by Tom | Feb 23, 2007 | Reading
We’ve been finding the recent episodes of 24 a little heavy on the torture. And now we find that it is all rubbish anyhow. How can we trust another US series again?
by Tom | Feb 22, 2007 | IT
TiddlyWiki looks very clever. Not sure where I’d use it, though. Get your starter one to play with.
by Tom | Feb 22, 2007 | Reading
Extraordinary to think that tens of thousands of troops were committed to Iraq from a slide deck so brain dead as this.
by Tom | Feb 22, 2007 | Reading
I have always been a proponent of the “tell a story in your headers” school of PowerPoint authoring. I haven’t always been able to do it for various reasons. Finally some intriguing research suggests we might have been on the right lines all...
by Tom | Feb 22, 2007 | IT
If you are forced to use IE7 (shame), here are some sensible add-ins to make it feel better. Well, I don’t mind IE so much, but Google Browser sync rules for me.
by Tom | Jan 31, 2007 | Reading
Nice warts-and-all summary of how FogCreek got started. Sounds like a lot of hard work. It makes a clear case for focus.
by Tom | Jan 26, 2007 | IT
Does what it say on the tin: cheap and easy screenshots.
by Tom | Jan 26, 2007 | IT
While Vista is a) pretty and b) seems to run much faster on my work and home laptops, it does force you to log in as administrator every single time you want to do something (like install a program). Using the start button+type as a launcher works nicely, as does this...
by Tom | Jan 26, 2007 | IT
The mobility center (Win+X) is a nice summary screen for all the things you need to play with when you’re on a laptop.
by Tom | Jan 26, 2007 | IT
I’m trying Google Browser Sync instead of Foxmarks. Having your saved passwords as well as bookmarks pop up wherever you are is brilliant.
