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Thoughts and things I care to sharelinks for 2007-02-26
- Gotta Be Mobile’s Warner Crocker talks about the inconsistencies of DVD playback in Vista. Some ship with codecs, others don’t – and the versions that do may not be compatible with 3rd party DVD software at this time. Good read.
- Read/Write Web asks a good question of whether Google Office Premier is the tipping point of online office suites. Of course, this is really a question of perception more than anything else. Their offering is usable, compelling and affordable. But does
- Steve Rubel give some great examples of how to leverage GMail for more than just email. Use it as your own personal database! Really great information – thanks Steve!
- Lifehacker once again digs up a great post – this time over at the Google Operating System blog that details more uses of the Google Toolbar.
- Ah, the big companies are starting their Enterprise 2.0 propaganda. Some will succeed in getting it right, others won’t. It’ll be interesting as an analyst to watch the fireworks and see what solutions really are usable for the average company.
- Another piece on media disruption, blogging, and other non-traditional influences on the publishing and movie industry. Mathew Ingram always has a great informative perspective – recommended reading.
Dave on Microsoft Word
My brother-in-law Dave has a great post where he talks about Microsoft Word (among other things) and its usefulness. He’s right on the money in that most users simply view it as a tool for writing quick documents and not employing its more useful features.
Nice writeup Dave!
Link to Dave’s Journal: The Obligatory “Crackdown Rocks” Post, Snow, and Word
Dan Farber’s blogging Reflections
This post over at ZDNet by Dan Farber is a great synopsis of the current state of blogging. While starting out about a chance encounter with Dave Winer and the realization that Dave has been blogging for a decade, it morphs into a quick take on where blogging has gotten to at this time.
Talking about the trials and triumphs of bloggers with the mainstream media outlets, Dan correctly points out that the whole environment will sort itself out over time. Just like any disruptive technology, blogging is mainstream for Internet users and the “traditional” media sources will find their way to work with the new medium.
Via: Between the Lines – Reflections on the first decade of blogging
Technorati tags: Decade of Blogging, Dave Winer, Dan Farber
links for 2007-02-24
- Another step to larger flash HDDs in our future. This could be used in any number of mobile computing solutions. Can’t wait to get one myself!
- I’m constantly intrigued by the online office movement. I really think this is the right direction for most office apps since most users only need a sub-set of Microsoft Office. These online variants can provide a great platform with simple online stora
Rebirth of the home network?
As a true tech geek, I’ve had a home network since the early 90s, in one form or another. Over the last 18 mos. though, I’ve whittled it down to one main wired desktop (to host Orb, Avvenu, LogMeIn, Emoze, and be the main media storage location), and three wireless laptops.
In previous revisions, I’ve had as many as 6 servers, performing tasks like email (Exchange), systems management (SMS), antivirus (Symantec), web (IIS), another web server (LAMP), SharePoint, Active Directory, DNS/DHCP, and streaming media. The time it took to manage, update, patch, and monitor all these systems was enormous – with little value back to me. The learning experiences were great – I was able to try things that I couldn’t do at work (until we built a full R&D environment).
Finally I got tired of managing all these systems and moved many items to the ‘net. My web sites are on professionally managed hosting services, email is hosted by GMail (with a hosted Exchange account to push email to my MDA), pictures are on either Flickr or XDrive (depending on my mood), and video is on YouTube.
I still have that one machine that allows me to remotely connect, access high-quality media via Orb, and share files that I have on my HDD via Avvenu. All my needs are met by this configuration.
But I find I still have one need. To explore software that I find interesting.
So I believe that it is time to resurrect a more advanced home setup for this purpose – and it’ll be virutalized. I’m going to be adding a powerful system designed simply to be a virtual host for other servers. A dual or quad core Intel based system with about 1TB of disk and 4GB RAM will do the trick.
The purpose here is to simply be able to host things like SharePoint 2007 and see how they interact with Exchange 2007 and Conferencing software. Other items will be Groove and the next version of SMS called System Center Configuration Manager. Other systems/software will be running on Linux: WordPress (already been there, but will explore the MP version), Joomla, PHPNuke and a few others like a hosted version of ZoHo Office.
Technorati tags: Home Network
links for 2007-02-23
- 3GHz Quad Core goodness… Now we’re talking about some serious processing power.
- Google Office – this is a major step forward for professionally hosted software. Lets see what happens.
Mark Evans – Let’s Have Some Statistical Consistency
Mark has a great post questioning the statistical consistency of various ranking sites. He points to a report by VentureBeat that details findings from Quantcast, Alexa, Google Analytics and Compete on how they track traffic patterns.
It really is detrimental to the growth (and the maturation) of the blogosphere to not have a consistently accurate method for tracking sites. Without a common reference, each tracking service is all over the map and anyone can simply pick the rank they prefer, rather than getting any kind of accurate data.
Via: Mark Evans – Let’s Have Some Statistical Consistency
Experts & Global Warming
“Experts” are constantly screaming that the sky is falling. I’m getting really tired of this socialist agenda real quick. This topic is simply a tool for re-engineering of society. Every “green” pundit that has an opinion gets to spout their excrement to the MSM, and the MSM gulps it down without rebuttal from true scientists who have been in the field for decades.
Via: CNET News.com – Global warming could make faucets run dry, expert says
GMail on your BlackBerry
According to the logon screen for my hosted GMail services, Google now has support for BlackBerry devices. If this supports push email from the GMail account it’ll be pretty cool.
Can’t wait for Google to come out with something like this for Windows Mobile. With Windows Mobile 6 supporting push email from Windows Live and Yahoo, it shouldn’t be too long for Google to come up with a push method for GMail. (I Hope).
links for 2007-02-21
- Looking for the latest WordPress news and info? Check out this article at The Blog Herald. Great stuff.
@MAC_Arms Pay taxes when you make your money, pay taxes when you spend your money, pay taxes when you successfully invest your money, pay taxes when you save enough taxed money to afford a house, pay taxes to live in your house, pay taxes when you sell the house that you paid taxes on to
Yup, taxes are criminal and we need serious reforms. I've always said that if you want to see a tax revolt, make withholdings illegal and have Americans write a tax check every payday. They'll revolt for sure. You don't miss what you never had.
I think it’s safe to say that @GovEvers should stop blocking audits in Wisconsin and open the books…
“Only AMERICAN citizens should vote.”
Sen. @berniemoreno says voter ID and proof of citizenship are simply common sense.
“We’re talking about a very low threshold — identify who you are and prove you’re a U.S. citizen when you register to vote. I think we’re getting closer to
Wrong. Democrats are solely responsible for hours-long airport lines.
They voted to defund TSA three times and won’t even entertain a conversation about reopening it. Why?
They’re using it as leverage to stop enforcing immigration laws.