- Capistrano - automate remote tasks via ssh - Capistrano is a tool for automating tasks on one or more remote servers. It executes commands in parallel on all targeted machines, and provides a mechanism for rolling back changes across multiple machines. It is ideal for anyone doing any kind of system administration.
- Google Knols - Google Knol is a free tool, where "knol" stands for a unit of knowledge. Their goal is to encourage people who know a particular subject to write an authoritative article about it (and also get credit for their writing).
- Launchy - A free Windows utility that lets you launch applications (and open files, and go to websites) from the keyboard by typing text instead of using the Start menu.
- Microsoft's Colossal Strategic Mistake - (From alleyinsider.cm) We believe the Microsoft Yahoo acquisition will be a disaster. So far, in support of this conclusion, we have cited integration, execution, and operational challenges. Now it's time to look at the bigger picture...
- Raymond Kurzweil - (from wikipedia) Raymond Kurzweil is an inventor and futurist. He has been a pioneer in the fields of optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. He is the author of several books on health, artificial intelligence, transhumanism, technological singularity, and futurism.
- Technological Singularity - The technological singularity is a hypothesized point in the future characterized by either technological creation of self-improving intelligence or unprecedentedly rapid technological progress. (from wikipedia)
- Titans of Tech - 60 Minutes interviews with the "Titans of Technology", including Gates, Jobs, Bezos, and Ellison
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