Monthly Archives: January 2008

links for 2008-01-31

Coding Horror: Is Worse Really Better?
“Personally, I’m inclined to follow Steve Martin’s advice here: strive to be consistently good, and the greatness takes care of itself.”
(tags: steve-martin advice humor quotes software-development)

FT.com / Comment & analysis / Comment - Stop behaving as whiner of first resort
“macroeconomic policy should not be based on a panicky attempt to […]

Book Review: Discovering Your Inner Samurai

In December, I received Dr. Susan L. Reid’s Discovering Your Inner Samurai: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Journey to Business Success for review and was invited to join in the virtual book tour planned by WME Books. Although normally I might not have agreed, there was something about this book and the timing as it came into […]

links for 2008-01-30

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Are Men Smarter Than Women? They Sure Seem to Think So
“Women in most societies spend their lives being told that they are simply not as capable as men, while men spend their lives being told that they are leaders and doers.”
(tags: gender intelligence)

Browsing can be a family experience « Alexander van Elsas’s […]

links for 2008-01-29

People Over Process » Guesting on the Sun Identity Buzz Podcast - OpenID, OAuth, and Friends
(tags: identity openid oauth sun podcast tolisten)

Bill Gates Promotes ‘Creative Capitalism’ to Aid the World’s Poor - Philanthropy.com
Bill Gates: “If we’re going to find a sustainable way to help those who can’t pay, we have to use self-interest and caring […]

links for 2008-01-28

Hacker News | Well, it could be that my skepticism about OpenID will ultimately prove unfounde…
“OpenID! Where all IDs are equal, but some IDs are more equal than others!”
(tags: identity openid standards critique via:zopemaven)

links for 2008-01-27

Welcome to Kiddix-Computing.com
Crazy, an OS just for kids.
(tags: operating-systems kiddix kids parenting)

The Top Web-Based Education Resources
(tags: kids education websites resources learning)

links for 2008-01-24

» How to really make money with Web 2.0 | Software as Services | ZDNet.com
“it’s easier to offer value with an application than it is just with content”
(tags: aws saas devpay entrepreneurs business)

Rules of Thumb for Writing « // Internet Duct Tape
(tags: writing rules-of-thumb tips quotes)

» Connect! A Guide to a New Way of Working […]

links for 2008-01-23

Another blog bites the dust » OpenID Delegate WordPress Plugin
(tags: openid wordpress plugin identity authentication)

Tumblr: We Hate Rackspace - Silicon Alley Insider
(tags: rackspace web-hosting utility-computing)

The UGC limb, day 2 (Scripting News)
“The priesthood of developers who can make scalable apps is about to burst into flames.”
(tags: aws utility-computing scalability webapps trends)

The UGC limb, day 2 (Scripting […]

links for 2008-01-21

Eric’s Archived Thoughts: Resetting Again
(tags: via:zopemaven css design reference tips)

» Open source health care finally ready for take-off? | Open Source | ZDNet.com
(tags: health medicine open-source software via:zopemaven)

Antisocial networking « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
“given how dynamic social feeling is seen to be, any system supple enough to model the actual range of affinities and sentiments found […]

links for 2008-01-18

Apartments in LA Are Full of Web Workers
A review of Connect! from Hubbuzz, a service for finding apartments in major U.S. cities, including my own favorite, Denver.
(tags: connect book reviews)