Monthly Archives: October 2008

Best Tech Podcasts 2008

During my daily commute I listen to a number of podcasts on my iPod mini.  It allows me to really keep up on a lot of different topics.  Below are my favorite podcasts which I highly recommend:

FLOSS Weekly which talks about free and open source software with Leo Laporte and Randal Schwartz
Google Developer Podcast for developer interviews [...]

Dopplr tracks my flights and my carbon footprint

Carbon emissions are a significant cause of global warming.  Therefore, each of us needs to take responsibility in reducing our carbon footprint.  In order to do this, we have to understand how much carbon we are using.  Dopplr.com is a service for frequent travellers, that primarily allows you to share your plans with other travellers.  However [...]

5 reasons to use OpenID with Enterprise SaaS

As employees use more and more applications outside corporate network boundaries traditional identity systems start to break down.  Example business applications that fit this description are Google Apps, Microsoft Online Services, Zoho, Salesforce, ADP, WebEx, QuickArrow to name a few.  Luckily OpenID can step in and provide a great experience for IT administrators and end users. [...]

Keeping VMWare images small

Virtualization technology is used everywhere these days.  It really has changed the way I work and provides a number of advantages over traditional tools and methods.  I’ve created a library of VMWare instances with different products installed on each to avoid bogging down my laptop.
One difficulty I often run into is the size of vmware [...]

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