For years, Citrix has been the only choice for software to power server-based computing environments. Sure, Microsoft’s Terminal Server products were out there, but their features paled in comparison to those of Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server. However, as Terminal Server continues to gain ground as a standalone solution, many people...
As part of the announcement of the changes to the Longhorn Client and server announcements some more details have started to emerge around the future of Terminal Services. The timeline appears to be:
These two changes will have a dramatic effect on the future of application publishing. rich applications can be seamlessly integrated on the rich client. I know that there is some comment that the Avalon team are a bit confused right now over how they are going to implement some of these features with an Avalon Stack ported to XP and Windows 2003 as well as Longhorn, so there may be some changes to these plans.
The Osmond Group, no not the pop group! are coming round to do an ergonomic review of my working environment. I have specifically asked them to look into the following: Suitability of current seating, I want something that lets me change position to suit what’s hurting Issues with keyboard use,...
About 7 years ago I was in the fortunate position to establish a discussion forum to support a major desktop transformation programme I was doing. The forum allowed users to have discussions directly with the architects and engineers who were responsible for their environment. In addition it allowed the development team to post announcements, seek feedback, or drill into difficult to reproduce problems.
Developers and users alike loved the direct interaction that resulted. Users felt they could get to the right people for once, and really understand why some touch decisions had been taken. The development team gained a much better understanding and admiration for the users and how they exploited their environment.
Of course blogs are providing a similar mechanism today, for commercial products and I think blog authors or teams are getting a similar buzz from the direct and interactive feedback. Ed Brill from Lotus writes:
In fact, there was a time where one of my managers told me that I was “wasting” too much time in the forums, and I just ignored the input. Why? Because I assert that my career success is based in part on my online community interaction. It provides a connection between …
Werner Vogels wites an interesting article about what he looks for in a good report. The advice is slanted towards academic papers, but its pretty useful for any technical writer. he also references an excellent article that goes into the subject in greater detail. Here is an extract with the main points:
In a previous post I had analysed the possible reasons why I seemed to get better whilst on holiday. I concluded the following:
1. I did not go on holiday in the first place unless I was feeling a lot better.
2. I did loads of exercise whilst on holiday.
3. When I get home I get much worse again
I looked into the exercise theory and found:
1. if you do moderate exercise for 45 minutes or so, regularly throughout the day on an empty stomach this stimulates the stress response
2. This results in natural Cortisol production
3. Natural Cortisol is about 1/5 of the Steroids I am being prescribed but could account for maybe 5-10mg dose
4. Exercising in this way is known to cause immune system suppressing effects, normally a draw back, which is what I need
So this week as my symptoms were not too bad I started so such a regime:
1. ½ hour cycling
2. 1 hours walking
3. ½ hour swimming
The effects were just like when I was on holiday and soon I was pretty much symptom free. Unfortunately it …
It’s nice to see that even Don Box, who has grown up on Object orientation, application integration and database middleware gets it: For better or worse, a significant amount of the world’s data is stored outside of relational DBMSs, specifically in Microsoft Word and Excel files. As these files move...
The new Blackberry 7100, goes all conventional in looks, loosing the traditional thumb friendly keyboard for predictive text input. Reports seem positive however. Shared Spaces has more details. Another trend towards consumerization is at work here. What used to be a coporate essential is now going mainstream. Soon employees will...
I am always very wary when I see anything from Microsoft about how easy or desirable it is to migrate any non trivial application from Lotus Notes to any Microsoft Technology. This stems from my painful experiences with Microsoft’s claimed Notes killing technology WebStore, now renamed the Exchange Storage System,...
One of the great things about a Blogware-powered blog is that you can not only receive updates via webfeeds (RSS or ATOM), but also e-mail as well. One of the problems with a Blogware-powered blog is that the process for signing up isn’t obvious, but it is easy. What you...