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Konfabulate your desktop
Google was so good it became a verb for search. Will Konfabulator be next for enhancing your desktop? I’ve gone widget-crazy since last week. Konfabulator widgets are small programs that run on your desktop to perform relatively simple tasks or retrieve bits of information. It’s similar to the widgets you see in Mac desktops using…
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Media doesn’t, media don’t
I changed the title of the post immediately preceding this from “Why mainstream media doesn’t get it” to “Why mainstream media don’t get it.” The word media, according to the Columbia Journalism Review’s (CJR) language corner, is plural. CJR, however, concedes that examples of the use of the word as singular are “practically infinite” and…
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Why mainstream media don’t get it
There are articles that make you nod your head all the time you�d fear getting stiff neck. I just read and reread one an hour ago. It’s by Bob Cauthorn and it discusses blogging by mainstream media. The article sums up, in an acerbic tone, how most mainstream media outlets fail to understand blogging. Some…
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Blog of the week
I was writing the second part of my search for the perfect TiddlyWiki (which I’ll post later) when I decided to take a break (the testing of various adaptations left me writing in CamelCases even if I wasn’t using a wiki) and checked blogs that I frequent. It was a surprise to see a screenshot…
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Finally, a perfect TiddlyWiki to manage my notes, tasks
(My notes’ journey from TiddlyWiki, GTDTiddlyWiki, ZiddlyWiki to “no name” TiddlyWiki) I organize my notes and tasks lists using GTDTiddlyWiki and a bunch of index cards that serve as a hipster PDA. GTDTiddlyWiki is a single web page that serves as a browser-based scratch pad or notebook. The notes are organized into Tiddlers – chunks…