Author Archives: Lloyd

PDF to Amazon Kindle

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Lloyd

The information out there makes it sound like you can view PDFs on the Kindle 2 e-book reader. This is not true. So how do you get your PDFs on your Kindle? In my experience both Lexcycle Stanza and the Calibre App PDF … Continue reading →

Bad is Strong

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Lloyd

Bad is stronger than good. It is more important to eliminate the negative than to accentuate the positive. Robert I. Sutton, “12 Things Good Bosses Believe“, Friday, May 28, 2010 There are interesting discussions in the comments on that article … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged Collaborations, Communities, Emotions, empathy, Groups, jobs, leadership, Negative energies, Positive forces, Relationships, Tribes, Workplaces | Leave a comment

ePub Wins, Consumer Win Next?

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Lloyd

‘…the ePub format, which is open and freely available for any device, unlike the Kindle’s proprietary format, which functions only for Kindle. The ePub format is used by every electronic reader except the Kindle, and promises to be a big … Continue reading →

Posted in Consuming, Free Culture, Opinion | Tagged Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad, azw format, Barnes & Noble Nook, Book Publishers, Books, Boris Mann, Communicating, Digital Publishing, Digital rights management, Digitalization, DRM, e-books, e-Readers, e-text, Electronic Publications, ePub format, Free Culture, Google Editions, Kindle 2, mobi format, Open Formats, Proprietary Formats, publishing | 1 Comment

Quake Commitment

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Lloyd

For those software developers and companies where open source doesn’t quite fit their business plan, how about a Quake Commitment? “In conjunction with his self-professed affinity for sharing source code, John Carmack has open-sourced most of the major id Software … Continue reading →

Posted in Computing, Free Culture, Open Source | Tagged BSD LIcense, collaborating, Commitment, Development Communities, DOOM source code, Giving, GNU Software, GPL Licenses, id Software, id Tech 1 Source Code, id Tech 2 Source Code, id Tech 3 Source Code, id Tech 4 Source Code, id Tech Source Code, Open Source, Open source software communities, Pledge, Proprietary Software, Publishing Source Code, Quake Source Code, Sharing Code, Software Copyright, Software Licenses, Software Licensing, Source Code, Wolfenstein 3D source code | 6 Comments

Reveal Files on Mac OS X

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Lloyd

My co-worker Michael Adams starts “PHP 5 + Apache 2 + MySQL 5 on OS X via MacPorts” with a great developer tip for Mac Finder: # Displays all files in Finder. Optional: personal preference. $ defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac | Tagged Bash Hacks, Linux Tricks, Mac Finder, Mac Tips, Mac Tricks | 3 Comments

Online Productivity Expensive?

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Lloyd

With a young family I’ve found myself drawn to calendaring and to using “to do” lists extensively. It has freed my time and energy to instead enjoy it with my wife and son. I’ve turned my eye to doing some … Continue reading →

Posted in Computing, Web, Work | Tagged Billing, Billing Software, FreshBooks, Harvest, Invoicing, Mac Apps, Marketcircle Billing, money, On The Job, Productivity, SaaS, Software as a Service, Time, Time Slips, Time Tracking, TimeLog, Timing, toggl, Web Based Productivity Tools | 10 Comments

Artificial life

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Lloyd

“This is the first time any synthetic DNA has been in complete control of a cell,” said Dr Venter. Victoria Gill, “‘Artificial life’ breakthrough announced by scientists“, BBC News, May 20th, 2010

Posted in Humanity | Tagged Artificial Life, Designer Bacteria, Dr Craig Venter, Ethics, Genome, Science, Synthetic Life, Synthetic Organisms | Leave a comment

Apple for Enterprise

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Lloyd

“Where we think we’ll make our money — where we think we’re able to differentiate ourselves from IBM and everybody else — is by building complete and integrated systems from silicon all the way up through the software, all prepackaged … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Apple.com, Enterprise Hardware, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Solutions, Jim Finkle, Larry Ellison, Oracle.com, Reuters | Leave a comment

Communities’ Successes

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Lloyd

“During a break on the Thursday I took the chance to ask Nancy White a question – “What is a ‘healthy’ community?” In looking at these various orientations it struck me that there must be recognizable ‘patterns,’ say, of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaborating | Tagged collaborating, Communities, measurements, Nancy White, Scott Leslie, Successes | Leave a comment

A New Favorite Comment Spam

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Lloyd

This blog is a honey pot for hand rolled comment spam. Here is a new favorite spam comment: (without prestigious )With reference to previous Emails so I see that your solution was to ban me complicity , firstly thanks as … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | Tagged Akismet, Blogging, Comment Spam, Hand Rolled Comment Spam, I sue you, legal fight, WordPress | 29 Comments