Tag: technology

From “Things public preview released“:

Things provides a unique and flexible way to handle tasks that can be refreshing for those who didn’t quite get the whole GTD thing the first time around. Of course, you can adhere to strict GTD principles with it, but you can also forge a system that works for you using its tagging system and flexible project management tools.

For those not familiar with the concept, what distinguishes GTD from other time- or action-management systems is the idea of grouping tasks by the context (defined as a place or set of available resources) in which they are to be performed.

Update: Marc-André pointed me to Thinking Rock as a FOSS and cross-platform alternative. It’s not looking half bad. Gotta try it out too.

From “Welcome to Spread OpenID“:

Spread OpenID is a platform helping to spread the idea of OpenID and make it more known among users. It’s mainly focused on end users who have read or heard about it but don’t know where to start. It is not a competing site to OpenID.net or any other site. Spread OpenID works alongside the OpenID community wherever possible.

Amen brothers! Spread it. Spray it. Loud and clear!

From: “Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted“:

Several users have written to tell us that notorious spammer Alan Ralsky has been indicted along with ten others on 41 counts of spam-related illegal activity.

Good: 11 down.
Unfortunate: still 3,245,098 to go.

Linking to Slashdot for their extra reference links.

From “IPv6: coming to a root server near you“:

Just before year’s end, ICANN/IANA sent out a short message saying that “on 4 February 2008, IANA will add AAAA records for the IPv6 addresses of the four root servers whose operators have requested it.” […] That means that as of February 4, 2008, it will (theoretically) be possible for two IPv6 hosts to communicate across the IPv6 Internet without having to rely on any IPv4 infrastructure. It’s been a long journey to get to this point.

W00t! No pun intended. Well, maybe a little. 😉

Via Slashdot.

From “The War Against Live Blogging“:

The [new NCAA authored] policy provides for limited blogging by credentialed bloggers only. I.e., American football bloggers get a maximum of 3 posts per quarter, and 1 at halftime. For baseball, it’s once per inning, for golf — 10 per day. Bloggers are also required to submit their coverage to the NCAA’s Blog Central directory and to include the NCAA logo and link on their posts.

I’ll be honest, I won’t be affected by this directly since I’m not into sports blogging, but… wow! They so remind me of the hilarious late 90’s EULAs that tried to forbid anyone from linking to web sites without the owner’s prior consent. Fu-nay.