I have been testing out the oomph toolkit. You can read more about this at the Mix09 web site http://visitmix.com/Lab/Oomph. It is a micro format viewer for web applications. I have inserted my hcard (contact information) into this page. Note the little icon in the upper left. Jim Becher Tilde32 [email protected] Grand Rapids, MI 49534 United States 616.828.0327 jimiz.net
I love SSH I’m not sure if there is a better tool out there. It can be used so many ways. I have often been at client locations and been unable to access servers or sites I need to support or do work on. Corporations often block sites that I support and need access to so use my home SSH server …
I stumbled upon this site that is pretty interesting. It shows some detail that I was looking for on how sites market keywords and some possible spending trends. It is somewhat accurate. I was able to benchmark the site against a few of the clients that I have done work with. (Keyword spy) http://www.keywordspy.com/overview/domain.aspx?q=jimiz.net I put a link to look at …
I’m not sure if this plan will work. But I’m excited that someone is pushing the envelope and trying things. I agree , it is the small business and entrepreneurs that will help us further our economy and financial situation. People who are motivated can do a lot of things, in particular they work to make things better. This is a …
Here is an interesting discussion / article on copying someones business model or even their design. Is it right to take a working site or design and re-use it or make your business around it. Reading through this the idea behind it is that the company that is riding the coat tails, or copying another business does not know the concepts …
Google announced sync. I like this move, the ability to sync info into the cloud. Those of us who have used Exchange for a while have had the great feature to have instant sync from a server to your device. http://www.google.com/mobile/default/sync.html (sync) Now people with out an exchange server can now use google to do this for you.
I’m starting a new project to store my DVD’s Wii games and stuff in my basement and wanted to try something new. After a little looking I found an article on lifehacker.com that had a pretty good idea for me. So I’m looking for some large old school Hi-Fi speakers to take ownership of. Anyone in the GR area have something …
Since I finally got a new phone (iPhone) my old blue tooth head-set a jabra BT250 (Info) did not seem to have that great of quality with the phone. I’m not sure if it was because it is 5 years old or that technology has changed. The BT250, as ugly as it is, treated me very well. I used it in …
This may not be new, or I did not notice it. But my gmail toolbar now has a different look. I like the delete vs trash and the simple layout of how it works.
I had the chance to try out the built in backup from windows 7. Not bad, I may have to start using that instead of the scripts and tools I currently use. I was impressed with what I saw, so I setup the backup and will try it for a few weeks. Here is a great article showing all the steps. …
I realized after a discussion at work today that I don’t view news and information sites in a browser that often. I find that I use an RSS reader more than actually going to the sites. I did not think about this too much until a co-worker was discussing Twitter as a service does not get that much direct traffic (people …
I love the new version of IIS. One of the great elements of Server 2008 is that it has IIS7 installed. A great aspect of the new IIS is that you can now run very common applications (wordpress, and photo gallery) on Windows. These applications are PHP based and typically are hosted on Linux Servers. IIS 7 allows for you to …
I was directed to this program by one of my co-workers http://twitter.com/macfowler OutTwit: a way to monitor and post to twitter through outlook http://www.techhit.com/OutTwit/ Great application, you can check twitter when you want and then respond. It stores the tweets in a folder.
I am not a big fan of ring tones. My cell phone is normally the old fashion ring of the 50’s and on vibrate. I was reading some blogs this morning and came across this url http://www.makeownringtone.com/ and gave it a try. I’m not sure I’ll use the ring tone I made but, it was fun and would be a better …
I think that microsoft is finally doing something right with their Beta system. Even though there were issues the Windows 7 Beta seems to be a success. People who wanted to test it could download and install (maybe not the first 2 days due to capacity of the servers) . I am currently in the Azure beta (limited beta) and that …