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The Infusion Insight: Effectively Manage Your Business and Your Life - Most entrepreneurs are too busy for everything, losing families, friends If you are one of these, here are some tips for being able to successfully manage your company and your life. Read here.... The Simple Secret to Night Time Motivation - A quick tip how to accomplish more in one go, instead of resting, lazying and then trying to persuade yourself to move on Read more here.... Selling the Greatest Product Online: You - Learn how to make yourself marketable online, not in selling products, but in getting hired. Very useful in our current economic state. Read here.... Issue No 22 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Millionaire Mind in Turbulent Times: start building your personal economy immediately; On the Book worth reading: Free Crash Course: How To Write an eBook; On Learning worth using: Need Help With Your Affiliate Programs? 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it is an exciting journey: social networking sites are the most visited area of the Internet. According to recent statistics from Hitwise.com, social networking actually accounts for 11% of all web visits.. Read more here. ... Attract Clients During A Recession - Have your phones stopped ringing yet. The economy is lagging and dragging.
We have felt the effects in the United States. Now we are seeing global implications.
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Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Choosing An Affiliate Program - When people decide to join an affiliate program to make extra money, or to have a full time job, they often do so with illusions and no idea of how the affiliate program actually works. Read the following top 5 mistakes people make when it comes to choosing an affiliate program and avoid these mistakes at all costs.... Introduce Yourself with a Sound Bite - In our busy world, no one has time for the full story, they want a synopsis, a digest that takes only seconds to deliver, is easy to swallow, and resonates in their minds. And it must contain everything they need to know. Read more.... The Six Human Needs - Tony Robbins has identified six basic human needs and believes everyone is or can be motivated by their desire to fulfill these needs. You may want to consider these needs when thinking about developing and delivering products and services to people. Read more here.... Issue No 19 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: New Opportunity To Promote Your Business And Make Cash; On the Book worth reading: Manage Your Time Right! Special Discount for Pathway Subscribers Only; On Community Worth Joining: Another Place To Promote Your Home Business; On Tools worth using: New And Useful: Join This Free Internet Marketing Question And Answer Community; Promotional Tips: HOT: Simple And Useful; Useful Tip: Seeking Online Income. Join 30-Day Challenge! Free One-Way Backlink Building; Special Tip: Affordable Ezine Advertising!... Issue No 18, 7 Sep 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: he Deepest, Darkest Secret of Internet Marketing by Ken McCarthy: a free interview; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... 7 Ideas for Viral Marketing - Viral targeted traffic is the real blessing for any business. It is free, efficient and automatic and so profitable. 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Read more here. ... 10 Ways to Use PLR Articles - Learn how to use private label rights articles: Here are 10 ways to use private label rights (PLR) articles. Read more.... Issue No 17, 24 Aug 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: Jason Parker Unleashed: a free teleseminar; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... Question To Answer: How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur - The article answers the question and gives a basic advice on what is necessary for succeeding in owning a business. Read more here.... How to Finish What You Start - How do I overcome the problem of diminishing motivation. I have started so many projects and most of them are never finished. I start out strong, I start getting doubts about the project, and I let it die on the vine. I seem to have a problem taking a task or project all the way to the finish line. Sounds familiar Read more.... 10 Blog Traffic Tips - In every bloggers life comes a special day, the day they first launch a new blog. Now unless you went out and purchased someone elses blog chances are your blog launched with only one very loyal reader, you. Maybe a few days later you received a few hits when you told your sister, father, girl friend and best friend about your new blog but that is about as far you went when it comes to finding readers. Here are the top 10 techniques new bloggers can use to find readers. Learn them here.... Issue No 17 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Closing Date: 26th Aug 2008! Be Quick!; On the book worth reading: Want To Make Money Blogging? Become A Successful Blogger!; On Training