You’ve reached the home of Brian Burnham. Most of you probably know me as an author and reviewer for MacMerc.com where I write a weekly feature on free software for the Mac, Freeloader Friday, and a series on unique applications of Apple’s Mac mini, Mini Media Mac.
I’ve been a Mac user and writer since the […]
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I’m a busy guy (hence the lack of updates recently). I don’t have a lot of time for recreational browsing - my time is spent writing/emailing or researching.Just this week I found a site that totally sucked me in. It was the first time in recent memory I had burned precious time on just about […]
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Most of the attention offered the next step in web evolution is focued on websites. And rightly (or should I say Writely) so. New browser-based services are moving us from our PC’s to our Browsers. But that is only the top layer of the new Web 2.0 OS.
Services may come from the web, but User […]
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Timing is everything, and as Microsoft prepares to release a new version of Office, old and new foes are making the overpriced, outdated suite a hard-sell.
OpenOffice.org is finally interesting. The Mac version is actually almost on-par with the Windows and Linux versions. The suites interface and features are standard on all three, provided you’re not […]
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Google Reader is the first Google application that has disappointed me from the first impression. The slider does nothing for me and the interface is inefficient and buggy.
If you want to see an excellent implementation of AJAX in an online feed reader, take a look at the Gregarius project. It supports themes, plugins and runs […]
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We can all hear the buzz of Web 2.0, as it storms upon us. Fortunately, we’ve got the experience of a tech bubble behind us, and this time we promise to be good, right? Well, sort of. The truth is that there is something intoxicating about tech buzz, powerful enough to infect the decision making […]
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Most people that complain about being busy really aren’t. Truly busy people don’t have time to, or just don’t believe in complaining. So, I won’t profess to be an expert in time management. But I have learned some things. In the time I have written for MacMerc I have been laid-off, fired and quit a […]
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Sorry for the long break. We added a member to our family, and I’ve had more relatives at my house than there are exhibitors registered for MacWorld Boston. But I am back, and glad to be.
This month we’ve happened upon an accidental theme on MacMerc. James (here and here) and I (here) have posted a […]
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I just finished up Good to Great. Even though I haven’t read Built to Last, I found Good to Great an excellent read. I get so tired of spin and bad advice that Collins’ research-based approach was refreshing, and very applicable. Several notions, including the Stockdale Paradox and the Three Circles provide original insight into […]
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Real-world diversity issues are a reality of any workspace. Fresh from academic enlightenment, I’ve got a new approach to the touchy subject.
I should say politics and agendas are right next to rashes and gravity on my list of productivity inhibitors. Diversity in its pure form is a great principle, but has been enlisted as a […]
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