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George Kenney - Can You Own an iPad Without a Computer

George Kenney — Sun, 2 Jan 2011 20:52:35 +0000

i would like to know on how i may be able to see Youtube Videos again with my Microsoft RCA MSNTV.2 unit but without a Computer so if you should know how please let me know as soon as Possible,, George Kenney 8 Dix Ave Johnston- Rhode Island USA 02919

cadusilva - OpenID for Self Hosted Domains

cadusilva — Sun, 8 Aug 2010 05:51:01 +0000

PHPMyID is dead :(

Lyndon Washington - OpenID for Self Hosted Domains

Lyndon Washington — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:13:40 +0000

No problem, glad you found it useful. Also glad to say that it is still working out nicely. Good luck with your self-hosting.

mugunthkumar - OpenID for Self Hosted Domains

mugunthkumar — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:52:46 +0000

Thanks for the "easy to understand" blog post... I'm completely new to self hosting and I just moved from wordpress to self hosted blog. Still learning... and managed to set up open id using the plugin u mentioned.

Stephen Holmes - Generalists and Specialists . . . Which is Ideal?

Stephen Holmes — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:16:15 +0000

This is difficult indeed. I think it's important to start with a clear definition of "specialism" and "generalism". Is a specialist someone, for example, who is a Kerberos guru, a java guru or both? Or is "specialism" something that's assigned based on an individuals competency? i.e., Hey Bob, go learn everything about late binding in Java because we'll need this skill and I'd like you to head that one up. Bob can accept or decline of course, or make a counter offer.

I would contend specialism is something that's defined in the context of the development project being resourced - if the project requires intimate knowledge, for example, of the OpenID API and there's a team member with this knowledge, but they don't know Python - and that's the delivery language - are they a "specialist" or a "specialist advisor"?

Summary:

At the start of a project, the assigned resources should declare their skills in the context of the project and make offers and counter offers (as part of the project kickoff) but they should also be challenged on areas they'd like to grow into so their resource manager can facilitate a healthy mix of "daily grind" and "learning" as part of the work mix. Measuring success in a specialism might then be based on sprint content durations and other factors that could be used to tweak resourcing during each sprint.

I would propose that a skills matrix is required and "managed" as a project artifact so the project team can make appropriate offers for work (for the success of the project)

Those wishing to learn an "appropriate" skill might opt to work more closely with said specialist (a la career growth) whilst working in their own area.

Lastly, I might make the point that everyone, in some way, is a specialist

Haitao Li - links for 2008-06-02

Haitao Li — Sun, 8 Jun 2008 18:21:48 +0000

I built my own private journal web app on google app engine: http://my-life.appspot.com/ . It's not as fancy as penzu, but does have some useful features implemented, such as tagging and displaying by months. I believe simplicity and usability are more important eventually.

Which Main? What Cro - Bangalore - A Quick Summary

Which Main? What Cro — Sun, 8 Jun 2008 02:56:19 +0000

:) That's a rather crisp summary!

Mike Vizdos - Simply, things happen in waves

Mike Vizdos — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:38:40 +0000

Hi,

You did not miss a meme (I do not know what those even are, but may have an idea). Anyway, this was something that I came up with at a recent client who was trying to do too many things at once.

And.

Well.

The comic came out.

Hope it was insightful!

Thank you.

- mike vizdos

www.michaelvizdos.com

www.implementingscrum.com

Damien Mulley - What you need Damien is Ping.fm

Damien Mulley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:23:41 +0000

Mmm, I'm more interested in LinkedIn feeding Twitter and Facebook. Doesn't look like this is covered.

LouiseV - links for 2008-04-24

LouiseV — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:09:29 +0000

Ok. Thanks.

Louise

hoshposh - links for 2008-04-24

hoshposh — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:51:33 +0000

Thanks LouiseV for an additional mention for software that I must have been very ignorant of in the past. http://passpack.com looks great, but right now I am very happy with Clipperz

Cheers,

-Lyndon-

LouiseV - links for 2008-04-24

LouiseV — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:11:06 +0000

I work for an online password manager and seeing as how you have mentioned similar applications - I thought another you may want to add to your musings may be PassPack :-)

Hope you like it.

Louise

Corey - Quote of the Day . . .

Corey — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:57:25 +0000

hmmmm....

Chicken Fingers dipped in Cheese Sauce

General Gau Chicken with Cheddar Cheese

Gouda Lo Mein

I think we might be onto something.