Worth Getting: 7 Ways In 7 Days To Win the Money Race!; On Business Worth Starting: Not Having Your Own Niche Yet? Check This One!; Promotional Tips: Can you use a Free Ipod and some great Internet marketing tools; Useful Tip: Seeking More Free Publicity? Join Me In This New Entrepreneur Community!; Special Tip: HOT: Experiencing Sleepless Nights? It is Over Now... Issue No 16, 10 Aug 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: Case Study: how the 20/20 challenge works; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... Traffic Conversion Secrets Finally Revealed - If you are a website owner who is unhappy with the business your Internet presence is generating, I would not be surprised if you think your copy is the culprit. This is WRONG THINKING and potentially fatal to your website success. Learn more here.... Listen, Pause, Clarify and Validate - Our ability to communicate effectively is one of the most precious skills we can develop. Most of the time when we think of communicating well, we think of effectively expressing ourselves. This is certainly important, but listening is the single most important of all communication skills. Read more.... 3 New Methods For Article Marketing Success - It is amazing how much information is circulating around the Internet on how to conduct an article marketing campaign. Unfortunately most of these methods focus purely on dumping large amounts of recycled, reworded and junk content on various article directories all over cyberspace. Read more here.... Issue No 16 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Have a Product for Sale? Anxious to Launch Your Affiliate Program?; On the Movie worth seeing: Do You Always Operate at Your Personal and Professional Best? Get 101 Best Ways to Be Your Best!; On Software worth using: For Anyone who wants to build a mailing list on autopilot ; On Learning: Want to Boost Your Ezine Response? Get List Building Strategies with Colin Klinkert!; Promotional Tips: Fearing Your Future? Learn About Fast Profits In Hard Times!; Useful Tip: Need Higher Conversion? Create Astonishingly Attractive Web 2.0 Images; Special Tip: Love Your Dog Or Cat? Get This Special Course!... 3 Blogging Tips To Attract And Keep More Customers - Blogging for your business is a widely known method of attracting more people to your website and to increase your customer base and interest in general. But what makes a blog post intriguing enough that you are the chosen one amongst the thousands of others who are your competition. Read here.... 3 Obstacles To Home Business Success - Internet marketing is making it possible for average people to be successful with their own home business. However one thing the Internet cannot do is overcome some of the obstacles that may be created for you. Read about the 3 biggest obstacles here.... Issue No 15, 27 July 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: infopacked marketing training call; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... The 5 Must-Haves for Success In Affiliate Marketing - There are many ways to increase the amount of traffic to your website, and one of the most effective and easiest methods is known as Viral Marketing. Learn more here.... Why Is The Belief Reality Connection Not Obvious - The idea that we have the power to control every aspect of our lives simply by choosing what we believe is a very seductive concept. However, there is a catch. Read more.... Small Business Planning: Three Myths - Are you like 70 percent of small business owners working without a plan? Here are three myths that need to be dispelled about strategic planning for small business. Read it here.... Issue No 15 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Go Mobile And Be Your Own Bank! Learn How; On the Movie worth seeing: Top News: XSitePro Version 2.0 Is Out; On Software worth using: Looking For Fast Way To Convert Your Files To PDF; On Learning: Lack of Traffic: Learn How To Get 1 Million Visitors Free!; Promotional Tips: Traffic = Money. Here Is How To Get A Lot Of It!; Useful Tip: Join Me On Friend Feed!; Special Tip: Free 7 day eCourse for Pet Owners: Learn How To Heal Your Pet At Home!... Issue No 14, 13 July 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: Creating Better Ads, an audio seminar by Shawn Casey; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... 15 Ways to Sell More of Your Products on Clickbank - Here are 15 things that you can do to get affiliates to promote your site and sell more of your products on Clickbank. Click here.... The Power of Focus - Anything is possible to that person who can focus their mind on one thing exclusively until that focus is no longer required. Very few people are able to truly focus their minds. Most of us get sidetracked, distracted, lose interest, or simply try to do too much. Read more.... Are You Using Videos? - In todays internet marketing circles, it is a given that videos are a very effective marketing tool. No one will dispute this fact because everyone knows that they work. A video will raise conversion rates and increase traffic. Not sometimes, not once in a while, but pretty much every single time. Learn more, get a unique video manual and start profiting. Start here.... Issue No 14 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Discover How YOU Can Beat the Recession with eCommerce! A FREE Video Series!; On the Movie worth seeing: Still Looking For More Targeted Traffic. Then you have just gotta see this!; On Software worth using: URGENT: XSitePro Version 2.0 Launch!; On Learning: Want a Profitable Business. 