Category Archives: tools

Networked tools for teams

Just a quick note so I can find it back later: Check out Networked Tools for Teams at ProjectConnections. Serendipitied over this while reading EEK’s blog on Networked Tools and the Email Bottleneck. Thanks Eugene.

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Hoshin Kanri

Since 2000 or so, I regularly use a Hoshin sheet to jumpstart new projects or business. Hoshin Kanri has its roots in the 1950s when lectures by Dr. Deming and Dr. Juran in Japan taught the Deming Wheel (PDCA Cycle) … Continue reading

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No VPS yet

Gave Erik Venema a call this morning. Still troubles with version incompatibility between PHP, Plesk, and Virtuozzo. Must be fixed to be safe and secure for real VPS. Again, patience is golden.

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VPS by end of week?

Word from Erik Venema from DutchNet: The VPS server will be moved to Amsterdam on Wednesday. We’ll give it a good final test on Thursday so you can have your VPS on Friday. Well, wish you succes in doing so … Continue reading

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No VPS yet

Still no fully configured VPS to host my sites on DutchNet. Let’s create a Trouble Ticket to find out about the status…

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Do not backup! Severe tire damage.

The complete and total loss of your web host provider (WebHostPlus in my case) does have its advantages: it gives you a clean slate, a void, from where you can start over. So I did: Set up a replica on … Continue reading

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Welcome to DutchNet

That’s a quicky. Found DutchNet to be a friendly, professional and affordable local provider. They’re in Bilthoven, just around the corner of Utrecht, speak Dutch and Linux. Purchased their Reseller 15 product and was up & running again in a … Continue reading

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WebHostPlus dies

Seen it comin’ WebHostPlus is finally dead as a doornail. First, they didn’t answer trouble tickets. Next, their website vanished from the web. And now mine as well. Appears that there’s even a website dedicated to the WebHostPlus lawsuit! Time … Continue reading

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Twitterific

Twitterrific is a fun little application that lets you both read and publish posts or “tweets” to the Twitter community website. The application’s user interface is clean, concise and designed to take up a minimum of real estate on your … Continue reading

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Reisverslag = foto + GPS + Google Maps

Eindelijk! Klein Duimpje voor je foto’s en de plek waar je ze genomen hebt. Google Maps + foto + GPS = reisverslag.

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Joost—free TV with a peer-to-peer community

From http://www.joost.com/about.html: What’s Joost? It’s free TV, with the choice to watch alone or with friends. Joost is packed with internet tools such as instant messaging and channel chat, allowing people to really share the TV experience. It’s a completely … Continue reading

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TextBender—Web 3.0 distributed Wiki-like text writing

Interesting new way of distributed collaboration… TextBender is a system of collaborative writing based on recombinant text, textbender has these characteristics: Your text belongs to a population, one text per author. Quality bits of text are swapped among authors, peer … Continue reading

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Twitter

‘k Zag bij Hans van Mestrum dat hij zijn Twitter account heeft geclaimd. Goed voorbeeld doet volgen en dus: Martien twittert mee…

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Digitale LEGO®: moeiteloos doorlopend actueel

Digitale LEGO® moeiteloos doorlopend actueel zonder handmatig onderhoud via mashups”’. Google, eBay, Amazon, YouTube, Last.fm en Yahoo geven externe programmeurs toegang tot delen van hun kernsoftware via zogeheten APIs: technische bruggetjes. Zo ontstaat een nieuw web van zogenaamde mashups. Kortom, … Continue reading

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