P2P sharing in Firefox

This is certainly something that will strike panic in the hearts of IT managers and security czars across the enterprise… peer-to-peer file sharing within a Firefox extension. This is further evidence that there is a line blurring between your content and other people’s content, and because it’s in the browser it is all the more [...]

SAP Facts (Chuck Norris style)

SAP Facts (Chuck Norris style): (via James Governor)

SAP is such a great software that initially there weren’t any errors. But in order to have any work to do at all, they made up some bugs

and not to be outdone, Loek has a very good Quote of the Day:

“SAP is somewhat like a Tamagotchi: if you [...]

How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World? One. And You’re Looking At It.

The quote below is a reminder that “being green” and reducing energy consumption doesn’t have to come from grand plans and painful economic consequences… it can literally be as simple as changing one lightbulb. What’s really fascinating in this article is the fact that Wal-Mart is behind this movement to convert everyone to CFL bulbs, [...]

Official .Mac blog hangs a shingle

Apple’s .Mac blog asks readers what they want them to blog about… only problem is that they don’t have comments turned on, you have to e-mail them. One point for having a “official” blog, 1 point for asking people what they actually care about, -1 point for not having comments or trackbacks. Apple still comes [...]

Wired Wiki – Wired Wiki

This is pretty interesting, Wired put an article about wikis up for review as a wiki. Anyone can edit it, but not change any of the quotes, and be listed as an editor when it goes to print.

Technorati Tags: Wired, Socialtext, wikis

del.icio.us API URL Switch Breaks Apps

I noticed that my Cocoalicious app was running in offline mode and bookmarks I was sending to the app were not being posted in del.icio.us. I recalled that del.icio.us went through some service upgrades recently and thought that this may be the reason that I was having a problem… of course you would never know [...]

Well that sucks…

I guess my Intel Mac running Camino doesn’t qualify. A better way to do this would be to have a blacklist of specs that null you out, e.g. 80386 computer or IE5.1 (is that even a version?). What about mobile devices, is AOL eliminating this part of the market with their “spec police” approach? Guess [...]

Temporary Cults

Silicon Valley’s own brand of Stockholm Syndrome.

SiliconBeat: Roundup — collective delusion &#38:

“Any time you isolate people, bind them together and work them like dogs, it’s very powerful. You can get an enormous amount done when you create a place of such total focus and collective delusion.”

New book for review

I just received a new book in the mail (one of the benefits of blogging is that PR groups send you free stuff). The cover letter starts out, in big bold type, “making your attitude your greatest asset”. How appropriate, at least it gave me a laugh this morning, a much needed laugh.

“The Difference Maker: [...]

On Being Fuzzy

“Google is fuzzy because we yet not know, Microsoft is fuzzy because we do.”This is quite possibly the most insightful comment in the entire thread about the double standard that exists for how bloggers treat Google vs. Microsoft. I won’t wade into the debate about the double standard, which there clearly is, but it’s no [...]