Amazing Grace movie trailer

Can't wait to see this!

Creating Passionate Users: Getting/Staying Organized: my Moleskine PDA

Creating Passionate Users: Getting/Staying Organized: my Moleskine PDA: "Organization comes unnaturally to me. I've experimented with almost everything, both electronic (Palm Pilot, various software apps), and plain old paper. So far, the one that's helped me the most is my low-tech, high-use Moleskine PDA. Supplies include a pen, a notebook, post-it tabs, and some (optional) 3 x 5 cards."

Two Screens Are Better Than One

Two Screens Are Better Than One: "The researchers conducted user studies that proved the effectiveness of adding a second or even third monitor to your workstation, creating a wide-screen effect. In addition, they found out how the operating system needs to change to accommodate a larger screen area. "

Getting MarkDown and SmartyPants working with EditPad Pro - Joel on Software

Getting MarkDown and SmartyPants working with EditPad Pro - Joel on Software: "MarkDown is a simple processor that converts text to HTML. For example, it converts *text surrounded by asterisks* to italics.
SmartyPants replaces 'straight quotes' with “curly quotes” and makes a few other typographic improvements.
EditPad Pro is a very respectable text editor for Windows. It’s fast and contains scrillions of useful features. It’s not the fanciest thing in the world, but if you’re still using Notepad for the occasional bits of text, it’s a fine drop-in replacement.
Here’s what it takes to get them all working together on a typical Windows setup:"

The Phone Screen - Joel on Software

The Phone Screen - Joel on Software: "The bottom line in my interviewing technique is that smart people can generally tell if they’re talking to other smart people by having a conversation with them on a difficult or highly technical subject, and the interview question is really just a pretext to have a conversation on a difficult subject so that the interviewer’s judgment can form an opinion on whether this is a smart person or not."

The infinite music collection - Joel on Software

The infinite music collection - Joel on Software: "But laptops have lousy speakers, and I had been looking for a way to pump the music from the computer into other rooms of the house, so last January I finally got a Sonos system, which is probably the coolest piece of technology I've ever bought. Ever."

Using source control tools on huge projects - Joel on Software

Using source control tools on huge projects - Joel on Software: "When you're working with source control on a huge team, the best way to organize things is to create branches and sub-branches that correspond to your individual feature teams, down to a high level of granularity. If your tools support it, you can even have private branches for every developer. So they can check in as often as they want, only merging up when they feel that their code is stable. Your QA department owns the 'junction points' above each merge. That is, as soon as a developer merges their private branch with their team branch, QA gets to look at it and they only merge it up if it meets their quality bar."

» Vista-powered desktops, notebooks now on Dell site | IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband | ZDNet.com

» Vista-powered desktops, notebooks now on Dell site IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband ZDNet.com: "What you are seeing up there is a grab of Dell letting you know they are now selling Vista-enabled PCs and notebooks. Final preparations are being made to formally activate the order process."

Seth's Blog: Clarifications

Seth's Blog: Clarifications: " In Small Is the New Big, I'm not saying that only small companies will thrive moving forward. Instead, I'm saying that any organization that acts small has an advantage over those that insist on acting big, regardless of size."

Seth's Blog: Yes Substitutions

Seth's Blog: Yes Substitutions: "There's a line out the door of the Pump every day at lunch. Why? Because people who love substitutions (the picky ones) go blocks out of their way to eat here. Is there anyone clamoring to get into the 'no substitutions' place?"

Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD Display Reviewed (Verdict: Nearly Perfect) - Gizmodo

Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD Display Reviewed (Verdict: Nearly Perfect) - Gizmodo: "The geeks at Digital Video Editing took a close look at the Dell 2407WFP 24' LCD display, and were pretty much blown away by how much widescreen monitor you can get for $799. Heck, for that price you can get two of them and stretch your video editing timeline from here to Palookaville."

Joel on Software

Joel on Software: "To be an Identity Method manager, you have to summon all the social skills you have to make your employees identify with the goals of the organization, so that they are highly motivated, then you need to give them the information they need to steer in the right direction.To be an Identity Method manager, you have to summon all the social skills you have to make your employees identify with the goals of the organization, so that they are highly motivated, then you need to give them the information they need to steer in the right direction."

