“Cross-browser issues” is an oxymoron because the adjective cross-browser commonly refers to code or markup which works in all browsers. Having it describe the word “issues” would mean that, in fact, the code doesn’t work and thus is no longer cross-browser.

–Timothy Christensen

Microsoft doesn’t really understand the open-source movement because they don’t empower the end-user. The open-source technology they produce requires certain platforms or licenses to function properly and the data that software generates isn’t portable. Ideally, open-source software could go on any system and function long after Microsoft has stopped providing support because developers are free to reuse, recycle and maintain it. Also, the content generated from that software would be in the format of an open-standard so that users could take it with them after they are done using the software.

via Open Source Initiative

• OpenID
• oAuth
• Activity Strea.ms
• Webfinger
• Salmon
• PuSH
• PoCo
• oStatus

Lately I’ve been working on this project for a guy. It’s mostly just me working on it and I was using a todo.txt file to list things that needed to get done. One day I wanted to clean off my desktop a bit and I thought that this file could easily be trashed if I just put all my todo’s in a bug tracking system. It was easy to do and on top of that it gave me sorting and prioritization features that you don’t get with a plain text file. Also, the guy running the project feels more in the loop about my progress and time spent.

So, the PRO-tip here is: use a bug tracking system like you would use a todo list. You could use a traditional todo list application but bug tracking systems let others see your progress and that level of transparency keeps you accountable.

This is an old blog post that I wrote a few months back. I didn’t think it was very good so I didn’t post it. But today I’m cleaning off my desktop and I felt bad just throwing it away.

-Timmy Christensen

I typed in one letter into the Google search box and grabbed the first suggestion and these were the results.

Some of the suggestions are pretty obvious but if they are based on user trends, it’s interesting to see that all 26 are names of websites. None are questions, statements or names of people, places or events.

A
Amazon.com
www.amazon.com/

B
Best Buy
www.bestbuy.com/

C
Craigslist.org
www.craigslist.org/

D
Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.com/

E
eBay
www.ebay.com/

F
Facebook
www.facebook.com/

G
Gmail
mail.google.com/

H
Hotmail (Windows Live)
www.hotmail.com/

I
IMDb
www.imdb.com/

J
JCPenny
www.jcpenney.com/

K
Kohl’s
www.kohls.com/

L
Lowes
www.lowes.com/

M
MySpace
www.myspace.com/

N
Netflix
www.netflix.com/

O
Office Depot
www.officedepot.com/

P
Pandora
www.pandora.com/

Q
QVC
www.qvc.com/

R
Realtor.com
www.realtor.com/

S
Southwest Airlines
www.southwest.com/

T
Target
www.target.com/

U
USPS
www.usps.com/

V
Verizon Wireless
www.verizonwireless.com/

W
Walmart
www.walmart.com/

X
Xbox
www.xbox.com/

Y
YouTube
www.youtube.com/

Z
Zillow
www.zillow.com/

Breaking it down: 8 of the 26 are retailers, 2 are realtors, 3 are social networks, 2 are webmail sites and only 2 are strictly informational.

If you are running a media site, if you’re having trouble making money, it’s your fault. Don’t blame your readers. Don’t blame your community by telling them they’re “devastating” a site by blocking ads or failing to pay for a paywall. As the producers of that site, it’s your responsibility to do things to get that site paid for.

via Techdirt