10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. Steve McConnell in the Doghouse
I often trot out Steve McConnell's doghouse analogy to illustrate how small projects aren't necessarily representative of the problems you'll encounter on larger projects. Read more @ CodingHorror.
2. Search privacy and Personalized Search
Online privacy isn’t always an easy thing to understand—or to explain. When I recently joined the company, I was happy to learn that Google was continuing with the effort to make our privacy practices (and your choices) even clearer and more accessible. Read more @ GoogleBlog.
I often trot out Steve McConnell's doghouse analogy to illustrate how small projects aren't necessarily representative of the problems you'll encounter on larger projects. Read more @ CodingHorror.
2. Search privacy and Personalized Search
Online privacy isn’t always an easy thing to understand—or to explain. When I recently joined the company, I was happy to learn that Google was continuing with the effort to make our privacy practices (and your choices) even clearer and more accessible. Read more @ GoogleBlog.
3. Hybrid robotMore @ HackaDay.
4. Strategy Letter VI
IBM just released an open-source office suite called IBM Lotus Symphony. Sounds like Yet Another StarOffice distribution.But I suspect they’re probably trying to wipe out the memory of the original Lotus Symphony, which had been hyped as the Second Coming and which fell totally flat. It was the software equivalent of Gigli. Read more @ JoelOnSoftware.
5. Windows Server 2008 RC0, Vista SP1: Back together again
Microsoft announced on September 24 that it is ready to release to testers both Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate (RC) 0 and Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 beta. Read more @ ZDNet.
6. Friendster Plays To Strengths, Launches In Chinese
Friendster is back, at least in Asia.The social network that was the coolest thing on the block until MySpace came around has been slowly regaining its reputation and users over the years, and now boasts 50 million registered user and 27.4 million monthly unique visitors. Read more @ TechCrunch.
7. Usability test: Does iPhone match the hype?
We all know that in the technology world, the hype about new products often doesn't match reality. So it's fair to ask: Is the iPhone as good as its hype? In particular, does iPhone's much-discussed touch-screen interface really make using the device simpler and more intuitive? Read more @ ComputerWorld.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9037858&pageNumber=1
IBM just released an open-source office suite called IBM Lotus Symphony. Sounds like Yet Another StarOffice distribution.But I suspect they’re probably trying to wipe out the memory of the original Lotus Symphony, which had been hyped as the Second Coming and which fell totally flat. It was the software equivalent of Gigli. Read more @ JoelOnSoftware.
5. Windows Server 2008 RC0, Vista SP1: Back together again
Microsoft announced on September 24 that it is ready to release to testers both Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate (RC) 0 and Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 beta. Read more @ ZDNet.
6. Friendster Plays To Strengths, Launches In Chinese
Friendster is back, at least in Asia.The social network that was the coolest thing on the block until MySpace came around has been slowly regaining its reputation and users over the years, and now boasts 50 million registered user and 27.4 million monthly unique visitors. Read more @ TechCrunch.
7. Usability test: Does iPhone match the hype?
We all know that in the technology world, the hype about new products often doesn't match reality. So it's fair to ask: Is the iPhone as good as its hype? In particular, does iPhone's much-discussed touch-screen interface really make using the device simpler and more intuitive? Read more @ ComputerWorld.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9037858&pageNumber=1
9. OpenProj Review: An OSS Alternative to Microsoft Project
It's great to see a Microsoft Project alternative built with the open source user in mind. In a bit of haste, I downloaded and installed the app to see what it had to offer. What I found was a mixed bag of tricks and treats, no Halloween reference meant to be implied. Read more @ MadPenguin.
10. Shape Your Outer World Before It Shapes You
Read more @ BoSanchez.
It's great to see a Microsoft Project alternative built with the open source user in mind. In a bit of haste, I downloaded and installed the app to see what it had to offer. What I found was a mixed bag of tricks and treats, no Halloween reference meant to be implied. Read more @ MadPenguin.
10. Shape Your Outer World Before It Shapes You
Read more @ BoSanchez.
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