April 2002

I’ve become an outliner

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Dave is probably gonna be happy if he reads this, another convert to the Outliner crew. I was structuring my day today, and found myself structuring the items on my list just like one would with an outliner (like the one in Radio), so this evening I just gave in and spent about $40 US for the program. I have only just gotten started, so I am in no ways an Outliner pro yet, but I am at least on my way. I must admit that for a guy that […]

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Flash components

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Josh Dura and Keran McKenzie (http://www.studiowhiz.com) has released a Flash MX component site. At the moment the site only has a couple of components from Macromedia, but I guess I should forgive them – after all the site was launched today. FlashComponent.com Selling and offering Flash components is probably going to become bigger than the availability of Flash FLAs earlier, mainly because components makes it easier for unskilled flash developers and designers to use them to implement functionallity in their Flash projects. Another site with a broader selection of Flash

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Dave Winer Redux on Open Source

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DaveNet : How to be a revolution Today Dave digged into his vaste archives and went back 4 years, to when the Mozilla/Netscape Open Source project was launched, and a lot of words for and against Open Source was flying through the air. He wrote: “It isn’t about open source, it’s about open minds. “ In the same article he writes about the mentors that his generation had when he was an aspiering programmer, I quote directly: They were our surrogate fathers, caring about our success, enjoying it vicariously. I

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Macromedia acknowledges streaming bug

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Macromedia has added the following technote: Macromedia: Macromedia Flash Player 6 Streaming Issue The problem, to quote Macromedia: “when loading media into Macromedia Flash Player 6, the media will continue to load even if Macromedia Flash Player 6 makes additional requests for media (i.e. .swf, .jpg or .mp3 files), or if the user leaves the web page. “ John Dowdell says he hasn’t seen many posts about this being a problem for anyone, so I guess I should stand up and tell you about our problems at Flashmagazine.com. We have

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Hole-in-the-wall

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India: Hole-in-the-Wall An Indian physicist puts a PC with a high speed internet connection in a wall in the slums and watches what happens. Based on the results, he talks about issues of digital divide, computer education and kids, the dynamics of the third world getting online. Interesting story, found it on John’s weblog, originally from Slashdot. I think the story says a lot about how we all should be open and just jump into things, like we used to when we were kids. And also that we don’t always

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Follow up: Why RTFM Won’t Work: Documentation As Narrative

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John picked up on my note, and took the time to return with his thoughs about documentation (On Documentation). It is interesting to read the views of someone coming from the tech support part of a software house such as Macromedia – and the ways that their tasks have changed as they move more towards offering products that are made to create new applications/products, and less and less just “clean” applications like word processors. (Not that they ever did make word processors, but you hopefully understand where I am going).

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More security problems found in IE

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If you are using Internet Explorer as your browser, using the back button could expose you to malicious code. Microsofts reaction? «because the proposed exploit scenario is dependent upon specific user interaction as a prerequisite, it does not meet our definition of a security vulnerability.» Another Big MS Browser Hole Found The security fix? Switch to Opera today.

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