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Rio Grande - an Egenera customer profile

I recently had the opportunity to hear from Danny Cox, CFO of the Bell Group Rio Grande. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with PAN Manager from Egenera. I've watched Egenera for quite some time and am happy to have had a chance to learn from someone using...

Tags: Blade, Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., Rio Grande, Danny, Bluetooth, Servers, Wireless, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Java SE 6 update 10 is out

Today Sun released the Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10. Despite Sun's inexplicable version naming scheme, this is a major new release that all Java developers should know about. Some of the features of Java 6u10 include: Java Quick Starter -- A background process (jqs.exe) that...

Tags: Danny, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-10-21

Danny Thorpe quits the Windows Live development team

Danny Thorpe quits the Windows Live development teamWhat Microsoft is doing?Starting over almost daily. The truth is that Microsoft hates the "web" and how it is chipping away at the desktop. Yes they are slowly moving things to the web but only as much as they are forced...

Tags: Channel management, Microsoft Corp., Danny Thorpe, Danny, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-10-08

Terri Gross savages Jimmy Wales

Did anyone listen to Terry Gross interview with Jimmy "Free Culture" Wales last week on NPRs Fresh Air? Was it just my wishful thinking, or was the normally all-too-tolerant Terry really really appalled by Jimmy and his Wikipedia menagerie of idiot editors and idiotic information? Its definitely worth...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-04-24

Java 7.0 (Dolphin): Evolving in the Ecosystem

Sun developer Danny Coward says "Compatibility is king", but Sun is not standing still in the Java space. At last week's JavaOne conference he unveiled some projects that R&D is working on for the upcoming "Dolphin" release of Java, due out in 2008. The proposed changes are in three areas:...

Tags: Danny, Dolphin Ltd., Danny Coward

Blog posts 2006-05-21

Scaling your Web 2.0 app with caching

Danny Ayers has an interesting post detailing why and how caching can be used on the Web to meet scaling requirements for Web 2.0 services. Danny wrote: "If the Web is the platform, then as much of the data that isn’t entirely application-specific must be exposed...

Tags: Web, Danny Ayers, Danny

Blog posts 2005-12-07

Danny's Address Book SMS Scripts 1.2 (Mac)

This is a set of AppleScript Plug-Ins for Address Book to send SMS messages to compatible mobile phones and pagers using iChat and/or AOL Instant Messenger. Several variations are included to handle different system configurations. Warning: some mobile carriers may charge recipients for receiving and/or sending text messages using mobile...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mobile, SMS, Daniel Browne, Danny, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Marketing

Software downloads 2004-07-23

Blessed Seasons Screensaver 1.0a (Windows)

Blessed Seasons Screensaver features the beautiful art of Danny Hahlbohm used with permission. Danny is perhaps best-known for his painting Footprints. You can turn the music on or off, change the length of time each image displays, and use any of the pictures in this screensaver as your desktop wallpaper.

Tags: Screensaver, Microsoft Windows, CloudEight Internet Designs, Blessed Seasons Screensaver, Danny

Software downloads 2001-04-06

Additional Resources

WSJ chief criticizes news aggregators - creators carry cost burden

Hat tip to Danny Sullivan for pointing out the above panel at Web 2.0 Summit, which featured Robert Thomson, Wall Street Journal chief, and Marrissa Mayer head of search products at Google, plus Martin Nisenholtz, The New York Times Company, and Eric Hippeau from the Huffington Post, moderated by...

Tags: Google Inc., Wall Street Journal, Journalist, Thomson Corp., Internet, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Does social media reward whining?

The worm is turningIt's taken a while, but it's clear the social media world is waking up to the fact that companies using Twitter as a back-door customer service channel staffed by PR personnel isn't a sustainable practice.I think it's great that PR people I am one are using social...

Tags: Public relations, Twitter Inc., social media

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Appistry CloudIQ - something old, something new

Over-simplifying the problem that Appistry facesHi Dan, sorry that I missed the article the first time around but I'm now carrying out some research on the cloud space and Appistry is currently in my sights. You offered Appistry some advice saying that they should focus on getting the message out...

Tags: Appistry

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

You won't want an iPod (Tech which back-to-school students should avoid)

Back to school....This is good but don't quite see that these are all "back-to-school".For my student:Netbook - great for work and portability. It fits in his backpackFlash Drive - great for storing / transferring work on - now if the school had a working printer attached to their common...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., back-to-school student

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

How to get high-end "Steadicam" shots from your low-end camcorder, on the cheap

Remember the scene from The Shining where Jack chases Danny through the hedge maze? Or Rocky Balboa's famous run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art? Those iconic tracking shots are courtesy of the Steadicam, a stabilizing mount for movie cameras invented in 1976....

Tags: Camcorder, Camera, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Poisonous Personalities at Work & Play

I picked up on this slightly superficial US 'lifestyle' post , "8 Toxic Personalities to Avoid" by Brett Blumental, on one of Yahoo!'s many consumer sub sites (Shine/Sheer Balance/Manage your Life) after seeing its popularity rising on del.icio.us. Although we like to think that the people in our lives...

Tags: Social Software, Twitter, Collaboration, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-27

How will Google monetize the "meaning" of a search?

I went to Google's Searchology event Tuesday morning, which is where it unveils it's latest search technologies. This year, there was a lot said about trying to understand the meaning of user queries, which is a semantic analysis. Udi Manber, vice president of core search, said it...

Tags: Google Inc., Keyword, Search, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Tored-A email worm for Mac OS X called "lame"

Tored-A email worm for Mac OS X called "lame"Heheheh"but what does cause me to toss and turn at night is that the era of Apple?s ?security by obscurity? may be coming to an end"Are you wringing you hands while doing it...I'm actually rocking back in forth in a balled mass...

Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Tored-A email worm, operating system, OSX, Apple Mac OS, malware, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Shame on you, Facebook!

Shame on you, Facebook!The Double Standards of the Western WorldIf Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten prints caricatures of holy prophet Muhammad, it is "FREEDOM OF SPEECH". If facebook allows holocaust denial, it is SHAMEFUL. How CIVILIZED is the world with such double standards we live in!Free speech for me but not for...

Tags: Facebook!, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

AP eyes news aggregators; Risks exposing its lack of value add

So the Associated Press is mad and isn't going to take it anymore. It's eyeing news aggregators who are stealing a few paragraphs and failing to link to it as an authoritative source.  Be careful what you wish for AP. Bloggers and news aggregators are a smart...

Tags: Associated Press, DefenseLink, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-06

Failure in Silicon Valley and the guild of entrepreneurs

Here is the second part of my conversation with Silicon Valley veteran Bill Coleman. The first part is here: How will the recession affect Silicon Valley? Mr Coleman is optimistic about Silicon Valley's long term prospects but he is pessimistic about the current situation. "These days...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Why full disclosure is an important tool

Guest editorial by Danny Quist This latest Adobe vulnerability has created a stir on some of the closed mailing lists regarding full disclosure. While I would have liked to think that this debate was over a long time ago, I now realize that everyone has disagreed to...

Tags: Disclosure, Adobe Systems Inc., Tool, Productivity, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-03