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Apple: Admin Tools 10.3.4. You can download Apple's “Panther” Server Admin Tools 10.3.4 and run them from another Mac OS X computer. [MacInTouch]

Firefox. Oh, goody, FireFox 0.9 is here. And it's less than a 5 MB download. I have long since switched to FireFox for web browsing. I switched for the popup blocking but I stayed for the tabbed browsing. Here are three reasons to switch web browsers today: You'll get fewer viruses and you'll get no annoying… Continue reading Firefox

Linksys Network Storage Link, Turn Any USB Harddrive Into Network Storage. While they're promoting it with Maxtor, there's nothing stopping you from using Linksys's new Network Storage Link (NSLU2) with any external USB hard drive to turn it into a network storage device (not unlike the Mirra or other backup units). Storage Link even provides… Continue reading Linksys Network Storage Link, Turn Any USB Harddrive Into Network Storage

Harvard man loses 3,000 weblogs.  Eccentric software developer Dave Winer has removed access to 3,000 weblogs hosted by the company he founded Userland at weblogs.com, without giving any prior notice. Bloggers have been told that if they ask nicely, they may have their data back next month. Winer blamed a computer for his decision. This… Continue reading Harvard man loses 3,000 weblogs

A Tweak to David Allen’s System.  The other day, I was reading a post in the Gettings Things Done forum. The person was complaining that they were having a difficult time making the transition from the Franklin/Covey system to David Allen’s (GTD). I certainly understand. I had a difficult time, too. The problem is this:… Continue reading A Tweak to David Allen’s System

Where Viruses Hide. This morning, I spoke to a VAR–that's value-added reseller–buddy, who recounted a disturbing security problem he has seen in consumer PCs. I would recommend that Microsoft and its PC vendor partners take a serious look at this problem, particularly in context of Windows XP Service Pack 2. … I would encourage PC… Continue reading Where Viruses Hide

How do you know you have a great product? When your customers write testimonials for free. Click on “About” on Michael Hyatt's blog: I am the President and Chief Operating Officer of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world and the ninth largest publishing company of any kind. Our company is… Continue reading How do you know you have a great product? When your customers write testimonials for free

Vic's challenge to me: improve Microsoft's advertising.. At last week's evangelism offsite I gave Vic Gundotra heck about our marketing. Again. And he answered back “well, you've already seen how one person can change Microsoft, so why don't you just do your own advertising?” Hmmm, I have a $400 digital camcorder. As many tapes as… Continue reading Vic's challenge to me: improve Microsoft's advertising.

Kevin tells me not to underestimate how hard marketing and advertising are. Kevin Schofield (he's the guy responsible for moving technology out of Microsoft Research and into Microsoft's products): Advertising is hard. Marketing is super hard. Oh, NOW you tell me. 🙂  [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]

Test Driven. One of the biggest factors in making Tinderbox possible, and practical, has been the development of test driven development. Professionals don't like to talk much about the practice of programming. It used to be fashionable to say that you were an analyst or an architect or whatnot, not just a programmer; I remember… Continue reading Test Driven