Nov 27, 2006 | blog
Alright, its that time of year again when I start wondering if I can make Linux box my main computer. I’m going to try just that for the month of December, use Fedora Core 6 as my main OS, and try to stick to using all web-based tools for the majority of my needs.
I’ll admit to everyone right up front, I will keep my desktop system on Windows XP with Office 2003, mainly because I occasionally need Photoshop, Visio, and one or two other unique apps. But I’ll try to do as much natively in Linux as possible.
I’ve a favor to those of you who are interested – can you give me suggestions on the following? I’m looking for these tools on Linux to help ease my December sojourn into Linux.
- Blogging tool, similar to Windows Live Writer or w.Bloggar
- Graphics tool in place of Photoshop (yes I’ll be giving Gimp a go [again])
- Screen capture tool similar to Techsmith Snagit
- <more to come>
Any comments, suggestions, jeers or cheers can go in the comments. I’ll be backing up my data from my Vista laptop, wiping the HDD, and installing FC6 this week.
Nov 21, 2006 | blog
This is great news for the team over at Automattic – WordPress has become a world-class platform for interactive communications, and this latest move is well-earned.
The new version will apparently be marketed through KnowNow, a Sunnyvale, CA company which has a bit of experience in the enterprise marketplace.
The new KnowNow WordPress Enterprise Edition will offer enterprises a comprehensive authoring solution that includes a powerful new platform for open communications and information management. With the addition of WordPress, KnowNow offers enterprises a platform to build their customer-facing presence in the blogosphere, or an internal platform behind their own firewall to support interactive employee communication. The solution enables authoring of content that leverages the RSS format, meaning enterprises can speed the delivery of critical information to employees, partners, or customers.
Via: The Blog Herald – WordPress goes Enterprise (SixApart cries in dark corner)
Nov 19, 2006 | blog
Looks like Microsoft Forefront is ready for beta testing. Public beta is open download here.
Via: MSFN – Microsoft Forefront Client Security Public Beta
Nov 17, 2006 | blog
Have you heard of the RSS features in Internet Explorer 7? How about Outlook 2007? Yep, Microsoft baked RSS goodness into the two most-used desktop applications from Redmond.
What? How well do they work? It just so happens that Kevin Tofel has a great overview of RSS in the two products. It really is a an honest appraisal of how well Microsoft has implemented RSS.
Integration is quite good, but the feature set is a little lacking. Still, if you’re starting out with RSS – these two applications will help you get a good understanding of how RSS can help you consume more information faster than simply browsing news sites.
Good read.
Via: jkOnTheRun – Overview: reading RSS feeds in IE7 and Outlook 2007
Nov 16, 2006 | blog
Everywhere I’ve turned the last week or so, some new widget deal has been announced. While there are some really cool widgets and obviously some really great uses for them, does everyone want to load down their sites with these things? How much performance is sucked out of a site when building in all these widgets?
I think they’re cool, but am starting to wonder if they really bring any true value – for that matter, what value does the plug-ins I’ve added here bring?
Via: Techcrunch – Hot New Video, Calendar and Map Widgets
