Kategorie: Tim’s Weblog

Markus Urban – Outsource Your CSS Markup: „Some time ago I learned about two new services that offer outsourced CSS/XHTML coding. This was a pretty interesting concept and so I took both for a test drive. They both essentially convert your design from a PSD (Photoshop), Adobe Illustrator, JPG, or any type of “flat” file…

W. Eliot Kimber – Topic Maps, Knowledge, and OpenCyc: „I think that topic maps are useful and attractive as far as they go: for the general business problem of managing metadata and associating it with data objects, it’s well suited and well thought out. Why do I think that topic maps (and anything similar, such…

Oliver Rist at InfoWorld – Used properly, RSS boosts collaboration: „Microsoft’s SharePoint push has made team-style collaboration a hot buzzword in Windows IT shops — mainly because Redmond’s made it so easy. Grab a template, add some team-specific content, spend a little time handling permissions and you can have a fairly sophisticated internal collaboration site…

Frederick P. Brooks (in 1987)- No Silver Bullet: „The familiar software project, at least as seen by the nontechnical manager, has something of this character; it is usually innocent and straightforward, but is capable of becoming a monster of missed schedules, blown budgets, and flawed products. So we hear desperate cries for a silver bullet–something…

„Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for the text you write on your computer. It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a handwriting font that you can use in your word processor or graphics program, just like regular fonts such as Helvetica.“ (Via Gina Trapani.)

Jack Slocum – WordPress Comments System built with Yahoo! UI: „New comments can be General Comments as well, or they can be „Block“ comments. A „Block“ is any paragraph, image, title or code in a post. When you select a block to comment on, it is highlighted in blue. Comments can be posted anywhere in…

Ephraim Schwartz at InfoWorld – Is IT on the rise again?: „In the old days, a company had to adjust its business processes to the packaged application. Now, due to SOA, a company can adjust the applications or services to the business processes they want. Along with this reversal comes the need for IT staffers…

Scott Adams – Sunday Blogging!: „No matter how much news I absorb, I am always left with some important questions of context that seem conspicuously unanswered. […] My complaint is that these things should be included prominently in the news so the ignorant and lazy viewer such as me receives the right context without working…

Curtis Poe – Building Large Systems: „OK, your code is well-tested. Your code is better designed. You have intuitive APIs that anyone can use. Most processes are automated to remove bug-prone grunt work. You’re well on your way to making a system that’s easy to use, refactor, and extend. But you’ve paid a price. You’ve…

Crazy Egg: „Get a clear picture of where your visitors are clicking and enhance your site’s results.“ (Via Ryan Eby.)