If you're going to use GTD to manage your commitments (which I am a big fan of), there are a number of free tools you can use do the GTD methodology. Some of the tools I looked at are:
If you're willing to pay, you could use Dropbox. If you keep it under 2 GB, it's free. Anything you drag into your dropbox gets synced to their servers and then synced back down to your other PCs you have linked to your dropbox account.
If you would prefer a roll your own solution, and are willing to build a server, then go look at Novell's iFolder http://www.ifolder.com./
But 2 nights ago I decided to take the plunge and installed openSUSE 11.2 with KDE 4.3.1. So far, I'm really liking KDE. I never really liked KDE 3.x, and 4.0 left a bad taste in my mouth. I tried 4.2 out and it was OK, but I left it for Gnome.
But I think I'm going to stay with 4.3 for quite a while now.
What people really want it on-demand television. No more channels, just menus of shows to pick from. Haven't DVRs proven that. The only people that seem to get that are the fine folks at Apple, that are working on a subscription service for the TV portion of the iTunes Music Store.
Heck, Hulu was awesome for that. And it took off. Now they want to charge for it. Entertainment execs still don't get it.
As you raise prices and gouge consumers, people starting downloading illegally. When you make things more reasonable, like Amazon and Apple did with music, then people come flocking and making money.
Any belief that people are ignoring copyright now, when they didn't before is folly. If people could have copied LPs back in the 50s, they would have done so. Technology has finally caught up with desire. That's all.
Then why couldn't you sell the m4a files on iTunes, and just make an itlp file available on your website. DRM is gone now from iTunes. There is nothing to stop you from doing that.
They're letting these people get hired away. Makes Apple's tech support easier when someone can walk into a Microsoft store have someone get their iPod working with Windows 7.
There used to be this thing called the concept album. And, in order to understand a song, you had to hear it in the context of the album. When concept albums were out, 80% of the tracks on the album were actually good. Now, 20% of the tracks are good and 80% are crap, and most albums don't have a cohesive theme of any kind.
Why would anyone want to buy an album these days?
It's not the model that needs to change. It's the content.
People keep screaming we need a new Nirvana to break out of this rut music is in. We DON'T need a new Nirvana. We need a new Beatles and Beach Boys.
As far as the record label is concerned, they believe that used CDs should be illegal, because they don't make any money off the sales of used CDs.
I disagree with them. A CD is physical property I own and can do what I want with it.
If an artists sells CD directly on their web site, I will buy them. Otherwise, I try to get used CDs, because I am NOT funding the RIAA, if I can avoid it.
I will happily help the artist make a living by buying concert tickets, though I am getting sick of having to pay the Ticketmaster tax to go see an artist.
When it comes to entertainment, everyone wants their cut. ASCAP now wants a cut of ringtones because ringtones are "unauthorized public performances of recorded music."
Though I don't really trust the safety record of the TVA, it's about time we get some more nuclear reactors online. All the global warming guys should love them because they produce NO GREENHOUSE GASES.
I heard this on a podcast somewhere. I don't remember which one....
The 3-2-1 rule.
3 copies of your data
on 2 different types of media
and 1 copy offsite.
Personally I use Macs, so my strategy involves Time Machine and an external HD AND a copy of Mozy for online/offsite backup.
On the LInux side you could use an external drive and either rsync, or any number of Time Machine clones, and for your offsite backups, you could use Jungle Disk to do online backups to Amazon S3.
If the Pre is emulating an older iPod of some kind and is doing it 100%, then there is little Apple can do to block it, without issuing a firmware update for the entire line of iPods.
Of course this does open the floodgates for Creative and Sandisk to have an "iTunes Compatability Mode"
It's claiming to be Mozlla compatible in respect to the old Netscape 4.0 rendering engine. IE has been saying that for years. A lot of other browser do also.
There very well may be, but Palm is not the end user. it's up to the guy/girl that buys the phone not to sync it with iTunes. The EULA is for the user, not the device maker.
And with good reason. These things were a nightmare to support! I had to support two of them, and I think I'm going to need therapy now that their existence is known to me again...
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If you're going to use GTD to manage your commitments (which I am a big fan of), there are a number of free tools you can use do the GTD methodology. Some of the tools I looked at are:
Plus there is the ever present use of hosted online solutions, such as:
And the ever popular pen and paper method
If you're willing to pay, you could use Dropbox. If you keep it under 2 GB, it's free. Anything you drag into your dropbox gets synced to their servers and then synced back down to your other PCs you have linked to your dropbox account.
If you would prefer a roll your own solution, and are willing to build a server, then go look at Novell's iFolder http://www.ifolder.com./
Andy
But 2 nights ago I decided to take the plunge and installed openSUSE 11.2 with KDE 4.3.1. So far, I'm really liking KDE. I never really liked KDE 3.x, and 4.0 left a bad taste in my mouth. I tried 4.2 out and it was OK, but I left it for Gnome.
