Dana wants us to run as non-admin. Dana Epp admonishes Microsoft to not let employees run as admin. (He's a security expert). I agree. It's time to step up and do this, no matter how painful it is.   [Scobleizer – Microsoft Geek Blogger]

Interface Design Tip: Jot Your Thoughts. i’ve gotten started on the development of my first hosted web app, and have discovered my first simple but useful tip. Jot down your thoughts and ideas on each interface decision. It Forces You to Think For me, I’ve found that by writing a paragraph or some bullet points,… Continue reading Interface Design Tip: Jot Your Thoughts

43 Folders on DEVONthink and Smart Groups. Over at 43 Folders, Merlin Mann is rediscovering the wonderful Mac application that is DEVONthink Pro – DEVONthink: An appreciation of “smart groups” I’ve now had DT Pro v. 1.1.1 in battlefield action for the last few weeks, and have been dutifully feeding it anything I find that… Continue reading 43 Folders on DEVONthink and Smart Groups

Building Scalable Websites. By tim Those of you who liked my Database War Stories series of posts are going to love Cal Henderson's new book, Building Scalable Web Sites. Cal is of course the lead web developer for Flickr, and the guy who put fear into the hearts of IT shops everywhere by his reported… Continue reading Building Scalable Websites

How do you deploy?. The other day I was watching a webcast for all the new cool deployment tools of Vista for small to medium businesses… but there's one problem…. down here in the small biz space we don't buy the computers in a manner to deploy like we should. Hands up.. who has clients… Continue reading How do you deploy?

Web Credibility. On the heels of my Tale of 3 eCommerce Sites, I ran across an interesting article about building up your website’s credibility at The Conversion Chronicles. The author, Trenton Moss, highlights several steps to gaining web credibility for your website: 1. You must prove there’s a real organization behind your website The web… Continue reading Web Credibility

Give me books, twice. The point of PDF books isn't to throw away the paper ones, it's to get them delivered faster. [Edd Dumbill's Weblog: Behind the Times]

Home costs are called a drag on state growth. High home prices are limiting the Boston area's ability to regain the jobs lost in the 2001 recession and sustain economic growth, according to two new studies being released today during a conference at Boston's Federal Reserve Bank. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

DEVONthink: An appreciation of smart groups�. Using Smart Groups I’ve recently gotten way back into DEVONthink as a means to capture, wrangle, and analyze all the reference material in my world. If you’re new to this amazing application — and at the risk of far exceeding my understanding of both the human brain and this… Continue reading DEVONthink: An appreciation of smart groups�

Getting To Done: De-stress yourself. by Keith Robinson If you're reading this chances are you've got some interest in making your life less stressed. I know it's a big deal for me. I'm a naturally stressed-out person and I'm trying more and more to keep my stress-level low. Lately it's been pretty high, and while… Continue reading Getting To Done: De-stress yourself