Umh, we are evaluating Typepad Pro for the next coming 30 days (free trial) in our professional environment. That means: no public access ;-)
My first impressions are very good. SixApart did a great job with the interface, it’s incredibly easy to set-up the blog and its different options. Let’s use it and stay tuned, I will give you some feedbacks!
PS: Loic, finally, I’m testing Typepad, I hope you appreciate :-)
[via vowe]
I was searching for a new Windows FTP client, vowe did the work for me, thanx ;-)
FileZilla is really great (actual version: v2.2.8d), a SourceForge project with a GNU General Public License. If you also want to change yours, have a look, it’s worth.
A printscreen:
[via MIT Technology Review]
Beurk, that remembers me some very bad souvenirs. I was “confronted” with all 20, unfortunately, during my schooling. And, since I’m working in the “real” life (already 9 years, wow), I haven’t use them…at all. On the other side, the *good* souvenirs are also coming back slowly :-)
Google released the first beta version of its Google Desktop Search tool. Little download (447KB), still indexing my local content :-) As usual, this tool is coming from the Google Labs.
A good functional description from BetaNews:
Google Desktop Search provides full text search over your email, computer files, chats, and the web pages you’ve viewed. By making your computer searchable, it puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails, and bookmarks.
Google Desktop Search introduces new ways to access relevant and timely information. When you view a web page in Internet Explorer, it “caches” or stores its content so that you can later look at that same version of the page, even if its live content has changed or you’re offline. It organizes email search results into conversations, so that all email messages in the same thread are grouped into a single search result.
And a printscreen:
Synop released the new version 1.9 of its feed reader three weeks (!) after the last release. Great job! You can find a complete evaluation of this product here.
What are the new features in this version?
Improved memory management techniques. Error reporting for feed refresh problems. Weblog editor support for ISO Latin-1 Characters (e.g. accents, tildes, umlauts and symbols). Improved UI behaviour, speed and stability; particularly the Items window.
[via LeDanois]
I just beta-voted for Kerry here.
In today’s world, all nations are inextricably interconnected. The United States is the most powerful and influential nation in the world. Everyone everywhere will be affected by the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
What if the whole world could vote in this election?
Switzerland and France are voting for Kerry by 95% :-)
[via Sifry’s alerts]
Some very interesting statistics here and here about blogs published by Sifri, CEO of Technorati.
Impressive!
I already published some comments about a DVD live from Sade called Sade lovers live. I found another one from this great artist, simply called Sade live. Recorded live at the San Diego Open Air Theatre in 1993, this DVD gives you a great selection of Sade’s classic hits (The Sweetest Taboo, Your Love Is King, Love Is Stronger Than Pride, Smooth Operator, Kiss of Life, No Ordinary Love, Is It a Crime, Jezebel). The band is playing SO good in the background, wow! Special mention to the drummer/bassist :-) Outstanding performance, great 5.1 remixed, nice filmed. Really a superb DVD!
PS: this DVD is definitely a live performance, no re-re in studio! I’m a drummer and I guarantee you that the man behind his set is playing, and as hell ;-) I found also one rythm error and two melodical ones during the set. With a re-re in studio, the production would have removed these. Conclusion: to my mind, all this story is a joke.
Knowledge@Wharton published an article and a book about lasting leadership attributes. These ones were identified based on interviews and studies with 25 choosen leaders of our times – "the 25 Most Influential Business People". You find the expected ones: Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Warren Buffet, Peter Drucker, Jack Welch, etc. Plus some surprises. The title of the most influential business leader is given to Andrew Groove, Chairman of Intel.
The eight founded attributes of Leadership:
1. [The leaders] are able to build a strong corporate culture.
2. They are truth-tellers.
3. They are able to find and cater to under-served markets.
4. They can “see the invisible” – that is, spot potential winners or faint trends before their rivals or customers.
5. They are adept at using price to build competitive advantage.
6. They excel at managing and building their organization’s brand (which in some cases may be their own name).
7. They are fast learners.
8. They are skilled at managing risk.
[via rodrigo]
Sick of short urls?
Because bigger is better, right?
If you are looking for a *huge* URL, try hugeurl.com :-)
Instead of http://www.didierbeck.com, you can type: