Dolenni Diddorol / Interesting Links: January 14, 2008

Microsoft's Ugly Daughter

"You know you are ugly when your father has to pay someone to go out with you. Seriously."

http://blogs.webconnectconsulting.com/pivot/entry.php?id=19

"... Since the reason for an open file format is so that buyers and users are in control, not software vendors, formats that promote vendor lock-in are on their way out."

Bayesian Rating - how to implement a weighted rating system

"Bayesian Rating is using the Bayesian Average. This is a mathematical term that calculates a rating of an item based on the “believability” of the votes. The greater the certainty based on the number of votes, the more the Bayesian rating approximates the plain, unweighted rating. When there are very few votes, the bayesian rating of an item will be closer to the average rating of all items."

http://www.thebroth.com/blog/118/bayesian-rating

How to Use a Notebook to Make 2008 the Best Year Ever

"... Once a topic comes to mind, write it on your notebook and stop thinking about it. You’ve put it on your list so that you won’t forget the topic. You’ve put it on your list to clear you mind of that issue, thought, concern, action item ‘to do’, discussion, etc. ..."

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/how-to-use-a-notebook-to-make-2008-the-best-year-ever.html

OPIE Firefox Extension

"OPIE is a Firefox extension that allows you to import and export your installed extension preferences. This is useful when installing extensions in a new profile, or synchronizing multiple Firefox installations."

http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/opie/opie.html

Painting Petals on the Chörten, Boudha, Kathmandu

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-523617643590861249&pr=goog-sl

Free Commander

"FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows. Here you can find all the necessary functions to manage your data stock. You can take FreeCommander anywhere - just copy the installation directory on a CD, USB-Stick or even a floppy disk - and you can even work with this program on a foreign computer."

http://freecommander.com/

A dozen papers you should read in the world of Enterprise 2.0

"There are a variety of articles and papers that I continue to draw insight from and find myself recommending to others on a regular basis. I decided it would be a useful exercise to assemble them into one set of pointers, add a little bit of commentary, and make it available.

I limited myself to materials that were easily available on the web, which eliminated some some more obscure, academic, materials that you probably wouldn’t want to read anyway. I ended up with a dozen items that fall into two categories. The first group represents useful thinking about individual knowledge workers; the second about design principles relevant at the organizational and strategic level."

http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/12/12/a-dozen-papers-you-should-read-in-the-world-of-enterprise-20/