TeamBox – Twitter for teams
I soooooo want to use this :) But alas, in my current context of a team which is all within speaking distance, it would be an unwelcome tool.
We're currently running a stack of JIRA and Confluence (JIRA tied into our SVN repositories). I have internal RSS feeds to track JIRA updates, Confluence updates and SVN commits. Another tool isn't what I need right now. It would be a solution looking for a problem.
In a distributed team, this would be my first installed product, and I wouldn't hesitate a second to write code for SVN and JIRA so that activity be posted automatically.
Still I'll be looking to see if other teams are using this in combination with the common stack of tools we use here.
About complaining
Complaining is like a drug. We get addicted to the euphoria of self importance, but inevitably it leaves us unfulfilled.
Chrome usage surpasses Safari. Really?
http://www.crn.com/software/222200092
Net Applications bases its statistics on the browsers used by some 160 million visitors to a network of Web sites that subscribe to the company's services
Not that I don't like Chrome (because I do; it's my main browser), but I'd be curious to know what this 'network of Web sites' is. I have a feeling that it might be a lot of geek sites (Mashable, Digg, Reddit, Endgadget), not really reflecting the general population.
Tablet? Maybe
An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
Well, obviously, if it's affordable, it's not from Apple. BUT: These things, if they turn out to be real, seem really cool and I could really see myself owning one (and I'm not one to buy a lot of gadgets). Given Apple's past with releasing really cool products, it will be interesting to see what they come up with at the end of the month (if they do announce one)