This list is obviously subject to change over time. However, I was thinking about the software that I commonly recommend. This is the software that WOWs me. This is NOT in any particular order. They are all A+. I numbered them for easy reference 1. ExtJS – I suggest this one all the time. If you…
I used to live in NYC. Greatest public transportation in the world. Tons of different kinds of businesses. It was a good city to live near. Now I live in San Mateo, Silicon Valley, California. I miss the great train systems. However, the profile of the companies here is very different. It’s technology Mecca. It…
For the longest time, I have used a cheap flip phone. The only “feature” it had was the ability to drop it on the floor and it would continue to work. The main criteria I had for phones was that they had to not drop my calls. Thus, we have been Verizon Wireless customers. Cell…
Note: This post is from 2009. This is no longer applicable. I have one favor to ask of the GMail team. It will help millions of people and has zero bad side-effects. Please put the following line in your CSS. p.MsoNormal {margin: 0px} Why is this important? When Outlook sends mail that has images in…
On my blog, there is a Digsby widget that allows you to instant message me. The problem is that I forget to sign out of Digsby at night. So I come in to work in the morning and have 2 or 3 messages, but the person is gone from the website. I have to remember…
In Harry Potter, all of the newspapers have pictures that move by magic. The reality is that this magic is pretty much here now. My inexpensive digital camera takes photos or short video clips. You can take video clips with your iPhone too. These short video clips are downloaded off the camera by Picasa and…
Chrome is the browser I reach for most of the time. Here is the good/bad/beautiful. Firs tthe good. Speed. It’s much faster than the other browsers in launching and loading. Everything jusgt seems faster in Chrome. Tabs. The details of the tabs are genius. The nice smooth lines with a gentle slope is much more…
Hi, My name is Glen and I am addicted to beta software. My latest fix comes from Office 2010. Even before the official beta program, a version of it was leaked to the web. Waht does Microsoft expect me to do? Ignore the leaked version!? Are they insane. Of course, I found it and installed…
I love the feeling one gets when they realize they are not alone. July 26, 2007, I was at Ajax Experience and asked the presenter Chris Wilson from Microsoft a question: Outlook 2007 doesn’t use the IE renderer and seems to be much less standards compliant, “Why did Microsoft do this to me?!?” While Chris…
Recently, I was in some conversations about development practices. I believe the methodology used in a technology company has a huge impact on the quality of the product. I drew up a little diagram to show the differences under ideal conditions. To be as fair as possible, I had the product launch on the exact…
I couldn’t help myself. I downloaded and installed the Office 2010 technical preview. It’s definetely not baked all the way through, but it clearly shows the direction Microsoft is going. The big news is that Outlook now has a ribbon. Additionally, they have made some significant changes to the Outlook UI. There are two very…
It seems like Outlook 2003/2007 is doing something different than I expected. I thought that by changing these settings, that I would be viewing the plain text version of the email I sent. This is NOT the case. Microsoft is basically just stripped the HTML off of the message letting me read what is left…
The video might take a little while, so here are my slides via Slide Rocket. Some bugs again uploading it, so my fonts are busted. Sorry. Generally, this is my summary of the conference: The alpha of the ExtJS designer is really cool. It’s basically a ExtJS version of Visual Studio in a browser.…
My presentation is today. I feel like I have slightly too many slides for the amount of time allotted. Probably, a few of the principles will need to only get a passing glance. Like Balance: Use the whole screen! Next slide! Jack Slocum just gave a keynote address. No slides, 1 question, 5 minutes total.…