There is a lot of (rightfully so) hype around cloud computing and web based tools. One area, that I find very interesting which gets very little coverage is desktop computing with support in the cloud. There are three tools that I use all the time which marry a desktop experience which is enhanced in the cloud.

Continue reading "Enhancing Desktop Computing with the Cloud"

It's been about five months since I switched to using a MacBook Pro as my primary machine. So far everything has been going way better than I expected with two notable exceptions.

Continue reading "Life on a Mac - Five Months Later"

As I have previously mentioned, I am a very big fan of Windows Live Writer. I had not yet setup a code formatting plugin on my Fusion VM, so I hit Google and found the this great little plugin.

Continue reading "WLW Code Formatting"

At Telligent today is much more than just tax day, it is Community Server 2008 release day.

Continue reading "Community Server 2008 Is A Live!"

Unless you were recently hit in the head with the rock you have been living under I am sure you have heard about Google entry into the cloud computing space called Google App Engine.

Continue reading "Why Google App Engine Will Be a Success"

I read a great quote the other day from Paul Graham which I just cannot get out of my head.

I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly. [Six Principles for Making New Things] via [Derek Powazek]

Continue reading "Six Principles for Making New Things"

Graffiti 1.0 is due to be released today (February 18th, 2008). While doing some early morning web surfing I came across a great line by Guy Kawasaki, "Don't Let the Bozos Grind You Down".

Continue reading "Don't Let the Bozos Grind You Down"

I am really excited to announce the release of Graffiti Beta 2.

Continue reading "Graffiti Beta 2"

I guess some bad things can happen if a hosts file is changed without the user's knoweledge. However, the number of steps required to do this on Windows Vista is a little over the top and cost me some valuable time this morning.

Continue reading "Modifying Your Vista Hosts File in Just Six Steps"

Charles Stricklin wrote a post called, "Graffiti disses WordPress" because of an adSense campaign run by Telligent.

However, Charles believes this is really about open source vs. commercial software.

What they seem to be saying, without coming out and just saying it, is, “Open Source Software = bad, proprietary = good.” And that’s a valid subject open to debate, but don’t start slinging mud and then skirt the issue.

Continue reading "Graffiti v. Wordpress - Part II"