Keyboard vs Mouse
An Ask Slashdot posits the ancient question about CLI vs. GUI, in a Windows app context. For Mac users, this question is moot -- or can be made so.
- Robert Daeley [02:12:46 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Digg Vulnerable to XSS
The 'search 'form at Digg.com is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting. I haven’t checked to see if the comments or new story submission modules are affected – if they are, things could get pretty messy.
- Nitesh Dhanjani [09:26:31 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

UFOs and Dating
In Peter Morville's article, Ubiquitous Findable Objects, he talks about "a world of UFOs, [where] personal metadata that describes our interests, histories, possessions, and relationships will be very important." This personal metadata--in the form of body tags--would create a "bibliographic record" of each of us.
- Tara McGoldrick Walsh [02:41:51 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Dear switchers
A brief word of warning...
- Giles Turnbull [02:17:42 PM | Discuss (8) | Permalink]

for i in $( cat /music/industry ) ; do indict $i ; done
Another day, another ethical breach by the music business.   Not only has Sony BMG put malicious malware on customer's computers but the music business in general, of which Sony BMG is an aggressive part, but another record company, this time Warner Music, has reached a settlement with the Attorney General in New York regarding the modern version of payola.
- Jeremiah Foster [11:25:12 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Aperture's Gone Gold Master, Ready for Release
Aperture should start shipping next week. Let the testing begin...
- Derrick Story [11:09:18 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Mod_python 3.2.5 Beta has been released
Mod_python just released 3.2.5 beta. Could this help CherryPy and TurboGears developers?
- Jeremy Jones [09:27:55 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Video for mobile devices: making something people will actually watch
Happy Thanksgiving. As we gather with relatives to watch TV (the Thanksgiving Day Parade, your favorite football game) and to record home movies centered around a—hopefully—delicious turkey, I’d like to talk about mobile video and effective ways you can use the medium.
- Ian David Aronson [08:44:00 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Using a Mac to make Windows cope with something Linux touched
Sometimes the easiest path from Linux to Windows is via the Macintosh.
- Simon St. Laurent [07:22:46 PM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Reference Model for SOA Draft 10
I have just read the latest draft of Reference Model for Service Oriented Architectures document from OASIS....and I like it.
- Jim Alateras [07:12:58 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Lucene book site is spot on

- Michael Fitzgerald [04:37:02 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Microsoft Should Abandon Office Open XML As a Standard
Microsoft's decision to submit its new Office Open XML document format for Office 12 to become an open standard is anything but an attempt at openness.
- Preston Gralla [03:41:49 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

MSDN Video of IronPython on the .NET Framework
The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) has a video presentation of IronPython's creator Jim Hugunin (now a Microsoft employee) discussing and demonstrating IronPython.
- Todd Ogasawara [03:25:56 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Survival Guide For Women In FOSS: Drumming Up Customers
For a small businessperson, whether you're a lone freelancer, or have a small staff or partners, the key to being happy is to carefully select your customers. That's right, you don't go around hat in hand, tugging the forelock, going all suckup to beg for any business you can get. Target the people or businesses you want to be your customers... How do you do this? In the most natural, easy way possible:
- Carla Schroder [12:06:28 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Linux Advocates Calling for Action on OpenDocument Format
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols over at eWeek says "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire: Microsoft and Open Standards". Can you write an email in protest?
- Tom Adelstein [11:52:29 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Microphone survey results
It's not scientific, but the results are in for our informal comparison of four microphones.
- Daniel H. Steinberg [11:44:55 AM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

New Rules
New Rules for Starbucks Customers and Web Developers
- Steve Goulet [08:08:01 AM | Discuss (3) | Permalink]

Fake experts always misspel HIPAA
Here is the reliable sign to tell a fake security compliance expert: they always misspel HIPAA as (gasp!) 'HIPPA'. This press release is one of the best examples of what not do (unless your purpose is to look dumb, of course :-)) - misspel the name of the regulation when trying to sell services helping with it.
- Anton Chuvakin [08:05:34 AM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

I have two loves, Mail and Mailsmith
With my luck, Bare Bones may just declare Mailsmith End of Lifed tomorrow. In the meantime, though, I have finally made my peace with e-mail clients and 217 pages-long manuals.
- François Joseph de Kermadec [06:59:04 AM | Discuss (14) | Permalink]

On-line spell checking service
A great and easy-to-use service that enables you to add spell checking functionality to your web sites and browsers.
- Dejan Bosanac [01:21:49 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Microsoft OneNote Mobile 12 Beta-1 for Windows Mobile Smartphones
The Microsoft Office 12 Technical Beta released last week includes at least one cool goodie for Windows Mobile Smartphone users: OneNote Mobile. One of its many cool features: Take a photo with your Smartphone's camera and have text in the photo turned into searchable text on the desktop using OCR technology. Check out Chris Pratley's (a OneNote designer at Microsoft) blog for the details.
- Todd Ogasawara [01:03:54 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Rails in Reston
Legend has it that 37signals asked David Heinemeier Hansson to write Basecamp in PHP. He asked if he could do it in Ruby. If this is true, it was a fateful choice.
- Michael Fitzgerald [11:01:15 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Marketing Books Online
I have published online my introduction to online marketing techniques at cdiggins.com which is especially written for authors, but applies to anyone with something to sell ... and as you know everyone has something to sell!
- Christopher Diggins [07:58:32 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Maybe I Just Almost Fell Victim to a Windows Virus?
Ever get those "funny" e-mails that just don't seem quite right? Oh yea, must be another aspiring Windows disaster waiting to happen.
- Matthew Russell [06:25:43 PM | Discuss (14) | Permalink]

