Rich Sharples' Blog » Technology http://blog.softwhere.org Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:03:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Podcast Recommendations ? http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/95 http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/95#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:51:34 +0000 sharps http://blog.softwhere.org/?p=95 Dear lazy web. As of next week; and for the first time in many years I’ll be suffering a commute twice a day. I’m hoping it’ll be quick – 20 minutes or so; but still – that’s the best part of an hour a day I’ll lose. So, I’m looking for some good daily podcasts – about the web, business, technology, science, preferably from someone who knows of what they speak – any recommendations ?

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]]> http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/95/feed 3 Gradual Engagement http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/78 http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/78#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:34:26 +0000 sharps http://blog.softwhere.org/?p=78 This is article explains the shortcomings of the way web application providers typically engage potential customers – ie. the web form. I wonder how much time people spend filling in these dumb forms (never to return to the site) – what a waste – for all concerned. The article got me thinking about technology adoption in general and how you go from download / trial to monetization without scaring people away before they’ve had chance to form an opinion of your site / application / service. I like the term Gradual Engagement. But giving the process a name doesn’t make success any more likely. There’s a difficult balance between the successful diffusion of innovation and ‘capturing’ prospects. Still – I like the term – gradual engagement.

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]]> http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/78/feed 0 Desktop Virtualization Tinkering http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/6 http://blog.softwhere.org/archives/6#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:59:38 +0000 sharps http://www.softwhere.org/blog/?p=6 Over the last day or so, I’ve been playing with VirtualBox – a type-2 desktop-oriented hypervizor; I managed to get my two favourite Linux flavours up and running pretty quickly now I’m contemplating mucking about with the networking so I can get the images talking over a virtual network.

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Once I have that – I have a pretty decent developer sandbox – something I wish I had 7 or 8 years ago when I was still a developer. Still – should be a pretty useful setup for tinkering on home projects.

VirtualBox is pretty slick – so far – no issues – I just works – which is the way software should be. One thing I’m still looking for is a way to run windows (small W) outside the visual sandbox; I find having a bunch of windows; running in windows a bit limiting and doesn’t allow me to use my (multi)-screen real estate effectively.

Next (assuming I find the time) is to try VirtualBox on my MBP – I’m missing Ubuntu.

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