Programming Zen

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Getting Things Done Resource List

(via: http://zenhabits.net/2007/05/massive-gtd-resource-list/)

The Books

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen
Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life, by David Allen
Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day, by Gina Trapani

Overviews

Other resource lists

The Blogs

Online tools

Offline software

Analogue Tools

Tools for Mobiles & PDAs

Mailing Lists & Forums

Charts, Diagrams, Checklists, etc.

Collection
Daily Review
Weekly Review
GTD Process Flow chart
Trigger List
GTD Wallpapers (here and here)
GTD flowchart
GTD Workflow Assessment/Tips Checklist
LifeDev GTD Cheatsheet: Workflow and Collection

Best Zen Habits GTD Posts

Zen To Done (ZTD)

Other Great GTD Articles

Microsoft Blog Directory

Microsoft Blog Directory(by Todd Bishop)

There are so many blogs by, about and related to Microsoft at this point that it would be almost impossible to make a complete list. But I've gathered quite a few below. Putting this together, I found several blogs that were new to me, so hopefully everyone else will find it useful, as well. Still, this is just a start. Please comment below or e-mail with suggested additions, even if it's your own blog. I'll add to the list over time, and create a standing link to it. -- Todd Bishop

NEWS, COMMENTARY
AND OTHER COMPANIES

Company Directories
Adobe: Blogs | RSS
Sun: Blogs | RSS
Oracle: Blogs
Red Hat: Employees | Execs
Apple: Hot News | RSS

Additional blogs by Microsoft product teams and employees

Microsoft Research
Live Labs Team: Blog | RSS
Deepfish: Blog | RSS
Social Computing: Blog | RSS
Kevin Schofield: Blog | RSS

Mac Business Unit
Mac Mojo: Blog | RSS
Rick Schaut: Blog | RSS
Nadyne Mielke: Blog | RSS

Zune
Madison and Pine: Blog | RSS
Zune Insider: Blog | RSS
Zunester: Blog | RSS

Microsoft Canada
IT Professionals: Blog | RSS
IT Managers: Blog | RSS
User Experience: Blog | RSS
Developers: Blog | RSS

MICROSOFT PRODUCT GROUPS,
TEAMS, AND EMPLOYEES

Open Source, Standards, Etc.
Port 25: Blog | RSS
Jason Matusow: Blog | RSS
Rob Mensching, WiX project: Blog | RSS

Update: For many more Office bloggers, see see Erika Ehrli's comprehensive list, as she notes in the comments below.

Executive Blogs (Dormant)
Ray Ozzie: Blog | RSS
Eric Rudder: Blog | RSS
Steven Sinofsky: Blog | RSS

Last updated: 4/3/2007

Notes: For more, see Microsoft Community Blogs, MSDN Blogs, TechNet Blogs, TechNet Events Bloggers, and MSDN Events Bloggers, in addition to those in the sidebar, at right. I'm also planning to create an OPML file of all the RSS feeds above, for importing them as a group into a newsreader.

Update, Tuesday morning: Fixed the spelling of Marc Orchant's name. Several people have sent in great suggestions, which I've added. I'll create a standing note here to credit people who contribute, once I'm back in the office next week.

Update, Tuesday evening: I've added more than a dozen blogs to the list since this morning, based on suggestions sent via e-mail, including some blogs I might not have discovered otherwise. Thanks to everyone who has contributed, and please keep 'em coming.

Update, Wednesday night: It's now possible to quickly search all of these blogs, to find information on a specific topic or keyword. Peter Ortner has created two Google Co-Op Custom Search Engines based on this directory. The first searches the blogs authored by Microsoft employees and product groups. Click here to access it. The second searches the outside blogs that offer news and commentary on Microsoft. Click here to access it. Thanks to Peter for putting those together.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 Virtual PC

Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Beta 1 (Team Foundation Server - Virtual PC version)

Username: Administrator

Password: P2ssw0rd

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Chinese New Year 2007

Animal	Branch	Dates
鼠 Rat	子 Zi	February 19, 1996	February 7, 2008
牛 Ox	丑 Chou	February 7, 1997	January 26, 2009
虎 Tiger	寅 Yin	January 28, 1998	February 14, 2010
兔 Rabbit	卯 Mao	February 16, 1999	February 3, 2011
龍 Dragon	辰 Chen	February 5, 2000	January 23, 2012
蛇 Snake	巳 Si	January 24, 2001	February 10, 2013
馬 Horse	午 Wu	February 12, 2002	January 31, 2014
羊 Sheep	未 Wei	February 1, 2003	February 19, 2015
猴 Monkey	申 Shen	January 22, 2004	February 8, 2016
雞 Rooster	酉 You	February 9, 2005	January 28, 2017
狗 Dog	戌 Xu	January 29, 2006	February 16, 2018
豬 Pig	亥 Hai	February 18, 2007	February 5, 2019

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Show Us the Code: Open Letter to Steven Ballmer

It's come to many in the Linux community’s attention you have claimed again and again, that Linux violates Microsoft's intellectual property. Not only that, but it's been reported Microsoft has convinced businesses to pay for a Linux patent that you can't provide.

Therefore, this website will serve as a response to this accusation, and within it, a request. The request is simple, since you, Microsoft, claim to be so sure of yourself: Show Us the Code.

If Linux developers are made aware of the code, then the code can be omitted and Linux can re-write necessary aspects of the kernel or operating system. This is a fairly simple request and common courtesy. Why wave around lawsuit threats, threats that will cost Microsoft in a court room as well as the defendants? It lacks logic, especially when you consider that there are developers around the world who would be more than happy to work with Microsoft to resolve this issue. Don't you owe it to your shareholders to work with others to ensure their intellectual property isn't being violated?
Also, we were under the impression you wanted to work with the open source community. That's what Port 25 is all about isn't it? That's what the Novell deal is about, correct? Here's your chance. If you're right you'll make thousands upon thousands of open-source advocates hush up and make your competitors scramble for ways to not violate your IP.

Linux community members do not want your code. We don't want lawsuits. We don't want non-free code. And much to your dismay, we don't want Microsoft's code specifically.

So this is what we're requesting. We are requesting the support of the Linux community. We are calling out to Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Dr. Eric Schmidt, Mark Shuttleworth, Kevin Carmony, and Matthew Szulik, as well as any and all developers for any Linux distribution or any company that feels threatened by your non-existent lawsuits:

Publicly pledge your support for Microsoft showing the public the code within Linux that violates their intellectual property by May 1st, 2007.

How many corporations, how many organizations, how many community members will it take to call your bluff, Steven?

We are not the first (1, 2) to request this of you, but we are willing to take it to the next level. If you or Microsoft cannot comply with a response by the date outlined, everyone who endorses this will consider your threats and claims to be empty and libelous. Anyone paying attention to the marketplace should as well.
Happy code hunting. Google Patent Search may help you out.

Note: If you work for or own a company, or partake in maintaining, selling, or providing Linux services or services and products via Linux, then you are encouraged to contact me privately. I will be building a page that will display each person's professional request for Steven to provide the code.

Contact

Via: http://www.showusthecode.com/