I was excited when TechCrunch first unveiled TechCrunchIT, but not anymore. Steve Gillmor is obviously very passionate about his writing — but he doesn’t really cover the topics I imagined an IT Enterprise blog would cover. What’s more, every post is a mini-essay and he’s the only (active) writer. If the TechCrunch gang are serious about [...]
Google SearchWiki is a bad idea. Google’s regular old search engine might not be perfect, but it’s a hell of a lot better than the competition and it’s a hell of a lot better than any human powered search engine could ever be. My hope is that Google isn’t serious about this and that it’s [...]
A few weeks ago Microsoft unveiled a new little projected called Small Basic. The projects aim is to provide kids with a simplified environment where they can learn the basics of programming — and have some fun while doing it. Derived from the BASIC programming language, and based on the .Net platform, Small Basic has [...]
I wish I had of read this article before I re-arranged my subversioned files/folders using the least efficient way imaginable. Next time, I will do this: To move files the right way using Tortoise, highlight the file(s) you want to move and drag and drop to the new location using the RIGHT mouse button. When you drop [...]
I’m hooked on Google’s Chrome browser and have been using it every day since it was launched. In my mind, it provides a superior way of interacting with the web, compared to the old school browsers — and yes, that’s a completely subjective view. But one that I think has the backing of some pretty [...]
My favorite Firefox add-on: Web Developer. It is highly useful for web dev work and has saved me an immeasurable amount of time.
ColorZilla is fast becoming one of my favorite Firefox add-ons: Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies. With ColorZilla you can get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly adjust this color and paste it into another program. You can Zoom the page you are viewing and measure distances between [...]