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Text is really a great lightweight outliner implementation. Indenting works for multiple rows at once, but moving them up/down does not. This would be a key feature for reorganizin…

I've been using Ubuntu practically exclusively for about 1.5 years (on 10.10 now). I mostly do web development/design and general productivity stuff. Obviously, most things work gr…

OP, your title reads like a cheap ad. It would be more appropriate to put the main feature/benefit in the title and stay more neutral, e.g. "Silverback is a usability tool that let…

Some ultra low voltage processor models get around 10hrs of battery life as well. The Asus UL series get really good battery life, at least under Windows. I have a UL80vt running U…

Another one is Xapian ( http://xapian.org/ ), but really why not postgres - it has very high-performance full-text search built in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-handicapping

I've worked in 1-2 week sprints for ages, and it works really well. As pointed out in the article, 1-2 weeks is a horizon/deadline that you can _feel_. That pressure focuses. As a …

Aside from the technological and legal issues, the availability of free wireless seems to reflect (perhaps even change) urban culture noticeably. I've stayed in major cities on thr…

You can fork it from http://github.com/sinatra/sinatra-book

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Background: Former OS X user, switched to Ubuntu/Win7 dual boot, spending almost all time in Ubuntu. Quick thoughts: Linux on the desktop should be rebranded as Linux on the laptop…

I'm interested. I'm (stuck) in the Cranberry Twp area - in case anyone's there as well and wants to carpool.

Many of these are helpful reminders for the tech startup process as well.

To the Plurchase founders: It would be really nice if you could break down or explain how you got this press. A lot of people build products but have no idea how to work the PR ang…

Yeah, all my linode sites are dead (timeout) and no shell, at the very least for 1 hour, NJ datacenter. Sucks. Will be interesting to see how this unfolds.

I don't know who downvoted you, I voted you back up. I tend to share your pessimism (or its close correlate realism) about this particular situation. Pick your battles so to speak.…

I completely agree with your description of the problem, it's an organizational dilemma, and not much can be done about it. At the same time, reasonable people need to speak up abo…

You know that recently a terrorist tried to use a bomb in his intestine to assassinate a Saudi-Arabian prince ( http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/qaeda_ass_assin_h... ). (…

Regardless of its originator, to me the quote just serves as a reminder that my true productivity and progress are based on the quality and speed with which I can write (or integra…

"Talk is cheap. Show me the code." - Linus Torvalds

I'm about to move in the opposite direction. I've had Apple laptops for the past seven years, and I've had nothing but trouble with them, despite really careful treatment. OS X is …