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September 2006

links for 2006-10-01

by Ron Bieber on Saturday, September 30, 2006

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links for 2006-09-29

September 28, 2006

Stevey’s Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile
Up until maybe a year ago, I had a pretty one-dimensional view of so-called “Agile” programming, namely that it’s an idiotic fad-diet of a marketing scam making the rounds as yet another technological virus implanting itself in naive programmers who’ve ne
(tags: agile google)

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Google Reader Revamped

September 28, 2006

Steve Gillmor mentioned the new release of Google Reader made available today. Now this is an online newsreader! Much more useable than the last version. Good job Google!

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links for 2006-09-28

September 27, 2006

ScobleShow: Videoblog about geeks, technology, and developers
(tags: scoble tech interviews video Blog)

Tectonic: Python: Thinking differently
For those who followed my PHP tutorials, it should be pretty clear by now that I’m a PHP fan at heart. That’s why it was a surprise even to myself that I started learning — and enjoying — Python.
(tags: development php [...]

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Pathway Wikipedia Visualizer

September 27, 2006

Photo by rbieber
The Pathway Wikipedia Visualizer. Pretty cool application.

I played around with this application a little tonight. For each page you go to, it lays out all of the links for you. You navigate based on the links laid out and you can keep track visually of everywhere [...]

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links for 2006-09-27

September 26, 2006

A git core tutorial for developers
A tutorial that helped me create a public repository to publish to. Still doing quite a bit of testing and experimentation.
(tags: versioncontrol git tutorial)

BBC NEWS | Business | US loses top competitiveness spot
The US has lost its status as the world’s most competitive economy, according to the World [...]

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links for 2006-09-26

September 25, 2006

Journal of mugwumpjism (1871)
Article about GIT, the version control system used by the Linux Kernel team.
(tags: versioncontrol)

A tutorial introduction to git
Time to start looking around for new cool tools … Git is the version control system used by the Linux Kernel folks. So far looks pretty interesting.
(tags: versioncontrol development tools howto tutorial git)

Setting [...]

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links for 2006-09-25

September 24, 2006

Apple to trademark Podcast? (or “How to fight the good fight”) – The Jason Calacanis Weblog
“In perhaps the worst trademark enforcement decision–ummm–ever, it seems Apple is trying to get people to NOT use the term Podcast/Podcasting in the names of their companies.” – Completely rediculous. Witness the “asshole” side of Apple.
(tags: apple podcast [...]

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Ever See A Laptop After the Battery Explodes?

September 24, 2006

Check out these pictures of Alan Cox’s laptop after the battery exploded. eYikes.

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Current Reading Queue

September 24, 2006

Thought I’d throw out a list of the current reading queue. I have two books in process, another in waiting:

Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash – Currently Reading

Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated – On Hold Until #1 completed.
The Toyota Way: 14 Management [...]

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Ron – One Week Old

September 24, 2006

Photo by rbieber
Ron at 1 week old. Ironically, I spent most of my 20’s just like this (sans the pacifier).
June 1968.

Just really like this picture. A nice little thing to throw on the blog on a Sunday.
Honestly, I have no idea how old I was here. It looks to [...]

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More on Mind Mapping and MindManager

September 23, 2006

I’ve been playing around with MindJet MindManager over the last week or so and I have to say, overall I really like it. Mindmapping provides a great mechanism in getting your thoughts down on paper and establishing relationships between different concepts, especially for someone who suffers from “chronic editor” syndrome such as myself.
I’d [...]

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links for 2006-09-23

September 22, 2006

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » SocialText aims for wiki 2.0
Enterprise wiki vendor SocialText rolled out version 2.0 of its software this morning and made a couple of changes that are important for people beyond its existing customer base. The changes include a drastic overhaul to the standard wiki interface and t
(tags: enterprise collaboration social socialsoftware [...]

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Using a Mac – A MindMap

September 20, 2006

Photo by rbieber
Experimenting with MindJet MindManager, an application used to create mind maps. Tom the Architect has talked to me about mind maps a bajillon times, but I have been reluctant to start using them because the only "free" program was a Java app. The folks at MindJet shot me a [...]

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links for 2006-09-20

September 19, 2006

How To: keep your iTunes library on an external hard drive – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
After discussing how my iTunes library is set up with a few readers in the comments on my First Impressions/2G iPod nano post, I figured this might be a handy tip for readers who find themselves running out of [...]

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links for 2006-09-18

September 17, 2006

33 News – Straight to the Point – Health – Top 10 Most Stressful Professions
IT experts are more likely to suffer from stress than any other professional, according to the survey. A staggering 97 percent of people working in IT claim to find their life at work stressful on a daily basis.
(tags: business career it)

University [...]

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Perfection

September 17, 2006

I’m currently reading Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones in my quest to learn more about lean principles in general.
During my reading this evening, I came across this quote that I really liked.

Perfection is like infinity. Trying to envision it (and [...]

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Japanese Translations of SVK Tutorials.

September 17, 2006

Kato Atsushi is making Japanese translations of the SVK tutorials available. These are a work in progress. Part I is up so far. Thanks Kato!

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links for 2006-09-17

September 16, 2006

Asymptomatic – Why Posts Take Forever to Publish
Have you noticed slowness when posting lately? I’ve seen more than a few recommendations on how to fix this issue, but no real fix for the fix.
(tags: wordpress blog pingomatic)

Mindjet MindManager 6 Mac
Mindmapping software that Cote’ uses for his mind maps
(tags: software osx macintosh mindmapping notetaking)

Apple Keynote Bloopers [...]

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links for 2006-09-16

September 15, 2006

SAP Web Applications the Google Way
Creating AJAX / WS based applications with SAP
(tags: sap soa)

MozDawg on DAV and Docs
(tags: agile process toread)

FeedButton Beta. Uncluttering Blogs & simplifying RSS Feeds.
(tags: rss feed button atom)

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