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So it goes

I was just checking out the website for Windows Server 2008, where they have a “mascot” robot named IT 24-7.

For some odd reason, IT 24-7’s head reminds me of another famous Microsoft legend.

Blogging 2.0: Gag Me With A SpoonMay 19

[The Inquisitr] If blogging 1.0 was about enabling the conversation on each blog, blogging 2.0 is about enabling the conversation across many blogs and supporting sites and services. The conversation has matured and no longer is it acceptable to believe that as a content owner you hold exclusive domain over conversations you have started. Users/ readers today demand more than a conversation on one site, and blogging 2.0 facilitates this.

Besides the computer industry’s incessant need to version number everything (Web 2.0, Business 2.0, Economy 2.0, Email 3.0, Widgets 3.2, Spork 1.5, etc), I always find it fascinating when people proclaim that blogging is the catalyst for something more, something actually metaphysical: a conversation (ooooo! ahhhhh!). And it’s not just any conversation, mind you, but (get ready, here it comes..) a meme.

Sure, I get it, there’s lots of different reasons people blog. Heck, I’ve been writing down whatever random thought that leaks out of my skull here since 2001, but the reality is that I keep this thing running (even after a temporary hiatus) because I have this weird need to share information. It may be a joke, some random hack, an interesting link, a programming tip or just something completely odd thats going on in my life, but its

Field NotesMay 6

“I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.” - Field Notes

Nearly a month ago, I wrote a bit about Field Notes Brand notebooks and I promised a review. Well, wouldn’t you know it that work, life and being a dad got in the way, but here it finally is.

The first thing that struck me when when I opened up the envelope (other than the usage of Futura) is how thin these guys are. In a familiar way, it was similar to my reaction to looking at my old Macbook Pro next to the Macbook Air: wow, small. Sure, these Field Notes notebooks are only 48 pages compared to the 192 pages of the Moleskine pocket size, so it’s obviously going to be thinner, but it just felt like it was going to be a good, durable and light travel companion.

The inside has 48 pages of 1 pica graph paper that is, well, graph paper. It works, has no feathering and I’ve only had minimal bleeding from one page through to the next. As others have mentioned, the inside covers are great - they’re filled with practical applications for the notebook such as:

To Do Li

Portable CE 3.0April 22

Back in 2005, I wrote up a series of blog posts on how to get Windows Mobile 5 running inside an emulator on your USB key (more here on WM5, and the original Portable CE). Interestingly enough, I’ve actually had a post sitting in my draft folder for several weeks on putting together Portable CE 3.0, which I was going to use the latest and greatest version of the MS Device Emulator, Windows Mobile 6.1, etc.

Anyways, looks like Windows For Devices has linked to a MS TechNet post that talks about almost the same thing, saving me the time of having to finish my write up.

Here’s a list of things you’ll need to download to get it up and running:

The Windows Mobile 6 SDK Refresh. The only thing you need from it is the emulator images, or you can download localized versions here. I ended up using 0409\Windows Mo

Web App + Offline = Crappy Client AppApril 21

[Venture Beat] It’s a little counterintuitive, but one of the most important frontiers in web development is getting offline — taking applications that have been built online and allowing them to run even when people aren’t connected to the Internet.

Q: What do you get when you cross a browser application with the ability to go offline?

A: A client application without any the goodness that the platform (be it Windows or OS X) has to offer.

Really? Do people really want this?

Don’t get me wrong, I get the convenience of having access to your data from whatever machine your on, but wouldn’t a better model be to store the data in the cloud and provide a good abstraction on top of it so that it could be accessed from either a really well done rich client and a web application?

Point in case: I find it interesting that most of the twitter feeds that I read are created by client applications accessing the twitter API.

Perhaps there’s been so much blah blah blah about web 2.0, social networks, etc., or that folks have just