15 minutes Inside Bill Poulos Trading Mind !; Promotional Tips: More Traffic Check New Proven free traffic method ; Useful Tip: Want More Response For Your Articles. Get It Here!; Special Tip: How Can the Web Help My Business. This Unique Global Radio Show Tells You ... 4 Ways To Boost Your Affiliate Commissions Tonight - In the ideal world of affiliate marketing you are not required to have your own website, deal with customers, refunds, product development and maintenance. This is one of the easiest ways of launching into an online business and earning more profits. Assuming you are already into an affiliate program, what would be the next thing you would want to do. Get the answer by clicking here.... Where To Find the Bargains - With the economy in a questionable state, everyone is looking for a good deal. Savvy business owners have jumped at the opportunity to carve out a niche for themselves in the struggling economy. Coupon and Deal Of The Day websites have become extremely popular. Everyone is getting into the action. You can start here.... Issue No 13, 29 June 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: Pathway To Success on Your iPod!; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... 6 Easy Ways to Drive Paying Customers to Your Site - Here you will learn top 6 traffic generation tips. If you are not using any of these strategies the time to get started is today! Start here.... Can Placebos Cure Our Sick Society? - Alan Tutt published a new book Choose To Believe which answers the most important questions relating to the power of faith, scientific proof, strategies to apply to change your life for the better. Read more here.... Internet Surfing Habits Revealed - A new study published this week revealed some very interesting information on the way people surf the internet, and if its predictions are true, could have very interesting ramifications on anyone whose employment is based around the World Wide Web. Read more here.... Issue No 13 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Still Looking for Bigger Online Income.
This Crazy Exbike Courier Guarantees ; On the Book worth having: Want To Attract More Sales. Learn How To Profit From Videos in a Flash; On Software worth using: Still Without A Website? Want A Blog. Get A Free Internet Marketing Website Or Blog Here!; On Learning: Are You Future Proofing Your Business. You Should Be!; Promotional Tips: Ever Heard of Free Residual Traffic. Start It Here!; Useful Tip: Not Yet Dependable Online Income.
Are You Qualified. Find Out Free!; Special Tip: Want All People To Recognize You. Create a Gravatar!... Issue No 12, 15 June 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: 17 things that can stop you dead in your tracks from creating lifetime wealth; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... 5 Characteristics of a Good Make Money Online Niche - Here you will learn what makes a good niche to choose if you want to make money within an acceptable time span. Read here.... 13 Rules To Success - Joe talks about the basic 13 rules for success. If you adopt them, they have the power to change your life. Learn them here.... Question to Answer: The Many Facets of Viral Marketing - In the beginning, email was the one way that viral marketing was started. Since that long ago day, viral marketing has gone from a marketing strategy to an art form and there are many ways to accomplish the objective of creating a successful viral marketing campaign. Seven of those ways are here.... Issue No 12 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Need Promotion. Host a Radio Show!; On the Book worth having: Seeking Your Success Formula. Get THE GREAT FORMULA for Creating Maximum Profit with Minimal Effort by Mark Joyner. For Free!; On Software worth using: Hot Tip! Still Longing for Beautiful Graphics. Get Paint.net!; On Learning: Want To Know How Good Is Your Site. Grade It: 31 Free Online Tests; Promotional Tips: Get More Promotion! Join Ecademy!; Useful Tip: URGENT: Special Information! New York Affiliate Tax Law; Special Tip: Still Hesitating What to Start. Get a Business of Your Own!... Issue No 11, 1 June 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: Michael Campbells Internet Marketing Secrets; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... 15 Great ways to Get Traffic to Your Website - In this Article David summarizes 15 of the most successful traffic strategies. Learn them here.... Question to Answer: How Will Consolidating My Debts Affect My Credit and
