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Investigating New Blogging Software. After all of my other connectivity problems as of late, now Radio is acting up and not publishing my posts when I post them. As far as I can tell, Userland's upgrade focus is on Manila, not Radio, and while I love using blogging software that integrates a news aggregator, I'm… Continue reading Investigating New Blogging Software

The Taligent Effect  Several times this week, I found my self using the term “the Taligent effect.”    The Taligent effect is what happens when a group of people put adherence to a software trend first and lose sight of the value of shipping software that people will actually use.   Taligent was Apple's (and… Continue reading The Taligent Effect

.NET Tools: Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now: 10 Tools you can use to make your development easier, faster and more fun! Source: MSDN: Visual Studio .NET * [Archipelago]

Thesis Project Proposal.  I've gotten my thesis project proposal (29k pdf) approved! My project will be creating an application prototype for what Don Norman refers to as pile cabinets: a different way of organizing things on the desktop. Instead of file folders and hierarchies, you arrange stacks of documents into thematic piles, just like you… Continue reading Thesis Project Proposal

Thesis Paper Proposal.  After seven (7) different ideas and proposals(!), I've selected a topic for my thesis paper: The Role of Metaphor in Interaction Design. My proposal (35k pdf) was signed off by my advisor Shelley Evenson this morning. Hooray! In case you're wondering what the other, unchosen ones were: A Taxonomy of Digital Adaptive… Continue reading Thesis Paper Proposal

SeeNote: Final Presenation.  My team presented our final concept, specifications, and scenario of use (5.76mb ppt) for the Microsoft miLife project. We created a device (that could also be just a software platform) that combines the always-on, flexible nature of post-it notes with the intelligence of software. If you want to know what I've been… Continue reading SeeNote: Final Presenation

Getting the Mac shop in order. This week in my InfoWorld column, I write about dealing with IT weaknesses with “intelligent urgency.” In this case, after some months of struggling with a somewhat painful-to-manage Mac environment, we're implementing a managed environment that should make things a lot easier moving forward — but not without significant… Continue reading Getting the Mac shop in order

Are all anti-virus solutions the same?. Lots of people came to think that anti-virus technology (being one of the oldest commercial security solutions) has essentially converged to a common feature set and “commoditized”. Thus, it doesn't really matter anymore what antiviral solution you run, you'd get about the same level of protection. Ed Skoudis's latest… Continue reading Are all anti-virus solutions the same?

Space Shot on a Shoestring. Privately financed SpaceShipOne is set to soar into history Monday high above the desert sky, and civilian Mike Melvill could become the first people's astronaut. This could be the dawning of the second Space Age. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California. [Wired News]

Get your kicks on Route 66, and your Wi-Fi too. Well, I don't really know about 'Route 66,' but it looks like a lot of highway rest stops in Texas are fixing to have Wi-Fi available so motorists can stop and check their email…. [Ernie The Attorney]