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How to meet - Fight club style

I've been to hundreds of meetings, some good, some awful and I've come to realize that the majority of people don't know how to  meet. Here's some guidelines Tyler Durden style. The first ru...

Facebook, Myspace and Social Networks don't Matter

I've joined Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn, Friendster, Orkut, Digg, Flickr, Twitter and a bunch of others. The verdict... Social network sites are pretty useless for socializing. Don't get me w...

20 things the iPhone should do

I broke down last weekend and got the iphone. Apple Computer Inc has created a design that is great with UI that was lovingly hand polished. Of course no matter how good it is you always want ...

Testing IE6 on Vista Using Virtual PC

If you're a web developer you may need to test on IE6, Firefox and IE7 while running Vista. The last two are easy the first one is a little trickier. Here are the steps needed: Download Virt...

Allow clients to accept credit cards

For years I was using a 3rd party service to accept credit cards for software purchases. This was a good idea at first because it allowed me to get off and running quickly in creating the soft...

Why IE isn't standards compliant

I recently read a post that whines about the fact that Internet Explorer isn't standards compliant. Boo hoo. Of course it isn't standards compliant and if people understood how business works ...

A Social Network for Social Networks

There is an obscene amount of social networks and there seems to be no-end to new social networks that are being developed. This is great because it means that developers are thinking about co...

Netflix a User Experience away from the PC

Today the Netflix user experience of movies is 80% movie and 20% PC. The movie experience is all fun. The PC experience is somewhat fun if you're a technologist but rating movies and building ...

Charlie can't get on the T

In Boston we recently got a new way to pay for the metro (called the T around here). Previously you would either use cash or buy a token. The previous system was really simple. Buy a token for...

Misconceptions with SSL security

SSL security is supposed to give a 'secure' connection to a website but there's an inherent problem with the way that SSL is done. There are two parts to security. A secure connection - when ...