Interview with Josh Williams of Firewheel Design. Everything you've ever wanted to know about Firewheel, Iconbuffet, and Blinksale. [Return of Design – Links]

Web Word Processing and Document Sharing: Writely.  Writely is a hosted Web application that serves as a pretty good word processor and document sharing service. I've been playing with it for awhile now and so far I'm pretty impressed. It's currently beta (no Safari support, bummer) but it's also free. It's document sharing portion is… Continue reading Web Word Processing and Document Sharing: Writely

Task and To-do Management: Voo2do.  Voo2do is a free and simple online to-do and task management application. It's a bit more than what you'd get with Ta-Da lists but not quite a full project management system either. Unlike ta-da list (and clone bla-bla list), voo2do tracks priority, due date, and time estimates for each task.… Continue reading Task and To-do Management: Voo2do

Special: How to host a personal wiki on your home computer.  A wiki is an editable web site, where any number of pages can be added and the text of those pages edited right inside your web browser. Wiki's are perfect for a team of multiple people collaboratively editing information (Wikipedia is the quintessential example… Continue reading Special: How to host a personal wiki on your home computer

How to go from Introvert to Extrovert. Does Myers-Brigg have you pegged as an “I”? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be more “E”? Wonder no more. Steve Pavlina offers extensive insights into his journey from introvert to extrovert in a fascinating essay. You can learn to become better at building… Continue reading How to go from Introvert to Extrovert

Catalog your books with LibraryThing.  Web application LibraryThing lets you catalog all the books you own and use tags to organize your collection. Add book titles by entering a title and viewing search results from the Library of Congress or Amazon. LibraryThing adds the book's card to your catalog with ISBN, publisher, year and an… Continue reading Catalog your books with LibraryThing

Getting Real: Don't pick the tools ahead of the craftsman. Would you settle on a brush and then go look for a painter that could use it? Or would you rather find a good painter and then let him use the brushes he sees fit for the task. Put like that, I’d wager few would… Continue reading Getting Real: Don't pick the tools ahead of the craftsman

Shared Simias UI Prototype. I've been working on a prototype for a new Simias Collection Viewer. As many of you know, Simias is capable of synchronizing data beyond only iFolders. The basic idea is to be able to view your collections (iFolders, Bookmarks, Blogs, Calendars, etc.) from the same UI window, be able to share… Continue reading Shared Simias UI Prototype

Poor Planning and Corruption Hobble Reconstruction of Iraq. Reconstruction efforts are being delayed by corrupt contractors and a lack of continuity among the officers who oversee spending. By CRAIG S. SMITH. [NYT > Home Page]

there is no “purple cow 2.0”. Along with the co-authors of the Cluetrain, probably the most influential voice in the world of new marketing is Seth Godin. Seth has written a lot of books, and I have read most of them. All great stuff. If you don't have the time to read all his books,… Continue reading there is no “purple cow 2.0”