The Size of Wired Magazine
I noticed this week that the latest WIRED magazine has swelled in size. This was my one sign to watch as an impending “greater interest” in the web-as-business.
- Steve Mallett [05:53:09 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Game Audio: In The Game?
With EA's decision to sell music from their games as a productin it's own right - the question has to be asked, what does this mean for the future of game audio within the context of the game?
- Scott Snyder [04:00:56 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

XTech 2006
I missed my chance to attend XTech in 2004 when it was still XML Europe. Don't miss your chance in 2006!
- Niel M. Bornstein [02:18:52 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

How many AdWords clicks does it take to increase GOOG $10?
To what degree might Google shareholders click Google ads simply to boost their company's profits? How might this destroy Web 2.0?
- Sid Steward [12:37:14 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Discovery of the week: Journler
It's a very nice free information storage application for 10.3.9 and up
- Giles Turnbull [11:44:41 AM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Separating in-VM Unit Tests and Remote Tests with Maven
How to break up unit tests and SOAP/JWebUnit/HTTPUnit tests in your Maven project without going crazy.
- Robert Cooper [09:56:55 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Does Mac particularly need OpenOffice.org?
Back in the day, tech pundits would posit every other day that to really cut the cord with Microsoft, Apple needed to provide its own alternative to the Office suite. In the Amazing Future, we find that this process has already begun. People are daring to dream bigger, though. Is it time to go on the attack?
- Robert Daeley [08:39:54 AM | Discuss (16) | Permalink]

Cool nano Case for Front Pocket Wallet Guys
Are you a front pocket wallet guy? If so, I have a nifty nano case for you.
- Derrick Story [08:05:28 AM | Discuss (5) | Permalink]

UnConventional Thoughts
Kurt Cagle tries to put the XML 2005 Conference into perspect (first of two part article).
- Kurt Cagle [02:24:20 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

ActiveSync 4.1 for Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 devices released
Microsoft released ActiveSync 4.1 for Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, and Smartphone. If you have a WM5 device, get it now! If you have an older device, stay with ActiveSync 3.8. Here's a couple of additional tips and hints...
- Todd Ogasawara [12:33:55 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

The Perl Review, Winter 2005
The next issue of The Perl Review comes out December 1.
- brian d foy [06:36:44 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Mac OS X on Intel: Could it knock off Windows & Office?
Apple can alter its business plan slightly and become the well-liked dominant force in the technology market.
- Tom Adelstein [06:08:10 PM | Discuss (11) | Permalink]

Fake Non-Live Coverage of XML 2005
I wasn't there and I didn't see Sam Ruby, etc. Here is my fake report anyway.
- Rick Jelliffe [09:56:57 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

How facts get born
One out of seven SAO projects have failed?
- Rick Jelliffe [09:23:42 PM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Working under downtown San Francisco with GPRS
On BART underneath downtown San Francisco, cellular service has long been available to AT&T; Wireless customers. It has now been extended to T-Mobile customers, so I can waste a bit more time on my commute.
- Matthew Gast [08:32:40 PM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Auditioning Microphones
I'm auditioning four mics for our podcast Distributing the Future. I've uploaded four mp3's and would love your opinion on the mics.
- Daniel H. Steinberg [11:28:56 AM | Discuss (6) | Permalink]

Google Library will Train Google AI
George Dyson reports: "My visit to Google? ... The mood was playful, yet there was a palpable reverence in the air. 'We are not scanning all those books to be read by people,' explained one of my hosts after my talk. 'We are scanning them to be read by an AI.'" Brilliant.
- Sid Steward [09:56:04 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Tarsiers
What do lasers, cute animals, and PowerBooks have in common? Only the worst upcoming flamewar to hit the Net since the Slashdot vs Kuro5hin Battles of Ought-Two ;)
- Robert Daeley [08:52:04 AM | Discuss (3) | Permalink]

Proprietary Software to Open Source - Migration Approach
'Opening Up: Who, When, What' - As more and more IT and ISV executives understand the power and promise of open source, proprietary software companies are starting to adopt the open source model. Few guidelines for migrating from proprietary to Open Source business model.
- Murugan Pal [05:33:16 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Of Dada and Open Source
The well-known Dada Mail open source project is trying out a new angle in development funding and community involvement.
- François Joseph de Kermadec [02:15:11 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Is your Application Unsafe at any speed?
Like the auto industry, we've had our head in the sand for too long.
- Paul Browne [01:38:45 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]