Well, isn’t that amazing…. DUH! Most people would prefer to be evaluated based upon what they actually achieve, not whether or not they sit and look pretty in an office. But will entrenched management “get it”? People cannot afford to just sit in an office anymore, and businesses can generate more profit if they change…
Author: John Nash
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Mozilla ThunderBird (Email Client) project becoming more open
The Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client is discussing refocusing their internal resources in a new direction and possibly relying more heavily upon the global community to provide leadership and innovation for the project. There is speculation this is motivated by a desire to drop Desktop software and code only for “cloud” (Internet server) based services. I am not comfortable…
Group Editing using Linux / Emacs
Good post. http://technomancy.us/162 We’ve found SSH, tmux, and Emacs to be a great combination for this. The host prepares his machine with a new user created just for the purpose of swarming, and everyone is given the username, hostname, and password to log in over SSH. $ ssh swarm@zuse.local $ tmux attach Once logged in,…
It’s coming — just as I said. $89.99 Tablet for sale now
Not stunning, but functional. This is just an indicator of what is coming in the tablet market this fall. The price on this seven inch tablet is advertised at $89.99, including shipping. ASUS and Google just teamed up to release their Nexus 7 too, for $199, and the reviews are good: http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/. I feel that…
How to TURN OFF Google Plus Event Invite Notifications
Google Plus has just started having Event Notifications. A person can send to you an invitation to participate in one of their events. However, not everybody welcomes this new surge of email and posts! To stop the Invite Spam, Click on your name ni the upper right corner, then Account Privacy. In your account privacy…