From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Bookmarks for February 4th through February 6th

by Ron Bieber on Saturday, February 7, 2009

  • Why you shouldn't copy us or anyone else – (37signals) – "So bottom line: Copying hurts you. You miss out on what makes something good. Instead, try to be exposed to a variety of perspectives and points of view. Take whatever you find useful and leave the rest behind. Fill in the gaps with your own ideas. In the end you have make your own way forward."
  • Social engineering: Anatomy of a hack | InfoWorld | News | 2009-02-04 | By Joan Goodchild, CSO Online – "As the founder of Lares, a Colorado-based security consultancy, social-engineering expert Chris Nickerson is often asked by clients to conduct penetration testing of their on-site security. Nickerson leads a team which conducts security risk assessments in a method he refers to as Red Team Testing"
  • The Cosmic Machine – EventBox – Macintosh desktop app that integrates Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, Flickr, RSS Feeds, and Reddit all in one app. Interesting.
  • Easy Git! – GitHub – "eg is a nifty piece of work. Are you meeting resistance trying to move your coworkers or friends to Git? (“SVN is good enough.”) Know someone who would love to use GitHub but can’t seem to find the time to learn Git? eg is your answer."

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Bookmarks for January 28th through February 3rd

February 3, 2009

Apple – Support – Discussions – Contacts not syncing with iPhone … – If you are having trouble syncing your Address Book from your Mac to your iPhone, this is the message thread for you.
iamelgringo: Tables vs CSS: CSS Trolls begone – "So, I don't ever want to read how web designers who don't use [...]

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