Power.com integrates all of your social networks, e-mail, and IMs in one account!, written 2 days ago, All of the social networking sites are getting a little out of control.  There is MySpace, Facebook, MerchantCircle, LinkedIn, Angie’s List, and more.  It is not easy keeping up with social net...

Nokia OpenLab for Designers at MAX Milan, written 1 week ago, Are you a visual or interaction designer coming out to Adobe MAX Milan next week?  Come out to Sophie’s Restaurant the evening before Adobe MAX kicks off (Sunday 30 November) and meet other creative professionals for a cozy night of crea...

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Steve Jobs and focus, written 1 month ago, Apple focuses by saying no to some markets. A good example of where strategy and execution go hand in hand. READ MORE

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An Example of the "Awesomeness" that is the Internet, written 3 days ago, I came across this blog post on the Official Google Blog, which discusses a YouTube Symphony. This is one of the coolest things I've seen online in a long, long time. Perhaps it's the music lover in my that makes me ...

Everything you always wanted to know about web community, and then some, written 1 month ago, It's been a long time since I posted, and I apologize. In addition to doing a bunch of work for clients at Rubicon, I have been preoccupied with a big strategy project we just finished, on online community...

Back to Basics: Two-Dimensional Arrays, written 1 day ago, I had planned to write an article on ECMAScript Harmony and my ideas for corresponding XPIDL changes... but four months after its announcement, I find I still don't know what's in the Harmony spec! (We know a few things that are out... but ...

Speech Server 2007 vs UCMA v2.0 WF activites, written 1 month ago, I am planning a series of blog posts that will show you how to create UCMA WF applications that can answer the telephone with speech recognition and speech synthesis abilities. However before I do that I HAVE to explain the differenc...

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Simplify Creative Commons, don't tweak it, written 1 day ago, As part of a study of how people understand the term "noncommercial use," Creative Commons CEO Joi Ito is conducting a poll linked to from his blog. It's certainly a problematic restriction, as things stand. Unfortunately, C...

How do I change my Windows Live Hotmail password?, written 21 hours ago, I cannot get into the account summary page or options so I can get to what I needed to change my password. This is something that's also changed recently with Windows Live Hotmail updates. As I've said before, if y...

Laptop Notebook On-site Computer Repair Services Cost, written 2 days ago, Computer maintenance and repair services are important feature in buying a laptop or desktop computer. If you have bought for example an MSI Notebook then you should check for free warranty services and any nearby service cen...

Control Panel Applets and Shortcuts, written 1 week ago, We can open the Control Panel by clicking Start --> Control Panel. If it's not on your Start Menu, it's easy to add: Right-click the Start button and choose --> Properties.On the Start Menu tab, make sure the first (non-classic) Sta...

Michael Meeks: 2008-12-05: Friday., written 2 hours ago, Prodded mail gingerly, poked at yast2-gtk issue; burned by ycp again: what other language hides important syntax / parsing error messages away in an obscure log, and only when you have Y2DEBUG defined will divulge basic ycp parsing errors ? Th...

Google Apps SLA loophole allows for major downtime without consequences, written 1 day ago, Gmail could be unavailable for more than 21 hours in a day, and Google could still tell you that according to their SLA, the service has had 100% uptime. It sounds impossible, but it's a direct consequence o...

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Architectural Principles and Solution Architectures, written 3 days ago, How I see it... There is a difference between architectural principles and solution architectures. Architectural principles are guidance in ambiguous situations toward an ideal. A solution architecture holds the trade-off. Dev...

Enjoy Your Christmas Holiday, written 16 hours ago, Christmas is close to us! It means a break for a lot ofadmins, business will slow down… Things break where no one is around (that’s the Murphy’s law). So be prepared and enjoy your EOY period! Make sure… Your backup procedures are up-to-d...

How To: Give Windows Server more then 4GB of Swap, written 4 weeks ago, There are a hundred reasons why people need more then 4gb of swap files on Windows these days. By default this is not always enabled, especially if the computer’s RAM was upgraded to a larger amount. On the same toke, if the m...