My Overall Level of Debt - Consolidating your debts is essential if you want to avoid the interest trap and subsequently future grief and stress. Debt consolidation solutions relieve individuals and families, as there are few feelings worse than being overwhelmed with debt; it carries over to burden you in every other problem you encounter. Read more here.... Who Is Visiting Your Website And What Are They Doing There - Learn more about a few basic personality types and certain common behaviors or characteristics that you can use to your advantage when it comes to creating your next Internet Marketing Campaign.... Issue No 11 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Network Marketing: Break Even Fast; On the Book worth having: Seeking Higher Affiliate Income. Get Big Affiliate Marketing Pay Days!; On Software worth using: XSitePro Version 2.0 Launch! Unique Opportunity For An Easy Upgrade!; On Learning: HOT: All About Budgeting!; Promotional Tips: Want A Push Button Viral Marketing Tool. Finally You Can Create Your Own Affiliate Ebook In Seconds!; Useful Tip: Get Paid on 100% of Your Website Traffic, No Clicks Necessary!; Special Tip: Special Affiliate Marketer Handbook! Your A To Z Guide To Becoming A Super Affiliate!... How I Earned My Freedom and Quit My Job - Steven Lohrenz says that recently his online business has started making enough money to enable him to leave his job and strike out entirely on his own. He has
had to work hard to be able to get to this point, but he attributes ability to leave his job to the 3 things. Read more by clicking here.... Could This Solve Your Procrastination - A young college student came to Dr Martin W. Russell for help with a few different issues, but in particular she wanted hypnosis so she could stop procrastinating. Learn more here.... Issue No 10, 18 May 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: The Internet First Ever Giveaway featuring exclusively software, scripts and cool tools; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... Generosity as Business Strategy - Ever wonder why some products are wildly successful while others struggle. Not an easy question to answer, but successful products do share a number of characteristics. Learn more here.... Breaking Through the Either Or Syndrome - Let us take a little quiz. Read the five questions and answer them as honestly as possible. Ready. Begin here.... Question to Answer: Important Advice on Debt Consolidation - One of the most frequent questions about debt consolidation I receive is about the benefits of debt and bill consolidation. Learn more here.... Issue No 10 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Afraid of Recession. Get A Recession Repellent; On the Tool worth having: Build Flash Headers For FREE; On Software worth using: Site Building Can Be Time Consuming. Not With New Website Builder!; On Learning: Does Piracy Boost Sales. Learn Answer Here; Promotional Tips: Seeking More Sales. Start With Spot Runner!; Useful Tip: Flock 1.2 Is Out!; Special Tip: More Promotional Opportunities For Your Home Business!... Issue No 9, 4 May 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: Encyclopedia of Online Advertising; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... There Is More to Tracking Than Conversion - One of the coaching students recently asked Michel Fortin whether it is better to offer a free trial or a $1 limited time trial as an incentive to sign up for a paid newsletter subscription. The answer involves the vital role of tracking and testing
throughout your entire sales funnel. Learn more here.... Question to Answer: Do Not Fall Victim to Cash Advances - The easy and convenient way by which cash advances are providing people with money is creating a social problem called cash advances dependence. Read more here.... The Top 7 Reason Why Every Business Should Have a Blog - Simply creating content online for nearly any group of people as part of your online business, you absolutely MUST have a blog. These days, it is just not an option if you truly want longterm success. What used to be simple little online diaries have now become powerful ways of organizing and offering content to a wide audience of people dying for fresh, new ideas on nearly any topic. Learn more here.... Issue No 9 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: 3 Part Teleseminar Series for Subscribers; On the Book worth having: Get Your FREE Copy of Article Marketing Strategies Exposed; On Software worth using: Ever Wished to Have Your Own Professionally Created Ads; On Learning: Want More Traffic? Get FREE REPORT: Thought Stringing; Promotional Tips: Want More Promotion?; Useful Tip: Great Network Community!; Special Tip: Make Mothers Day Special... How I Earned My Freedom and Quit My Job - Steven Lohrenz says that recently his online business has started making enough money to enable him to leave his job and strike out entirely on his own. He has