But I think I'm going to stay with 4.3 for quite a while now.
What people really want it on-demand television. No more channels, just menus of shows to pick from. Haven't DVRs proven that. The only people that seem to get that are the fine folks at Apple, that are working on a subscription service for the TV portion of the iTunes Music Store.
Heck, Hulu was awesome for that. And it took off. Now they want to charge for it. Entertainment execs still don't get it.
As you raise prices and gouge consumers, people starting downloading illegally. When you make things more reasonable, like Amazon and Apple did with music, then people come flocking and making money.
Any belief that people are ignoring copyright now, when they didn't before is folly. If people could have copied LPs back in the 50s, they would have done so. Technology has finally caught up with desire. That's all.
There's nothing wrong with that. A man has to eat.
It does. Unless the PST file hits 2 Gigs. Then your only choice is to lose email....
So now we can write open source tools to fix corrupt PST files!
Don't even think about doing anything open source with PST files, until you have a tool to fix the files when they go corrupt.
Then why couldn't you sell the m4a files on iTunes, and just make an itlp file available on your website. DRM is gone now from iTunes. There is nothing to stop you from doing that.
I've been running Office 2007 for well over a year now. Just today I UPGRADED to Office 2003. Even after a year, I was still looking for stuff.
If the laptop hunter ads are any indication, the stores will be full of HP Products.
It's all part of Apple's master plan!
They're letting these people get hired away. Makes Apple's tech support easier when someone can walk into a Microsoft store have someone get their iPod working with Windows 7.
By saying we need a new Beatles or Beach Boys, I mean we need music released that people will want to listen to 40-50 years later.
Who the hell is going to listen to Jessica Simpson in the year 2525? (Pun intended!)
There used to be this thing called the concept album. And, in order to understand a song, you had to hear it in the context of the album. When concept albums were out, 80% of the tracks on the album were actually good. Now, 20% of the tracks are good and 80% are crap, and most albums don't have a cohesive theme of any kind.
Why would anyone want to buy an album these days?
It's not the model that needs to change. It's the content.
People keep screaming we need a new Nirvana to break out of this rut music is in. We DON'T need a new Nirvana. We need a new Beatles and Beach Boys.
As far as the record label is concerned, they believe that used CDs should be illegal, because they don't make any money off the sales of used CDs.
I disagree with them. A CD is physical property I own and can do what I want with it.
If an artists sells CD directly on their web site, I will buy them. Otherwise, I try to get used CDs, because I am NOT funding the RIAA, if I can avoid it.
I will happily help the artist make a living by buying concert tickets, though I am getting sick of having to pay the Ticketmaster tax to go see an artist.
When it comes to entertainment, everyone wants their cut. ASCAP now wants a cut of ringtones because ringtones are "unauthorized public performances of recorded music."
The whole thing disgusts me.
Wow, you actually WANT me to download my music illegally if I live somewhere in the middle of Nebraska. What kind of stupid move is this?
The little independent music store is the BEST place to buy music.
Fight back. Go to Amazon.com and buy USED CDs only. When you buy a used CD, you get a legal copy, and the RIAA gets SQUAT.
Doesn't Palm's Graffiti or even the Newton constitute prior art for this thing??
Remember the good old days, when you had to actually build a working model of something to patent it. You couldn't just have an idea...
Though I don't really trust the safety record of the TVA, it's about time we get some more nuclear reactors online. All the global warming guys should love them because they produce NO GREENHOUSE GASES.
I heard this on a podcast somewhere. I don't remember which one....
The 3-2-1 rule.
3 copies of your data
on 2 different types of media
and 1 copy offsite.
Personally I use Macs, so my strategy involves Time Machine and an external HD AND a copy of Mozy for online/offsite backup.
On the LInux side you could use an external drive and either rsync, or any number of Time Machine clones, and for your offsite backups, you could use Jungle Disk to do online backups to Amazon S3.
I'm sure this OS will have Chrome, and for offline use, Google Gears will be part of the OS.
I use Easynews.com for my Usenet access. Been a happy customer for well over 7 years now.
If the Pre is emulating an older iPod of some kind and is doing it 100%, then there is little Apple can do to block it, without issuing a firmware update for the entire line of iPods.
Of course this does open the floodgates for Creative and Sandisk to have an "iTunes Compatability Mode"
It's claiming to be Mozlla compatible in respect to the old Netscape 4.0 rendering engine. IE has been saying that for years. A lot of other browser do also.
There very well may be, but Palm is not the end user. it's up to the guy/girl that buys the phone not to sync it with iTunes. The EULA is for the user, not the device maker.
And with good reason. These things were a nightmare to support! I had to support two of them, and I think I'm going to need therapy now that their existence is known to me again...
Perhaps it's best not to make these kinds of claims on Patch Tuesday.