January 2004 - Posts

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A history of OneNote by Tim Marman

Chris gives us a little history of how OneNote came to be . I use OneNote extensively on the Tablet PC, of course, but I've found it indispensible on my desktop as well. It's the perfect place to capture those fleeting, short-term bits of information...
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Subway Ink by Tim Marman

In yet another example of how the tablet changes the way we use computers, that last post was mostly written on my Acer while riding the subway home from class. Granted, it wasn't crowded and I had a seat, but still - when's the last time you saw anyone...
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Amazon is Evil by Tim Marman

Here's how the Amazon Referral Program works. Every one in awhile, I will post a link to a book I've read or that I'm reading or that I think looks interesting. If someone clicks on the book and then buys it, I then get a modest percentage of the purchase...
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Oh, the irony of spam by Tim Marman

I've been getting a lot of spam, advertising a product that purports to effectively block spam, and I'm not sure how to take it. Would you want spam-blocking software from a known spammer? Well, on one hand, you have the hacker argument - they can protect...
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MyDoom.A in the wild by Tim Marman

This thing is spreading like wildfire. Which is sad, because it's one of the worst attempts at social engineering ever. We should go beat the people who actually ran these attachments. It has the potential to be nasty. There is some “innocent looking“...
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Use the Schwartz, Lonestar by Tim Marman

Word is that Lonestar should be coming to a wider beta in March. I highly encourage everyone who has a Tablet PC to register and get this upgrade. It's incredibly stable for an alpha product (although recently I've had a few issues with the TIP, but killing...
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Advertising in RSS by Tim Marman

Mike Gunderloy (Larkware News) points to an ad brokerage for RSS feeds . Interesting idea. How effective it is depends. I still think that, especially when it comes to personal weblogs, a personal endorsement is going to be infinitely more effective than...
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Tablet PC Events by Tim Marman

Scoble points to a number of Tablet PC events . He also links to the IBM tablet prototype that has been circulating over the past week (I mentioned it earlier in the week too). Considering that the IBM is a favorite of many corporate customers, this is...
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All about the ingredients by Tim Marman

Someone posted to the Secure Coding listserv asking whether, with regards to security, “developer education is a lost cause”. I wanted to share part of Pascal Meunier's response to this. You can't make good cooking by concentrating on the...
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DevDays 2004 by Tim Marman

I'm going to DevDays 2004 in New York City. It's in late February just outside of Grand Central. Stephen Forte , who among other things runs the NYC .NET Developer's Group , is giving part of the keynote . The sessions look pretty interesting, especially...
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