Picking your micro-ISV niche. By Bob Walsh, Safari Software, Inc. Over at The Business of Software forum, Jackson asked today, “…But the problem is – how to know what kind of (web or desktop) app to build. How do you detect the trend that will be big, while the trend is still in its infancy?”… Continue reading Picking your micro-ISV niche

Some thoughts about one-man shops. I noticed a post today by Rob Merrill (mostly because he linked to me in the post) on the Good Recruits blog titled Yes they are looking. I thought what he had to say tied in nicely with some of my own thoughts recently about the job I left behind.… Continue reading Some thoughts about one-man shops

W.F. Buckley: Iraq War a Failure. According to William F. Buckley, Jr., conservative icon and founder of the National Review: One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed. “It Didn't Work”  [Democrats & Liberals Watchblog]

The secret to Web 2.0. Kottke: “They're all web sites”. Wonderfully simple. Good web sites will endure, regardless of terminology or technology. Let's just continue building web sites. Visit site [SimpleBits]

Remote configure your Tiger Mac through the command line. I was trying to configure my Mac’s built in Remote Desktop sharing last night through the command line. The RDC client, which is built into every Tiger Mac, was prompting me for a password when I attempted to connect using an open source VNC (screen sharing)… Continue reading Remote configure your Tiger Mac through the command line

Another reason why mainstream media is losing readers.  A Failure of the Press When we were attacked on Sept. 11, we knew the main reason for the attack was that Islamists hated our way of life, our virtues, our freedoms. What we never imagined was that the free press — an institution at the heart… Continue reading Another reason why mainstream media is losing readers

Craigslist. I assume that virtually everyone on this site finds discriminatory housing practices to be abhorrent, and thinks the 1968 Fair Housing Act is a good piece of legislation. That certainly sums up my opinion. But what do you think of this: Craigslist, the online do-it-yourself classified forum, is being sued because some apartment rental… Continue reading Craigslist

Review: Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit. The Penetration Tester’s Open Source Toolkit is a new offering from Syngress that primarily focuses on using the Auditor live CD. The 200605-02-ipw2100 version comes included with the book; if you have an IPW2200 wireless interface in your laptop, though, the 802.11x tools won’t work as it doesn’t include… Continue reading Review: Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit

I've been reading about the latest RSS controversy for the past few days, and I think this post on the RSS-Public mailing list summarizes my thoughts as well as anything: Being Ambiguous that way is a bug, not a feature. Here's a question: I'm an aggregator implementor. Based on the spec being ambiguous in this… Continue reading Untitled

GTD 2006.36: 5 Execution tips. It's easy – especially for GTD people – to get all wrapped up in the logic, knowledge and formulation of Getting Things Done and not get one damn thing done all day. I've done it, maybe you have too: reorganizing, reprocessing, planning and replanning and oh look! The day is… Continue reading GTD 2006.36: 5 Execution tips