Next Action to move a Pro Ject forward (more)

Investment Bank (more)

Oct'2003 UnConference on the "new" WebLog phenomenon. (more)

Lion Kimbro wrote a book called How To Make A Complete Map Of Every Thought You Think.

fork of OpenOffice made to Route Around Oracle control (more)

Eric Barker says that keeping a NoteBook will move your Self Improvement from wishing to thinking to Doing. Incorporating a lot of the blog’s strategies can be as easy as buying a notebook... A lot of research shows your brain sees writing differently than thinking or talking. Writing forces you to organize and clarify your thoughts (Sense Making). You learn better when you write things down and are more likely to follow through (Actionable). He lists 8 types of things you should be writing down.

Self Improvement writer (more)

Mini-EBook To Write: Hack Your Life With A Private Wiki Notebook Getting Things Done And Other Systems.

Amanda Mac Kinnon Gaiman Palmer[4] (born April 30, 1976), sometimes known as Amanda Fucking Palmer,[1][2] is an American performer who first rose to prominence as the lead singer, pianist, and lyricist/composer of the duo The DresdenDolls.[5] She has since started a solo career, and is also one half of the duo Evelyn Evelyn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Palmer (more)

National Security Agency of the US (more)

Derek Thompson: Why Do So Many Rich People Work So Much? Elite men in the U.S. are the world’s chief workaholics. They work longer hours (work-week) than poorer men in the U.S. and rich men in other advanced countries. In the last generation, they have reduced their leisure time by more than any other demographic. (more)

MsWindows-based hardware brand with a focus on Computer Game playing. (more)

What kind of Collaboration Roadmap would I like to see Google or Yahoo follow? (more)

Bruce Schneier gives 5 recommendations for protecting yourself against NSA surveillance. (more)

cousin/precursor to Failed State? (more)

Jerry Michalski gave a demo of his use of The Brain after a full 10 years of use, 80k nodes! (more)

WikidPad is an open source, Python-based wiki-like (WikiEngine) outliner (OutLining) for storing thoughts, ideas, To-Do List-s, contacts (Address Book), and other notes (NoteBook) with wiki-like linking between pages. (more)

William Lind (May12) expects a fighting withdrawal as an Iraq Exit Plan. It is still possible the end may not come this way. We may still manage a shaky hand-off to a UN-designated Iraqi government, and that government might last long enough for us to withdraw with some shreds of dignity. George W Bush might awake some morning a new man, announce he was swindled, sack the neo-cons and bring in someone like Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni, who opposed the war all along, to handle our disengagement. The Archangel Michael might appear over Mecca and convert all the Mohammedans to Christianity. But the growing probability is that we will be driven out of Iraq by a general uprising, an intifada in which every American will be the target of every Iraqi. (more)

Zope Content Management Framework (more)

Paul Graham on Taste for Makers . Most of the people who've made beautiful things seem to have done it by fixing something that they thought ugly... Intolerance for ugliness is not in itself enough. You have to understand a field well before you develop a good nose for what needs fixing. You have to do your homework. But as you become Expert in a field, you'll start to hear little voices saying, What a hack! There must be a better way. Don't ignore those voices. Cultivate them. Required reading for membership in The Craft.