had to work hard to be able to get to this point, but he attributes ability to leave his job to the 3 things. Read more by clicking here.... Could This Solve Your Procrastination - A young college student came to Dr Martin W. Russell for help with a few different issues, but in particular she wanted hypnosis so she could stop procrastinating. Learn more here.... Issue No 8, 20 April 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: 25 Proven Ways To Increase Sales NOW! by Chris Randolph; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... Viral Marketing In Its Purest Form: Product Review - There are many ways to increase the amount of traffic to your website, and one of the most effective and easiest methods is known as Viral Marketing. Learn more here.... Question to Answer: The Basics of Debt Consolidation and Refinance - Nowadays most people realize the fact that the best way to repay their debts is to consolidate them. In this brief summary I would like to mention just the basics to make it absolutely clear. Read more here.... You Do Not Have To Wait To Be Published - You do not have to wait for someone else to publish your words if you publish them yourself on your own blog. Blogs are big, and anyone can choose to write one. If you make the right moves, you can attract more attention and make more money with a blog than if you have just one article published. Learn more here.... Issue No 8 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Brand New Gift For You:
Free Membership Site Courses; On the Book worth having: Looking for More Marketing Tips?
Get These eBooks Free For You!; On Software worth using: Comment Kahuna: New FREE Software; On Learning: Get This Special Interview! Join Michael Campbell as he chats with legendary marketer Ken McCarthy; Promotional Tips: New Viral Tool Produced $209,349 In Extra Sales Just After the Launch!; Useful Tip: Listen to the Last Protege of Gary Halbert!; Special Tip: Seeking More Sales? Get Useful Tool for Conversion Boost!... Issue No 7, 6 April 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: 8 Seconds to Capture Attention; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... Affiliate Marketing Basics: How To Convert Traffic Into Sales - Whether you are in the online business for weeks or for years or whether you are just getting started in Affiliate Marketing, one of the most important things you need is traffic specifically targeted traffic that you convert into sales. Read here.... Question to Answer: When To Use a Cash Advance - This is one of the questions I receive the most often. There may occur a time to apply for a cash advance. Learn how to do it right.... 5 Easy Ways to Ramp Up Your eBook Sales - It is quite surprising how many people think that once they have written their ebook, got their website up and integrated their shopping cart, they can sit back and start waiting for the money to come rolling in. They do not realize how wrong they are. Learn more here.... Issue No 7 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: A Gift for You Today: a free video called Internet Marketing Wave; On the Book worth having: The Market Has Spoken and people are loving how easy this is!; On Software worth using: Attractive FireFox Add-Ons!; On Learning: Looking for More Targeted Traffic? Learn How to Bookmark for Free Web Traffic!; Promotional Tips: Revenue Magic: Join Free Now!; Useful Tip: Turn One Into a Million! Automatic Viral Marketing: Free!; Special Tip: Unique Chance of Improving Your Health And Lifestyle! The Death of Information Marketing... 5 Common Sense Things To Consider When Creating Your Marketing Plan - Even though this article is dealing with the whole year marketing plan, I believe you will find good advice for optimizing and implementing your marketing plan even now. Read more by clicking here.... Top 3 Ways To Increase Conversion on Your Website - The secret of a successful website is not just in the amount of visitors it has; it is in the amount of visitors that are converted to buyers. Learn the top 3 ways to increase conversion of your site by clicking here.... Issue No 6, 23 March 2008 - Special Free Reading Bonus: The Best Test by Chris Widener; Permanent Sales Bonus: 1+1 ! Buy 1 item and get 1 of your own choice... Uncovering the Top Ten Sales Myths - In todays highly competitive world, it is imperative that entrepreneurs focus on developing their sales skills and strategies if they want to really succeed. Read the basic principles here.... My Top Ten Rules of Success - These 10 simple rules can work for you like a magician. The only thing is to adopt them. Learn them here.... What Day Is It - This article is very sweet and inspiring. It is a great inspiration for all home based business owners. read it here.... Issue No 6 Tips - Tip On the Opportunity worth trying: Need promotion? Come And Join Us in Twitter!; On the Book worth having: Greatest Gold-Mine Of Wisdom Crammed Into One Product:
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Radio UserLand has lots of nice features, but I am finding the simplicity of using the iBlog program on the Mac with simple hosting the blog on my main web site works well for me.... Please try my new web blog - I am thinking of switching from using RadioUserland to .Mac for hosting my Blog.