Zaky Infant Pillow: Child Neglect Accomplice - Gizmodo

Zaky Infant Pillow: Child Neglect Accomplice - Gizmodo: "We're sure none of the offspring of our brilliant Gizmodo reading audience would be fooled by The Zaky, an ergonomic pillow that simulates the weight, touch and feel of the hands of a caring parent. But this is such a cute picture nonetheless, we couldn't resist showing it to you. Aww."

O'Reilly Radar > Open Communities vs. Open Source

O'Reilly Radar > Open Communities vs. Open Source: "Dain made a really interesting distinction. We need to recognize, he pointed out, that open source doesn't guarantee open community. Some projects (JBoss was what he had in mind) are open source, but have a closed community, controlled by a corporate sponsor."

Seth's Blog: Marketers and money

Seth's Blog: Marketers and money: "First rule: great product development and marketing almost always comes from organizations that don't have enough money. Having less money keeps you from trying to buy your way out of trouble.
Second rule: learning to live with less money means you will develop skills and resources instead of buying them. And it means that when you have less money (again), you'll be prepared.
Third rule: When you need money for something specific, go get it. But just for that. With good terms. As soon as you spend money to protect your money or leverage your money or account for your money or send a message about your money, the money is not only wasted, it hurts you."

All Things Distributed: You Guard it with Your Life

All Things Distributed: You Guard it with Your Life: "I won't tell you exactly how we implement our schemes but to get to Amazon customer credit cards you will need a small army of Marines. Although recently we have been discussing to place physical and electronic booby-traps such that the servers will self-destruct when compromised, to deal with such full physically attack ...I won't tell you exactly how we implement our schemes but to get to Amazon customer credit cards you will need a small army of Marines. Although recently we have been discussing to place physical and electronic booby-traps such that the servers will self-destruct when compromised, to deal with such full physically attack ..."

I am a technical writer, and I am using FOSS | Free Software Magazine

I am a technical writer, and I am using FOSS | Free Software Magazine: "At MySQL, where I am a member of the documentation team, we use DocBook XML to build the documentation that you see on the website, or that’s available through the PDFs that can be downloaded. In fact, you can even download the XML source we use."

Slow Leadership: Time for Innovation

Slow Leadership: Time for Innovation: "To spark innovation,slow down, find the point of balance between need for results and space to think, and hold things there long enough to allow minds to work freely. Above all, reduce the pressure and level of distractions. No one can follow a creative idea and deal with constant phone calls, e-mails, demands for information and threats for not “meeting the numbers” at the same time. It’s a plain choice: more innovation or longer hours and greater short-term output. You cannot have both."

Jasbone :: Movies, Music and Technoloy

Jasbone :: Movies, Music and Technoloy: "You may be amazed that the leader in digital media in the home is Microsoft, as was I when I started this
journey toward digital media nirvana. Yes, there are a few down sides to all this (expense, the Music
interface in Media Center SUCKS - something I'm working on now with a Jinzora interface, time to get the entire system setup, time to rip all your content, etc) but in the end it is an incredibly powerful system that gives me on-demand access to all my media from all my interface points anytime I want it. Now it's time to actually go enjoy some of my media!You may be amazed that the leader in digital media in the home is Microsoft, as was I when I started this
journey toward digital media nirvana. Yes, there are a few down sides to all this (expense, the Music
interface in Media Center SUCKS - something I'm working on now with a Jinzora interface, time to get the entire system setup, time to rip all your content, etc) but in the end it is an incredibly powerful system that gives me on-demand access to all my media from all my interface points anytime I want it. Now it's time to actually go enjoy some of my media!"

ideas are just a multiplier of execution - O'Reilly ONLamp Blog

ideas are just a multiplier of execution - O'Reilly ONLamp Blog: "It’s so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. (People who want me to sign an NDA to tell me the simplest idea.)
To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions."