A Scrolly, Clippy Swing Optimization
I'm toying with how to do a wave-form viewer in Swing, one that would potentially require scrolling over a custom component that is, at least in theory, millions of pixels wide. Here's an interesting, simple optimization that makes a huge difference.
- Chris Adamson [03:06:48 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Win Fx
Why is Microsoft making it so hard to figure out how to begin?
- Jesse Liberty [11:15:12 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

On Mixing Politics with Business
Is it appropriate to mix business and politics? When does it become inappropriate? What price do you pay (loss of sales, etc.?)
- Jesse Liberty [09:14:56 AM | Discuss (5) | Permalink]

How to avoid losing $199m
No matter where you live, I'm sure you could tell me stories about 'Good IT Projects that go Bad'. If you're lucky , they happen to a 'friend-of-a-friend' , or you read about them in a Newspaper. Here in Ireland, our most recent example from the Newspapers is the story of a $199 million Healthcare system . The project was cancelled after it insisted on issuing million Euro Cheques to hospital cleaners. For the record , $199 million is about the price of two small hospitals.
- Paul Browne [12:49:55 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

(Open) Office Party
Kurt Cagle looks at recent developments in the Open Office suite.
- Kurt Cagle [12:22:05 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

How Digital Production & Distribution Are Making Things Worse For Musicians, Not Better
Thanks to digital media & the Internet, anyone can record their music and make it available to the world, and that's a good thing, right? Not necessarily for musicians. One way to explain why is in terms of the Fallacy of Composition, as cited by Jeremy Siegel in his new book The Future For Investors.
- Spencer Critchley [10:35:09 PM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

Consumer-Grade Cell Phone Stalking
From The Guardian: "For the past week I've been tracking my girlfriend through her mobile phone. I can see exactly where she is, at any time of day or night, within 150 yards, as long as her phone is on. It has been very interesting to find out about her day. Now I'm going to tell you how I did it."
- Sid Steward [11:39:43 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

More on Monad
In a previous post I pointed readers towards where they can download the latest version of Monad, Microsoft's cool new scripting shell.
- Mitch Tulloch [07:51:38 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Exploit Cingular Voicemail Vulnerability via Caller ID Spoofing
Here's how to check (almost) any Cingular user's voice mail via Caller ID spoofing...
- Nitesh Dhanjani [12:33:29 PM | Discuss (9) | Permalink]

The changing role of open source software
The role that open source software has changed significantly. No longer the domain of the alpha geek and hacker it is now at the heart of many commercial software ventures.
- Jim Alateras [12:04:27 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Slowing Down - Learning how to think
The connection between six-year-old chess players and Head First.
- Heather Lang [08:24:00 AM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Hey, who's gonna pay for all this
Rocketboom is looking at inoffensive ways to cover their costs.
- Daniel H. Steinberg [11:13:47 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Why are we so loyal to a particular Programming Language?
Do our caveman instincts make us irrationally support our language of choice?
- Dan Zambonini [09:06:26 AM | Discuss (3) | Permalink]

openQRM cluster manager released as open source
openQRM is important because of the proliferation of servers run by small organizations on small budgets,
- Andy Oram [08:32:03 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Switching to Windows
I know it's a mixed up quote from an old commercial, but some would "rather switch than fight" when it comes to moving from *nix to Windows as this post (and especially the third comment) on Adi Oltean's weblog incidates...
- Mitch Tulloch [08:02:10 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Mac OSX Theme for the BlackBerry
Here's a Mac theme for your BlackBerry.
- Dave Mabe [07:15:33 AM | Discuss (5) | Permalink]

The Best Firefox Extension Ever?
Here's my vote for the best Firefox extension of all time: IE Tab, which lets you run Internet Explorer right in its own Firefox tab.
- Preston Gralla [04:25:55 AM | Discuss (8) | Permalink]

In-car Computer Software - StreetDeck
The company I work for, MP3Car.com released our StreetDeck software at CES a few weeks ago. It's clever in that it uses gestures, not fixed-position buttons, on a touchscreen to control stop, next, rewind, and other functions of the navigation and media playback. Next stop is the DEMO conference...
- Damien Stolarz [12:02:15 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

RocketBoom (#1 video blog) selling advertising space on Ebay!

This is awesome. The perennial question is "what is the videoblogging business model?"

Well here's one of them: build an audience of over 100,000 viewers then sell one million ad impressions... on ebay.

I've snapshotted the ebay link here ; the ebay link will go away after a while.

AJAX, Systems Theory and Climate Change
Join Kurt in trying to make sense of why Europe's in the freezer, the Pacific Northwest is washing away, and AJAX is likely to fill your life with complexity.
- Kurt Cagle [12:25:55 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

I Want A Phishing Report Toolbar Item. Any Suggestions?
Yet another phishing email arrives, and it's bugging me more and more just to hit delete or the Spam button. I'd like a toolbar item (or a Favorite to add to my browser toolbar) that does something a little more useful with them--any suggestions?
- Spencer Critchley [10:43:15 AM | Discuss (5) | Permalink]

Even the Robots Are Bored at the Tech Museum
Silicon Valley’s vaunted technology showcase was designed to “engage people of all backgrounds.” So why is it failing miserably?
- David Battino [11:06:24 PM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Privacy vs. Convenience - ACLU's technology example

This movie is very illustrative of where our database culture is going. I actually have a very high personal tolerance of privacy invasion, especially on an opt-in basis.

What will be funny is when we watch it and say, "I dont' get it." in about 5 years.

Of course if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. I've got the VC's lined up - who wants to join me in a startup to developing the application shown here?

USB Adapter for CardBus PCMCIA Wireless Modem Cards (i.e. EVDO!)

Finally, we'll be able to use our EVDO cards via a USB connection!

Want to Work at Microsoft?
Want to work at Microsoft? Joe Morel has been working there now for six months as a Program Manager and he has some terrific tips on things he wish he had known before he started working there....
- Mitch Tulloch [08:10:52 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Open Microsoft
I spent two days this past week at Microsoft Search Champs, a conference where invitees make suggestions for their search tools and other MSN offerings.
- Andy Oram [05:36:06 AM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

The Web 2.0 Jobs Boom
A look at the underlying demographics that spell good times ahead for programmers and IT workers in the Web 2.0 space.
- Kurt Cagle [12:27:18 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]