I think that I will use both for a week - then decide.... Both sides of the IT outsourcing issue - The linked InfoWorld article is a fairly good representation of both sides of the outsourcing U.S. IT jobs to other countries.
I also have mixed feelings about large scale IT outsourcing - besides the obvious downward pressure on my own consulting rates, I worry that the U.S. will give up its competitive advantage in developing new technologies once competing countries develp a critical mass of technology.
On the other hand, I do believe in globalization - doing work and manufacturing were it can be done least expensively - if third world country workers are not exploited and environmental concerns are addressed fairly.
Like most issues, there are two reasonable sides to this argument.... Using continuations in implementing web services - I just ran across a month old blog by Chris Double on using continuations for implementing web services.
Good stuff! (For Smalltalk, Lisp, Scheme programmers mostly).... Microsoft and IBM on web services - In the last several years, I have have watched the growth of two technologies: web services and the semantic web. At least web services are taking off .
The linked article is a light weight media promotion by IBM and Microsoft - still, both companies get credit for supported standards like SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, etc.
For Java programmers, Sun's Web Services Toolkit offers a complete software stack - one problem though is if you read the license agreement you will quickly notice that Sun does not give you the right to use their web services kit in commercial applications (you need to but their Sun ONE stuff).
Again for Java programmers, the free version of GLUE from themindelectric.com and Apache Jakarta Tomcat with Axis provide kits that can be used commercially.... Lack of computer security: virus and worms effect on productivity - Businesses and individuals take a hit on productivity because of security holes in Microsoft and other vendors software.
Obviously, no "outward facing" software (HTTP, SMTP, POP, SSH, etc. services) should be written in programming languages that do not effectively trap runtime errors (like buffer overflows).
The trouble is "fixing" existing systems. There is no shortage of viable programming languages with proper runtime error handling support: Java, C#, Python, Smalltalk, Lisp, Scheme, etc.
What would be the performance hit of running network services written in Python or C#? Considering the hit on lost human productivity due to insecure sfotware, who cares?
This is more of a concern for me than the average computer user: I get about 500 web sites linking to my site every month and about 3000 human visitors to my site a month.
I get about 100 emails a month from people I did not know before - I always answer every email that I get (non-SPAM that is), so I would imagine... 27 Israeli patriots: military pilots boycot occupied territories - These 27 pilots have my respect - they are putting themselves at risk for what they believe in.
It amazes me that so many people in the U.S. think that they are helping the Israeli people by supporting the right wingers in Israel.
The U.S. foregn aid to Israel since 1948 is approximately $275 billion (in todays currency - adjusted for inflation). We should be supporting the Peace Now movement, not the right wingers.
Please do a web search using the keywords Israel Peace Now - you will find a lot of interesting information!
... I figured out why Linux is such a more productive environment for me - OK, people who know me know that I have been totally enjoying Mac OS X for the last year and a half. Beautiful user interface, real Unix style development environment.
That said, I will still sometimes work for a few days on my Linux workstation (and
even occasionally under Windows 2000).
Why am I more productive under Linux?
I believe that it is because my Linux installations are always no-frills - I install just what I need to get my jobs done. This is usually: OpenOffice for writing, Java JDK, Java IntelliJ IDE, ant, apache, etc.
So, apparently it is more difficult to waste time under Linux when toys and goodies are not installed.
