Monthly Archives: May 2009

Just announced: Speaking at Make Web Not War 09 in Vancouver

Just announced (though it’s not on the site yet) I’ll be speaking at the Make Web Not War 09 conference in Vancouver on June 2nd. The topic of my session will (not surprisingly) be how to harnes the power of … Continue reading

10 reasons you’ll love Windows 7, part two: The Taskbar

The Windows taskbar was introduced with Windows 95 and has functioned as a launching application as well as a place to store and access minimized or hidden windows. But through all it’s following iterations it never really changed. Meanwhile other … Continue reading

10 reasons you’ll love Windows 7, part one: It just works!

I’ve been using Windows 7, first in Beta and now in Release Candidate, since early March or so. And I am thorroughly impressed. I was never a Vista hater – and I think most Vista haters either never actually tried … Continue reading

Without Hardware Virtualization Sony Vaio Laptops Do Not Perform to Spec!

For the last 8  months I’ve been working almsot exclusively off my Sony Vaio SR140D – the laptop I purchased with the revenue from my book. And until recently I have had nothing but good things to say about it. … Continue reading