask Slashdot – Securing Personal Data in Small Companies? lohmann asks: “I was recently paying rent in my apartment office when I noticed several of the rental agents frantically shaking a nearby keyboard. Being a geek, I intervened… and plugged the mouse back in. A barrage of performance questions ensued, so I checked… Continue reading Slashdot

Microsoft fights itself. Microsoft continues to be its own toughest foe in the Office wars as acceptance of Office 2003 still only accounts for a tiny fraction of the desktop suite's overall customer base. According to Gartner, Office XP, introduced in May, 2001, still accounts for 50 per cent of market share with Office 2000… Continue reading Microsoft fights itself

Coming soon: Laszlo (presentation server optional). When we started developing Laszlo platform in 2001, we targeted the Flash 5 player as our first client runtime environment. It was ubiquitous and compatible, and it provided the raw materials for a real application framework. That meant we needed a server to compensate for missing or weak features… Continue reading Coming soon: Laszlo (presentation server optional)

Saved, and Enslaved, by the Cell. A growing number of experts say cellphone use may be making us less autonomous and less capable of solving problems on our own. By KEN BELSON. [The New York Times > Technology]

Tinderbox Public Exchange. The new Tinderbox Public File Exchange is now online. It's a place for sharing Tinderbox sample files, small and large, simple and complicated. Suggestions — and contributions of new samples — are very welcome. [Mark Bernstein]

A Red Sox sweep for the ages. In one of the most electrifying moments in the history of a ballpark that's almost older than household electricity, slugger David Ortiz last night propelled the wild-and-crazy Red Sox into the American League Championship Series with a 10th-inning, first-pitch, two-out, two-run, walkoff homer into the seats above Fenway… Continue reading A Red Sox sweep for the ages