• Will the new MS Office out Google Google?

    I love to hate Microsoft.  And have made a point to support alternatives to their standard, knee-jerk products.  But as I blog this article from a Firefox Add-on, I write it in Windows Live Writer on a laptop running Windows 7.   Despite the fact that my son’s home computer runs OpenSUSE with OpenOffice a sizable portion of my workday is spent with MS Access and SQL server.  Me conflicted?  Sure

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  • Blogging with Windows Writer Live

    So I got my new laptop running Windows 7.  My first impressions of Windows 7?  Look, talking about, gushing about, or getting strident about an operating system is kind of passé.  Although change is good, and I always find it eye-opening to have a chance to re-learn everyday habits a new way.  One of those habits for me is blogging.  And the Windows Live Writer program is pretty good.

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  • Paradigm shift in web browsing?

    I am not running Windows 7 yet, but the Pivot software demo looks worth a try if you have it.  As stated by Gary Flake in the TED demo.  for web pages it “makes the sum greater than the parts…See patterns that were otherwise hidden.” The video only lasts 5 minutes, but the demo is impressive.  As the web grows many people are looking for new ways to create visual representations.  For instance the open source, cross-platform, VUE project does an impressive job with more structured data like RSS feeds.  Visualizations can be really effective in revealing patterns and information not seen in traditional text-based representations.  And maybe Microsoft is on the right track.

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