This is not about a Discovery Channel series (through there are some cool ones running now). This is about software. Specifically, this is about software for organizing ideas and brainstorming. Over the past several years, I’ve kept a trick in my kit bag when it comes to launching new projects and authoring papers. I use […]

I must be easily amused because I have been using Lotus Notes for years now and I still get a chuckle every time I forget and run the integrated spell checker and it finds “buddylist”. For those who have not added it to their personal dictionary, the recommended correction is to replace it with “Buddhists”.
While […]

James Lipton: What turns you on ?
Matt Damon: People who are … curious, you know intellectually curious or creatively curious - like, Robert DeNero.
James Lipton: What turns you off ?
Matt Damon: People who aren’t … intellectually curious or creatively curious - like our president.
Disclaimer: The above quote does not necessarily represent those of myself or […]

Businesses call it “Collaboration Software” whereas the rest of the world calls it by whatever program they are using - “chatrooms” “forums”, “bulletin boards”, etc. This is definitely true of persistent chat solutions. The idea has been around longer than text messaging. The concept has roots in AOL chat rooms, message boards, BBS’s, even list-servers.
The […]

I use a blogging client called Windows Live Writer. It is an XMLRPC client that supports the MetaWeblog API. One thing that has bothered me has been it’s interface for “categories”. From looking at the API, I think it is less of an artifact of the client and more of a limitation in the API. […]