Personal Notebook
Hopes are high for the next version of Windows, and early indications are that Windows 7 will be a refreshing improvement over Vista. I’m typing this, mind you, on my Mac Pro. If you’d like to preview it, you can download the release candidate, and for those with VMware you can follow this guide.
Never has the default SharePoint UI looked so good! As previously discussed, next on the list for implementation in the lab was Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, otherwise known as MOSS, which is now complete.
In addition, SharePoint Designer (now a free download) was added alongside to complete the Microsoft experience:
With this addition, the lab now has a robust range of web platforms suitable for experimentation.
Will Your Talent Pool Fix You Or Ruin You When Growth Returns?
From InformationWeek, this article highlights some good thinking about preparing for the growth period after the recession, thinking ahead about your talent pool, and taking advantage of growing markets like healthcare and green IT. Now is the time to prepare!
Bill Joy in Conversation with Brent Schlender from Whole Earth Films on FORA.tv
A talk with Bill Joy that includes some gems on disruption in the marketplace, passion replacing greed (in the Gordon Gekko sense), lateral thinking and techniques for online research he uses at Kleiner Perkins.
Thanks to the new 8-Core Mac Pro, now demonstrating enough practical application to belie its original moniker of “glorious overkill”, our new CMS lab is online.
Aside from the primary Windows and CentOS systems, we are currently running TurnKey Linux Appliances of the following platforms:
with plans to include others such as Joomla, Concrete5, and of course Microsoft SharePoint in future waves. If you are passionate about another platform you think we should include, please feel free to leave a suggestion in the comments.
Welcome MacPro. Eight cores, all saddled and bridled for me.
Wired: The Brief but Glorious Life of Web 2.0, and What Comes After
What Bruce Sterling Actually Said About Web 2.0 at Webstock 09