Amazing Professor's Powerpoint
What an amazing teacher. He put so much effort into this.
Official Gmail Blog: Improved comment collapsing for Google Buzz posts
The Official Gmail Blog reports that the one change I was really wanting has been implemented in Buzz - better collapsed comments. Buzz is now usable. No more monster comment lists that take up page after page on my netbook. Thank you Google for listening to your users.
Hilarious Look Alikes - Stella's Magazine
InfoQ: Visualizing Agile Projects using Kanban Boards
My wrestling with agile tools and methods continues with no end in sight. The challenge seems to be getting buy-in from stakeholders that this is the way to go/process to use. Waterfall is so ingrained in our psyches that its almost impossible to get anyone to think different about the process. But we press on. This is a good article focusing on the visual aspect of Kanban process flow. People often mis-define Kanban as a methodology, like Scrum, when in fact it is a toolset. There is a lot of good reading material out there right now on this tool and on other Scrum and XP solutions. There is also no shortage of tools for managing these methodologies. Next challenge is finding a way to integrate Kanban into Basecamp. Anybody doing it out there? Any suggestions?
Hello, iPad. Hello, Cloud 2.
Written by fellow Gen-x'er and SalesForce CEO Marc Benioff. Thought provoking piece and of course, now I really want an iPad. Thank God they are out of stock, so I don't feel so bad for being poor and a late adopter.
Downtown Disney Evening Walk
I try to walk somewhere in Disney several nights a week. Epcot is a favorite, but right now the spring break crowds are unbearable. So DTD was a good choice. This is the view from Saratoga Springs Resort. Its about a 2 mile loop or so and very relaxing.
10 Steps To Create The Ultimate Facebook Fan Page for Your Brand
How I Live and Breathe Google Reader by @ScepticGeek
This is one of those nice 1st person articles on using a tool I personally like a lot. Thanks to the author for breaking things down this way.
How to Suck at Facebook - The Oatmeal
The Yammer Blog - Archive
Look into Yammer as a corporate communications platform. Trying to find ways to get away from traditional email and IM to have remote conversations in our virtual office. There is currently too much clutter and the tools are forcing us to work their way versus us working our own way with conforming tools. Will present case and see about trial run, maybe this week. Fascinating application of private microblogging and messaging. Shown here is the desktop app component which can be customized for our corp ID.
