TinyDisk

TinyDisk is a neat idea. It uses TinyURL (or, usefully, it’s own implementation) to split file information into and across TinyURL URLs. Very smart.

Google Base

Great fun working for Google. Google base allows them to collect information on a massive range of structured information objects. This will then allow them to categorise their existing information by these new structures (so not just PageRank any more). So...

Schools Single Sign-On

Schools Open Up to Single Sign-On. This is based on a very sensible solution which passes “he’s allowed to see financial stuff” type messages around, rather than passwords. I wonder what it does to Government Connect?

The Web-based Office will have its day

� The Web-based Office will have its day says ZDNet. It could work, but it is such a pain when you don’t have access to the net. Roll on fully-connected access.

Zimbra mail

Zimbra, an AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML) collaboration tool is pretty impressive. Would it be right for work? Not as we’ve got Small Business Server. But it would be good to run something like this to share schedules for Caroline and I.

Must Have Mac Software

The Wikitosh has MustHaveSoftware. I have a surprising number of these already. There are more examples here.