Archive for October, 2004

 

October 28th, 2004

Off to visit friends in Florida tomorrow morning.

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10/27 Changes Everything

October 28th, 2004

10/27 Changes Everything.
Andy Ihnatko (a very happy man this evening) says Boston will now talk about history as before and after tonight.  [More Like This WebLog]

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Economist

October 28th, 2004

Economist:
“As Mr Bush has often said, there is a need in life for accountability.
He has refused to impose it himself, and so voters should, in our view,
impose it on him, given a viable alternative. John Kerry, for all the
doubts about him, would be in a better position to carry on with
America's great tasks.” [Scripting News]

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The end of IT Departments?

October 27th, 2004

The end of IT Departments?. Read.
Discuss…
My thoughts? It's an obvious case. There are simply too many
different technologies at play to have an expert on staff for each of
them. For example, where I work, I consider myself an “expert” when it
comes to desktops, our memberships database, Access, end-user support
and training, SOHO networking, etc. I'm not an [...]

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Halfbrain's DNA

October 27th, 2004

Halfbrain's DNA. In this week's column, Under Gmail's hood,
I mention Johnvey Hwang's nod to Oddpost as a Gmail forerunner. I left
out part of the story because, well, I'd forgotten — it's been a
while. But a pair of excellent postings
from Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah, a Lotus/IBM developer, refreshed my memory.
Almost five years ago, a company called Halfbrain (which [...]

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Eye opener

October 27th, 2004

Eye opener.
Ruby, Rails, and TextMate. Following the release of the updated PickAxe
book, I’ve been taking my updated Ruby talk on the road. First I hit
Amazon, and since then I’ve made it a standard part of my No Fluff Just Stuff repertoire.

It’s a fun talk to give for a number of reasons. First, I’ve
started using [...]

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Never get involved in a land war in Asia

October 27th, 2004

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
Rumsfeld's War. Excellent PBS Frontline special tonight on Rumsfeld's War.
Can't say there is any radically new material here, but it does a good
job of peeling back the layers of politics and exposing the
decision-making process, the personal battles, and the complete failure
to anticipate the need for massive peacekeeping [...]

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Audio of How To Run Your Own Software Business presentation

October 27th, 2004

Audio of How To Run Your Own Software Business presentation. Niall Kennedy posted an audio file of the How to Run your Own Software Business panel at the OS X conference.
When talking about getting started as an OS X developer, certain
subjects often get more time than they need: dealing with piracy and
legal issues get an [...]

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Why I Heart Bloggers

October 27th, 2004

Why I Heart Bloggers.
Because I can catch up on conferences I couldn't attend in person!

Buzz Bruggeman and David Weinberger (scroll down to October 23) on PopTech
Geoff Harder on NetSpeed 2004
Mark Leggott on Access 2004 (scroll down to October 16)

BTW, I'm hoping to restore comments soon in case you want to add
more links [...]

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Dell Offers Servers, Software and Service

October 27th, 2004

Dell Offers Servers, Software and Service. Emphasizing low cost, ease of use and IT support, Dell pitches new servers designed for SMBs. [Datamation Product News]

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