Getting caught up on e-mail, I notice that Plaxo Contacts 1.0 was launched on May 21st. This software looks like an interesting way to keep people up-to-date with changes in their contact information, but I suspect that it will be met with resistance for a couple of reasons: People will be reluctant to send their entire contact list to a company due to privacy concerns We don’t yet know what the business model is for Plaxo — how do they plan to make money? Is there a real problem that needs solving here? For those who care enough to keep…
John Lam reports today that he found my CityDesk -> Movable Type conversion notes useful. Cool! I’m glad it was useful for someone else. Like John, I moved over from CityDesk to MovableType. I like using CityDesk (a beta for v2.0 was recently announced), but have been very happy with Movable Type. I haven’t taken much advantage of Comments or TrackBack, but the simple ability to manage my blog or create entries from anywhere was the key feature for me.
Top 75 Network Security Tools, results of a survey of 1800 people who use the Nmap security scanner.
Syndic8: Getting Stuff Done — Jeff Barr has a great method for breaking down projects into really short tasks: I keep a very detailed TODO list. When I am about to do something new, I break it down into items that can be done in 5 to 15 minute chunks. Given the power of PHP and MySQL, these chunks can be pretty big. I make each chunk something that will move the site forward, or at least not break it. I work on single chunks, write the code, test it, and deploy it (sometimes I reverse the order of the…
Registry Tweaks for Better Computing (PC Magazine) lists a handy set of registry tweaks for Windows and Internet Explorer. Among other things, I learned how to set my Start menu to be multi-column rather than a single scrolling column. This did help emphasize that I really need a new system at home. This old Celeron/Win98 box is loaded with way too much software (and cobwebs).