SolutionJunkie Blog http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp Technology, Business, Leadership, and Mass-produced cream-filled pastries. Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:15:27 PM en-us TabletPC: "Does Your Code Think In Ink?" http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#200318305 Yeah, baby! I have just been awarded the TabletPCDeveloper.com "Does Your Code Think In Ink?" Best PowerToy award for April. I wrote an app that lives in the system tray and allows the user to associate an inked letter with an executable. Open Source better than My Source? http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#200297558 I have become a fan of SourceForge. Yes, a Microsoft junkie can indeed be pro-open source. I am actually using a couple tools from SourceForge, including FileZilla (an FTP tool). Now that I am experimenting with Extreme Programming, I looked at SourceForge to get some unit testing frameworks and automated build tools. You can do anything, but not everything. http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#200187819 While I read FastCompany regularly, lately I am rarely excited by an article. Years ago, they were on the edge and I loved it. Now, they seem to be coasting a bit. BUT, today I read an article that almost satisfied my craving. Wired recognizes Blogdex http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#200093658 The May issue of Wired Magazine (not online yet, so no link available) lists Blogdex as one of the "7 wonders of the [MIT] Media Lab world." When I saw that the Cameron Marlow invention was listed with such a prominent title, I couldn't help but think that Blogdex, as cool as it is, can't be one of the top 7 innovations to come from such hallowed halls. Google as Sport http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#200055123 This is cool. Actually, I think it proves that the web-addicted are becoming a majority. A new book called Google Hacks discusses tips and techniques to get the most out of the world's "ultimate research tool". From advanced searching to building custom applications to Google Whacking, this book is truly for the reader with OC3 as a spine. New-age Bounty Hunters http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#200007929 BountyQuest presents "bounties" for information, typically patent information or proof of existence, for fees of $10,000 to $50,000. Companies enter the requests and provide the bounties and registered "bounty hunters" track down the information through patent searches, library combing, web sluething, etc. Name in print http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#90420770 For those Microsoft-loving, web, technical-types out there, I have published another article on ASPToday.com. An ASP.NET Wizard Using User Controls, Typed DataSets, and Object Oriented Concepts describes how to build a simple but powerful wizard in ASP. Blogging in the Boston Globe http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#90401101 The Boston Globe publishes Blog publishers steal web limelight. Talks a bit about "word bursts" at Blogdex, some bloggers at Harvard, and a token mention of Dave Winer. Actually, now that I write this, the article is really nothing new and should be skipped. Open-Source a Different Beast http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#90301952 A Business 2.o article "Managing Open-Source" points out that open-source software follows some different rules than traditional shrink-wrapped applications. For example, the article points out that you should not use open-source just because it is cool, and development on open-source applications never really ends. Moving NASA Presentation http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#90289527 I received this NASA Presentation from a friend who works at Boeing on the International Space Station. This compilation of pictures and quotes, set to music, was circulated throughout NASA. It was developed the day after the Columbia accident. Are you threatening me? http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#90282449 Microsoft warns of open source threat: Verb it http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#90281818 Disney in Deep Pooh Huh, huh... he said "enroned". Not another UI deisgn article http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#90275590 While this article on UI design is far from, well, good, it does take the right approach. The author discusses that good UI design does not follow a formula, but must be approached with an understanding of the "concepts that will inspire them in the very process of UI design. Managing the managers http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#90275369 A great little article on builder.com discusses how to manage other managers. Especially in what the author refers to as "tactical" industries, managers are a different breed than the front-line folks. They have gotten to where they are by solving problems. MSFT + AOL = Unlikely http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#90272471 Business Week Online asks AOL-Microsoft? As they point out, this is as logical as it is unlikely. One problem: Why would they even suggest that Microsoft's name would come AFTER the hyphen? The new voyeurism http://www.solutionjunkie.com/blog/default.asp#90272385 Have you ever Googled someone? No, not that google; I mean this google.