Munich 1998
As the weatherman forecasts that the temperature will reach its hottest thus far this year (28C is warm enough for me), I am linking to the remnants of a trip journal to Munich during winter 1998. The HTML is a…
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Open Testing 2.0
Tangler offers an innovative approach to open testing of online products. A combination of instant messaging and real-time forums, Tangler provides a repository of joinable discussions and archives discussions for reference. The site seems geared towards testing of new products…
In Bad Taste?
I just noted that Massimo Marcone (one the nicest and most brilliant guys at the University of Guelph) has published his new book – In Bad Taste? This one is definitely going on my must read list. Massimo Marcone is…
Nokia’s Latest Bright Idea
Kudos to Nokia for adding the smarts to their cell phones to let a user know to unplug the charger from the wall socket. Apparently this simple operation (presuming people actually do unplug the phones – as opposed to leaving…
How to Make an old Schloss New
(if this image is just a pretty palace, click refresh to reload the animated gif and enjoy a quick look at the rebuilding of the schloss) I am always both fascinated and charmed to see an older building lovingly restored…
Guelph Memory
A great online historical tour of the University of Guelph campus is now available. It doesn’t feature whizzbang flash effects or implement AJAX functionality. Instead, it delivers a smooth and effective tour in a simple and compelling fashion with simple…
The Last Slide of Links from del.icio.us
Over the past couple of months I experimented with the daily direct feed of links that I added to del.icio.us that day. Around 10pm every evening there was a routine posting to my blog with the del.icio.us pages that I…
RSS Explained Making the Rounds
The folks at CommonCraft have put together an awesome little video. It explains, as simply as is possible, how RSS works, why its something of value to to you and how you can go about hooking yourself up. The short…
A Little Experiment
Answering the question, what’s up with the weird look to Randomosity today…I am trying a strange WordPress theme today using simple ASCII charters. Its actually a rather complex theme and its surprisingly difficult to actually make WordPress look so low-tech.…
links for 2007-05-02
Bytes and Bites – e-learning cafe – (tags: learning mcmaster) History News Network (tags: history news politics academic blog reference blogs education) The Omni Group – Applications – OmniFocus (tags: gtd software productivity omnifocus osx mac tools apple) Building a…
links for 2007-05-01
Forbes.com Corporate Org Chart Wiki (tags: business wiki orgchart organization visualization tools research forbes) TrailRunner – iPod + iTunes (tags: running fitness itunes health ipod) iSubwayMaps – Download subway maps for your iPod Photo here! (tags: ipod maps travel map…
Pushing the Wiki Space
My attention was drawn to a new Fortune Magazine initiative called the Corporate Org Chart Wiki. It bills itself as in early beta and clearly experimental. It claims to seek to ‘tap the collective knowledge’ of the community and to…