The lesson is clear for companies and other organizations who pay people to work with computers:
Intall Linux on people's desk tops with just the tools they need to get their jobs done. No minesweeper game!
... XMLBeans project at Apache Jakarta - This project is new - you have to pull the code from CVS (but binaary and source drops should be available soon).
I have recently used JAXB (both the Enhydra Zeus project and Sun's reference JAXB implementation) for a consulting job and in the XML chapter of my upcoming (almost done!) Java 10 Minute Solutions book. JAXB is cool stuff, and I will enjoy looking at this project that was donated by the BEA Corporation.... Must read: CS Monitor on the Neoconservatives (The Empire Builders) - Everyone in the U.S. who reads the news at all understands that the Bush administration contains a rather large percentage of Neoconservatives.
However, most people don't really understand the Neoconservatives. This linked article is great overview and is very educational - a must read.
One disturbing (to me) aspect of the Neoconservatives is their promotion of highly disruptive activities of the Middle East. I believe that their agenda is a real threat to all of our security - scary stuff!
As an American, I have to reluctantly support the rights of fringe groups to express themselves and to use our wonderful free political process - thus I have to support the right of the Neoconservatives to push their weird and in my opinion world-threatening agenda.
However, those of us who live in democracies have an important responsibility.
This responsibility is to keep ourselves informed and to vote carefully. Please read
the short linked article - then when someone mentions the t... The Tao of Programming - The linked page is on Chuck Murko's web site.
Good stuff!... Lockeed buys Titan for $1.8 Billion - I would not care so much, but two of my ex-SAIC bosses Gene Ray and Jack McDougle (both very good guys) helped found Titan. Way to go!... More thoughts on using multiple programming languages - I have had the opportunity to use a few technologies for mixing and matching programs written in different programming languages in the last month: CORBA, SOAP, and the simple XML over HTTP (i.e., REST like RPC).
Sure, it is a hassle using RPC compared to building large monolithic applications, but I find that not only are different programming languages best for some tasks, but often key utility libraries are available only for some languages.
While I really like CORBA, and I have CORBA support in Java and Smalltalk, other languages which I find useful like Common LISP and Prolog either don't have CORBA support, or it is expensive.
Although not a perfect solution, I keep coming back to writing HTTP servers that use URL encoding to specify a "function name" and arguments - usually returning an XML payload makes sense.
In principle, SOAP is a better way to go, but XML over HTTP is much easier to implement.... Well thought out editorial on Israeli Haaretz news site on Middle East problems - The linked article seems well balanced and makes a lot of sense to me.
I think that Haaretz is one of the better sourrces of news in Israel - and this article reinforces that opinion.
There is a large minority of Israelis who strongly disagree with the actions of the right wing government - this article reflects this rational opinion.... HP Semantic Web Research web site - The link is to HP's web site for their free semantic web tools.
Check out Jena.... Fascinating: MSNBC Interactive history of Israeli settlements on the West Bank - MSNBC has a fascinating interactive history of the Israeli settlements.
I thought that the settlements were few and far between - I was wrong about that.
The West Bank is covered with Israeli settlements (which, by the way, I think are illegal under international law).
Anyway, check out the linked MSNBC site and watch the display while choosing: 1914 -> 1948 -> 1977 -> Present time.... Cool Semantic Web tool: RDFAuthor - If you are interested in the Semantic Web, check out the linked site.
Very cool RDF authoring tool!
It may be wishful thinking on my part, but I think that support for the Semantic Web is going to finaally take off in the not so distant future.
I suspect that RDF markup, etc. will first be widely used on Corporate private LANs as the means for finding information - then people might be motivated to take the effort to mark up publicly available information.... Israel's nuclear weapons: what problems for the U.S.? - We in the U.S. are Israel's only allies on planet earth. We give about 70% of all of our foreign aid to Israel, much in military support.
As a U.S. citizen, I worry about our responsibility for Israel's actions.
