Log Files
For the “I’m sure I’ll need to know this sometime” file: Here’s a post about log file management in JRun.
Lifelong Teachers
Will Richardson discusses the difference between teaching kids to be ‘lifelong learners’ and ‘lifelong teachers’. Included is a video podcast from an elementary classroom teaching others how to do podcasting.
Preview of Flex Beta 3
kuwamoto.org has a sneak peak at Flex beta 3.
Torrent-Like Abilities in OS X Leopard?
Rumor sites are reporting that Leopard (MacOS 10.5) may have peer-to-peer sharing abilities in the OS that would allow the system to share with other computers system and application updates. This would be a opt-in feature that would be rewarded by Apple with free songs or other incentives. Benefits would include faster downloads, less bandwidth for Apple and the ability to more easily update computers in an institutional setting without soaking the incoming bandwidth.
ABC.com: Full Episode Streaming
ABC’s new streaming service is amazing. Through their use of Flash they have created a site that is both compatible with many platforms and browsers as well as beautiful. Not a lot of shows there right now, but probably the ones that most want to see: Desperate Housewives, Lost, Alias and Commander in Chief. I hope that this is successful enough to encourage the other networks to follow.
New Apple Ad Campaign
I haven't seen any of these on TV yet but Apple has started a new Mac vs PC ad campaign.
Image Management
Here's an interview at photoshopsupport.com with Scott Bourne about the current landscape of photo management/cataloging applications including lightroom, aperture and iPhoto.
New Version of JRun Coming Soon
I have long wondered what the future of JRun is as it has been a long time since version four came out and you almost never hear about JRun from Macromedia/Adobe. I was surprised and happy this morning to read that the next version of JRun is ready for beta testers.
Adobe / Macromedia Sites Merged
While Adobe and Macromedia merged around six months ago now, they have continued to maintain separate web sites that served their unique audiences. Until now. At some point in the past day or so, the macromedia.com domain was finally redirected to the new adobe.com website (which looks a whole lot like the old macromedia site). The macromedia name will probably hang around as long as the current versions of macromedia applications are current.
Blue Zones
Explorer (I’m not sure what else to call him) Dan Buettner gave an impressive presentation at the NETA spring conference on Friday morning. You can catch his presentations (keynote and followup) on the NETA podcast page. You can view the web site of his current project, Blue Zones, here. Finally, here is a link to his latest article in National Geographic on the same topic. technorati tags: neta06, blue zones, dan buettner
NETA Podcasts
The keynote and feature presentations at this year’s NETA conference are being podcast. You can find them here. technorati tags: neta06, podcast
Firefox Extensions
Yesterday I helped Kristi Peters with her Firefox workshop. Here are some extensions that were referenced during that workshop. Tab Sidebar Forecastfox Search Engines technorati tags: neta06, firefox
NETA Spring Conference Today and Tomorrow
I will be at the NETA Spring Conference in Omaha today and tomorrow (April 27th and 28th, 2006). I am teaching a workshop on Thursday morning and will be attending the conference the rest of the time.
SubEthaEdit on MacZot!
Have you used SubEthaEdit from CodingMonkeys? It’s a fantastic text-editing program that allows you to collaborate with others on the same document at the same time. If you need to do real-time collaboration on a document, it’s the best thing I have ever seen. If you don’t, it is still a fantastic editor that recognizes many code languages. Why am I telling you this now? Because for today only, it is the the feature software in BLOGZOT 2.
Firefox Two Features and Priorities
Mozilla has published an interesting list of requirements for Firefox 2 along with priorities for each.
McNealy Steps Down at Sun
Yay! I’ve always gotten the feeling with McNealy that he was more wrapped up in being proud of himself than doing good work for Sun. I hope that the new guy can turn Sun around. Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy has stepped down as chief executive, replaced by President Jonathan Schwartz, the company said Monday. McNealy, who will remain chairman, led the server and software company through the dot-com bubble, but the Santa Clara, Calif.
White House Web Site Redesign
Design View : Andy Rutledge - White House Redux. The jewel here isn’t the design itself but his descripton of the process. It’s an excellent evaluation of audience, message, color and design.
Giving Thunderbird Another Try
I have tried to use thunderbird for spans of days and weeks in the past to see if it could make me a convert and each time I have gone back to OS X’s Mail.app after getting frustrated mostly with Thunderbird’s sluggishness on the mac. In the past week, Mail.app has been starting to choke on me quite a bit and with a universal version of Thunderbird available I have decided to give it a go again.
Opera 9 Beta 1 Available
Opera Software today announced the first public Beta of Opera 9. This version includes Widgets, small Web programs running in their own windows that are fun, easy-to-use and live on users' desktops. The Opera 9 Beta also features support for BitTorrent, a popular file downloading technology, in addition to an easy-to-use content blocker and thumbnail previews of tabbed sites.Widgets, BitTorrent, content blocking: Introducing Opera 9 Beta
IE 7 Full Screen is Really Full Screen
As a Mac user, I’ve always been a little jealous of Windows users that can run just about anything full screen. I have especially coveted full-screen browsing. Sure, you can maximize a window the full width and height available, but you still have the always-present menu bar sitting there, and the application title bar (even if you choose to hide the status bar, navigation and address bars). My envy just jumped a notch when I saw that the new beta of Internet Explorer 7, when put into full screen mode, hides EVERYTHING that isn’t a part of the page (windows media player-like).