Make Your Blog an OpenID Provider (4)
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There’s a brand new plugin for Wordpress that now fully supports the power of OpenID. Will Norris and Chris Messina have released version 3 of the OpenID plugin for Wordpress, which lets you turn your blog into an OpenID provider. To take full advantage of the plugin, you’ll also need the XRDS-Simple plugin, a service discover framework. As with previous versions, users can login with an OpenID to leave a comment. This is especially useful ...
Top X: Seven cool things Apple's mysterious Brick could be (7)
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There are many mundane or metaphorical things that Apple's "Brick" could be, and few outside Cupertino have any idea what it is. But we all know what we'd like it to be, right? Come Apple's October surprise, perhaps we'll be seeing an ad just a little like one of the following. How about a new Apple TV which just happens to actually be a TV? Or maybe just an upgrade to the current one... Whenever ...
Use Google Moderator To Crowdsource Group Questions (27)
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Google Moderator launched this evening, a simple tool that helps groups determine which questions should be asked at all hands meetings, conferences, Q&A sessions, etc. The idea is that there are always lots of good questions to ask in a limited period of time, but it’s hard to know which questions the attendees are most interested in hearing discussed. Moderator lets users add questions and vote on the questions of others, so the cream rises ...
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lishevita said:
Oh, hey! Maybe Crictor can use this for getting questions from viewers in advance of some interview shoots! That could be cool.
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Chip R said:
I like this a lot. I hate having to think about rebuilding every small web 2.0 tool out there. We have to come up with a way to aggregate this stuff into the LMS.
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Bob Lee said:
I'm going to try this in one of my talks.
7 Open Source Version Control Systems Reviewed (36)
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If you’ve ever collaborated with other people on a project, you know the frustration of constantly swapping files. Some do it by email, some through file upload services and some by other methods. It’s a pain in the neck, and every designer and developer knows it. Revision control is an excellent way to combat the problem of sharing files between workers. Most web-developers have probably worked with some sort of revision control system, but designers ...
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giro said:
enseñemos a los diseñadores cosas nuevas..
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John said:
great roundup of version control system, git has been my favorite of late.
Browser Wars: WebKit Regains Lead Over Chrome (9)
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When Google released Chrome just a few weeks ago, we praised it for its innovative user interface and the speed of its JavaScript rendering engine, which blew away the competition. Now, however, WebKit, the open-source project that forms the basis of both Chrome and Apple's Safari browser, has released the latest version of its own JavaScript engine, SquirrelFish Extreme. In our benchmarks, this new engine turned out to be significantly faster than Google's V8 JavaScript ...
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JonB said:
interesting thought, google enters the fray just to make all browsers better ? via competition
Free Alternatives to 10 Popular Commercial Mac Applications (21)
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We all love free apps. MakeUseOf is all about free apps! Why pay for certain applications when you can get another which works almost (or just) as well for free? While there are a few applications which have no free counterparts, you can most definitely find a majority of others which carry one or several alternatives that performs about the same tasks; and it won’t burn a hole in your pocket! For your convenience, I’ve ...
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CHC said:
A decent list of free alternatives for the Mac!
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Spyros said:
A list of the most frequently used Mac applications and their a free counterparts. Nice money saver!
IDC analyst confirms enterprise users are switching to Mac (4)
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Apple's more popular than ever with enterprise users, claimed IDC analyst, Michael Rose, this week. Explaining the growing popularity of the Mac, he said: “As we’ve seen with consumers, small and medium businesses (SMBs) as well as large organizations are starting to consider the possibility of deploying more Macs within their corporate environment." Why's this happening? Well, we know it's down to the iPod halo, the iPhone halo, the Mac halo, the OS X halo ...
VirtualBox 2.0 released (14)
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Freeware, Open Source Sun has released a major update to VirtualBox, a free virtualization application that lets you run one operating system inside another. VirtualBox 2.0 runs on Mac, Linux, and Windows machines and lets you run guest operating systems inside your computer's native environment.For example, if you're a Linux user but you occasionally want to run a Windows application that doesn't perform well under WINE, you can load ...
Terminal Tips: Add recent applications as a Stack on Dock (35)
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Filed under: Terminal Tips Do you find yourself constantly using the Apple menu to find your recently opened applications? This simple Terminal hack will create a custom Stack on the Dock that will show your recently opened applications. Just open Terminal.app (/Applications/Utilities/) and type in the following command: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }' Once you type in the command, you will need to ...
Adobe AIR for Linux no Longer a Second Class Citizen (1)
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Adobe has released an update to its Adobe AIR beta for Linux, which brings hybrid on/offline AIR apps to the Linux platform. The latest version of the Linux beta brings AIR on Linux up to rough feature parity with the Windows and Mac versions. The notable exceptions include support for DRM and badge installations. But you will find the update adds features like support for system tray icons, keyboard shortcuts, localization, internationalized input, filetype registration, ...
Nintendo Makes $1.6 Million Per Employee (Better Than Google) [Nintendo] (10)
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A few years back I read an enlightening article on Red Bull detailing how a series of brilliant steps turned a cough syrup soda into a world-leading energy drink. At the time, their factory employees generated $1 million apiece—a figure that almost makes sense when weighing the cost of mandatory personnel alone. Now Nintendo does one way better. All of their 3,000 employees will combine this year to produce a cumulative $1.6 million per head—after ...
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nybble said:
wow. Hope they get some big bonuses. :)
Backblaze’s One-Click Online Backup Opens To The Public (11)
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Backblaze, the service I described as “Online Backup With Time Machine’s Finesse“, has launched to the public. The site tries to differentiate itself from the myriad of other online backup solutions available by emphasizing simplicity. Backblaze advertises a 3-click-setup, tucking away all but the most basic features behind an “advanced” menu (which includes options like bandwidth throttling and file exclusion). Since we last wrote about it, Backblaze has increased the maximum size of any individual ...
Effective Java Reloaded (2)
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The long-awaited second edition of Effective Java is here! It covers the latest in best practices for the Java platform. This presentation will concentrate on three areas where new material has been added to the book: enum types, generics, and concurrency. Do you want to know how to combine the safety and richness of collections with the performance of bit fields?Have you ever been confused by wildcard types? Do you want to know when and ...
GetSatisfaction API Connects Companies To Customers (6)
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GetSatisfaction describes itself as “a place where customers and companies can come together to answer each others’ questions: questions about shipping, pricing, fulfillment, the product itself.” It’s a kind of social customer support site that lets people express their problems, questions, and wishes for the products they use, and the companies that make those products — as well as other users — to respond, in a more or less neutral environment. Employees from hundreds of ...
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wAsh said:
I really like this service and the fact that the web2.0 crowd use this as their customer service forum.
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Magnus J said:
Great stuff. Let's see in the coming months how Expono can improve it's integration with getsatisfaction :)