Israel, having the U.S. as an ally, has always refused to take part in any international non-proliferation treaties. They do not have to: the U.S. has vetoed approximately 32 otherwise unanimous UN security council resolutions that called Israel to task for their actions.
While I absolutely condemn the actions of militant Palestinian bombers and their leaders, they are not the responsibility of the U.S. - we do not fund them.
I noticed on the news that presidential candidate Dean expressed some reasonable observations about Israel - then Liberman pounced all over him. I would like to see real dialog in our country over our unconditional support for Israel without the pro-Israeli lobby slinging "anti-semitic mud" at people. It should be OK to calmly and rational... A great NYT editorial on Israel's wall in Palestinian territory - New York Times writer Thomas Friedman frequently travels to the middle east and
talks with people on all sides of the conflict there.
I think that Friedman writes with real compassion for all the people in the middle east. By the way: Friedman's ideas are very similar to a friend of mine who is an Israeli citizen.
Friedman tells it like it is:
"Qalqilya is surrounded by fences on three sides - to shut it off not only from Israel proper to the west, but also from West Bank Jewish settlements to the north and south. You can get out of Qalqilya only by going through a single Israeli checkpoint, where Palestinians often wait in line for hours."... The Economist on Open Source Software - The linked article is being discussed on Slashdot. The Economist article accurately discusses the danger of Open Source to Microsoft's business and mentions the dangers of proprietary document formats (this is also being actively discussed on Slashdot).... A personal note on the death of Edward Teller - The physicist Edward Teller died a few days ago.
He was partially responsible for hiring my Dad in the physics department at UC Berkeley when I was a little kid, and I remember him (a little) as being charming and a nice guy.... Why complain if people want to use their own choice of programming languages? - James likes to bash the use of Java (see his linked web blog article).
Funny because his favorite language Smalltalk has so much going for it - no need to bash other languages, just pump up the advantages of Smalltalk.
Anyway, just a suggestion :-)... The danger and costs of proprietary file formats - Time passes.
Historically, it has always been a hassle and expensive to maintain access to old legacy data. Sure, there are problems with media: nine track tapes go bad, the organic die in CDRs fades causing errors, etc.
The problem is so much worse now because people unthinkingly (did I just make up a new word :-) store vital corporate data in proprietary file formats. A good example (but there are many) is the frequenty changing Microsoft Word file formats. As a Microsoft stock holder far be it for me to unfairly criticize Microsoft for changing file formats to force people to upgrade to new versions of products that they do not need to do their work (but as a stock holder, I would like to tell them to
stop it.)
It does not take much imagination to picture scenarios where organizations no longer have the required software to read proprietary file formats - producing diasterous results.
Like most people, I am very concerned with government spending: I ... Apple does it right: video editing - I finally bought a digital video camera a few weeks ago before leaving on our vacation (a Canon ZR-50 - for $380 from digibuy.com, a good deal - it supports manual exposure and focusing, which I like).
I have two cheap Macs: an iBook and an old 450 Mhz G4 tower that my Dad gave me last year when he upgraded. Both run the most excellent iMovie video editing application. My wife and I were both pleased at how simple it is to edit video using iMovie - Apple really did it right with free video editing support for Mac OS X. My Dad does high end video editing and animation and has all of the professional software packages, but for now (and the forseeable future) I think that the free iMovie will work for us.
Now all we need to do is to start using the tripod when we take video :-)
BTW, while I am heaping praise on Apple: even though I keep Windows 2000 and Linux servers around for various work tasks, I do almost all of my Java, Common LISP, Python, Prolog, Smalltalk, etc. programm... I am back from vacation - My wife Carol and I are back home after a great vacation.
We started and ended our trip in San Diego, visiting family and helping my Mom get through her second knee replacement surgery. (She is doing fine.)
We left on a one week road trip from San Diego wih our friends Tom and Cheryl. We visited Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, and a small vinyard owned by Tom's brother. All around, a great trip!
It is good to be home in Sedona, but now I need to get to work on my latest Java book and re-synch with consulting work.... Copyright © 2008, The Complete Cat. All Rights Reserved. |