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Thursday, December 4, 2003
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Google changes anger web businesses: "Tweaks to the way the world's biggest search engine works mean many firms no longer show up on rankings." [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
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Nokia 6600 review: "[The] all-in-one organizer, information manager, and mobile communicator that you may have been waiting for. [...] But there are times when I just want my schedule and contacts with me, and don't need to work on Office documents on the go, and the Nokia 6600 has quickly become my handset of choice." [Boing Boing Blog]
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The Scobleizer Weblog points to Michael Gartenberg on Nothing worse though than a PR flack with a 40 slide presentation that's mostly background: "I hated it when they started out with PowerPoint slides about their company and their mission. Damn it, hook me first! Show me the product and give me a demo. Then explain how great your management team is. Or, even better yet, forget that part. I really don't care. My readers don't care. They care about whether your product will solve their problems. If they care about your management team or your mission statement, they can read that on your website or ask you." Well said! Most presentations should be cut in half or less, for example to 5 slides, instead of 20 or 40 slides. Don't spend several slides telling who you are. First, ask questions. Second, tell what you can do to help.
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How to Misunderstand Open Source Software Development: "As a commercial software program and development manager, I view Open Source Software methods as simply a way to build applications. It happens to be the most efficient one."
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Guy Suddenly Realizes He'll Never Have 10,000 Songs: "Just four days after purchasing a brand new 40 GB iPod, Mac user Scott Bauer realized he will never in his natural life own enough music to fill the device."
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Mac user test drives KDE -- Comment()
Paul Bissex writes: "I love the combination of Apple's hardware design, the polish of OS X and the iApps, and the availability of mass quantities of open source software. When I'm sitting at a cafe table, working with my 4.6 pound webserver, listening to web radio via iTunes, I'm a happy camper. [...] I would really love to see some of my favorite KDE features -- virtual screens, network transparency, a clipboard stack -- incorporated into MacOS. But I also value the existence of KDE as a separate product, just like I value the presence of Mozilla [...] even though Safari is my primary browser."
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