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Posts from June 2007

Posted
26 June 2007 @ 9pm

Tagged
IM

Wippien, an interesting IM client with a twist

Wippien is a free (for non-commercial use, closed source, Windows only) instant message client. This one uses XMPP (AKA Jabber), gateways on the Jabber server to connect to third parties, and a VPN tunnel to connect to other Wippien users. From the site:
Wippien is used to create personal networks with your friends and contacts that [...]


Pulling Bluetooth

I’ve been on-call all my working life and have carried an assortment of devices - old numeric pagers, alphanumeric pagers, pagers with email gateways, old analog cell phones, early GSM phones, and now a Blackberry Pearl.
When RIM released the Bluetooth-equipped 7290, I saw a LOT of requests for upgrades. Everyone wanted to be a Bluetooth [...]


Disruptive Email Change

I was always quite proud of my email organization - first using IMAP folders, and now an Exchange server. I had lots of folders, and spent a bit of time organizing mail items. I ran into problems quite often where an item could appear in two folders; for example, an office folder and a technology [...]


Posted
4 June 2007 @ 9am

Tagged
journal

Organizational Zen

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/how_i_work/frameset.exclude.html
Marissa Mayer
VP, Search Products and User Experience, Google
Executive summary: Don’t just cope with information — revel in it.
I don’t feel overwhelmed with information. I really like it. I use Gmail for my personal e-mail — 15 to 20 e-mails a day — but on my work e-mail I get as many as 700 to 800 [...]