I have to admit: I love the Getting Things Done productivity system, but I’m not very good at sticking with it. At some point in the process, I forget about the single, trusted place to put down all of the “stuff” in my head (ideas, to-dos, etc.) and end up with multiple dumping spots. Random […]
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Google Docs Rocks
I’ve been able to put more time into my independent study over the last few weeks. While that’s plenty of work for me, I’ve decided to do a little experiment during the process: dump Microsoft Word and instead write it online using Google Docs. So far, I like Google Docs. A lot. I love being […]
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Google’s Take on Patent Search
This is pretty interesting – You can now search U.S. patients using Google. The U.S. Patient and Trade Office does have their own search interface, but like most things made by the government, it’s clunky and hard to use. Google Patents on the other hand, makes it as easy to for patents as it is […]
I hadn’t realized it until earlier today, but I’ve grown really dependent on my customized Google homepage. It’s the first thing I see when I open up Firefox, so I instantly get a snapshot of happening. In my case: If I have new emails in my Gmail account Any new unread items in Google Reader […]
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Tuesday Afternoon Random Topics
Here is some quasi-random about what I’ve been up to lately. Just to warn you, it’s going to be all over the map! We got back late last night from a long weekend in the Wisconsin Dells. We stayed at the Wilderness Resort with some friends, and had a good time (minus the injuries). Pictures […]
Finally, after years of seeing my somewhat juvenille (and very egotistical) goal of having this site listed as the first Google search result for “Berberich” go unfulfilled, it has finally happened. While performing my weekly ego search this morning (What? Don’t tell me you’ve never done it.), I found this: I’ve been hovering around the […]
Ever since I started doing the whole web development thing, I’ve been interested and amazed with the amount of information you can gain by watching your website traffic, especially over time to discover trends. I was reminded by this today when Google released its 2005 Year-End Zeitgeist to the world, aggregating billions of search queries […]
Just five short years ago, almost everyone considered Microsoft to be the menacing 500 lb gorilla of the industry. It had monopoly power over the computer desktop and web browser markets and, as a result, was in the middle of a huge antitrust case against the United States Department of Justice. Because there were few […]
Tim O’Reilly is one of those few people who can step back, look at the current state of things, and then predict where it’s all headed. In this cause, the topic is computing, open source software specifically. He recently wrote an article called The Open Source Paradigm Shift, in which he talks about where computer […]