Archive for December, 2006

links for 2006-12-30

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

Explaining Steve Gillmor - Joel on Software
Nobody I know can understand a thing Steve Gillmor is talking about, mainly because he makes so many obscure references without explaining them. I thought as a public service I would provide a detailed exposition of his latest blog post, Bad Sinatra. My g
(tags: blogging stevegillmor attention attentiontrust gesturebank […]

GestureBank version 2 is live

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

As Robert Anderson, GestureBank Architect, writes, the 2nd beta of the GestureBank went live on Wednesday afternoon.  This beta differs from the previous one in several respects:

instead of relying on a modified version of the AttentionTrust Recorder, this version works with the frozen Attention Recorder (ATX) that’s supported by AttentionTrust.  Essentially the GestureBank Extension provides anonymity functions while allowing the […]

Aurora Borealis visible from Wisconsin

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Driving home last night, somewhere around here, I glanced out my driver’s side window and saw a slight glow in the sky.  At first I thought it was the moon behind the clouds, but as I watched it spread across the sky and took on a distinct greenish cast.
It quickly became apparent that I […]

Viral vs. guerilla marketing

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

If I could tag this for Doc Searls in del.icio.us, I would, but not being able to dig up his account info this’ll have to do:
We need to distinguish between “viral” marketing and “guerilla” marketing. The reality is that no agency can create viral marketing, this is the sole domain of the consumer. Viral marketing is […]

links for 2006-12-11

Monday, December 11th, 2006

svn-refcard.pdf (application/pdf Object)
(tags: svn reference)

SecurityStats.Com Password Strength Meter
A good password is one that cannot be easily guessed.
(tags: privacy security tool)

links for 2006-12-10

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Visual Studio Team System User Education : Walkthrough: Setting up Team Foundation Server to Require HTTPS and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
You must create an ISAPI initialization file in the same directory as the AuthenticationFilter.dll file that is part of Team Foundation Server SP1. You must also add the ISAPI filter to the registry.
Maybe useful for […]

links for 2006-12-08

Friday, December 8th, 2006

CM Crossroads
Topic: PVCS Web Tracker 6.5 on W2K3 using IIS 6.0
(tags: merant tracker iis)

tech decentral » Six Myths About Ajax

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Anne Zelenka, the “Red Nun” of Redmonk provides a 6-item list of myths about Ajax.  Mostly I think she’s right on the mark, especially the note about Ajax making sites more usable.  But I think she’s a little off track in this bit:
Myth 3: Ajax is just window dressing - it’s only about superficial cool […]

In-progress WordPress plug-in: Windows Liver Writer tagging for Ultimate Tag Warrior

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

Recently I’ve been doing most of my writing here using Windows Live Writer (WLW) (download).  More about that in a later post, but suffice it to say that it’s been a great tool so far.  As a beta from Microsoft, this one shines.
One frustration I had, though, was tagging support.  In the post meta-data there’s a field […]

links for 2006-12-06

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting
Mendel Cooper
(tags: reference bash scripting sed linux)

Best Buy smashes the clock - BusinessWeek Online - MSNBC.com
Smashing the clock
Inside Best Buy’s radical reshaping of the workplace
(tags: workplace telecommuting bestbuy business culture)

Pete Lacey’s Weblog :: The S stands for Simple
There has been a long running debate in […]