Posts with keyword: review

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A First Look at Numbers

Thu Aug 9 20:13:00 2007

I just published a first look review of Numbers, Apple's new spreadsheet, at Between the Lines. This is a cool product that points to some changes Excel has long needed. I'm not what you would call a spreadsheet power user, but I do use them a fair bit. I'm going to be using Numbers.
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NextPage Document Retention Review

Mon Jul 30 15:32:00 2007

My review of NextPage Document Retention came out a while ago in InfoWorld. "Compliance" is a word that can make a CIO cringe, especially when it comes to document retention and--just as important--destruction. Traditional document management products require that knowledge workers use a centralized system to track documents associated with a project. For some organizations, this is just enough of a disruption to established workflows that the systems frequently aren't used at all. The very applications we use to create, edit, and share documents often compound the management problem by hiding multiple copies all over the computer. NextPage 2
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Programming Head Shakers

Tue Dec 20 09:03:00 2005

If you're not reading The Daily WTF and you program, you really ought to give it a spot in your attention stream. Today's entry is a classic: using a termporary file instead of sprintf. The comments are pretty good as well, dissecting the code and pointing out all kinds of style programs. A humorous way to learn from bad examples.
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Digital Identity Reviewed

Sat Nov 19 15:58:00 2005

Ben Rothke reviewed Digital Identity at UnixReview.com. Overall Ben's comments were favorable, saying: Overall, Digital Identity provides the reader with a good introduction to the various areas necessary to develop a productive identity management infrastructure. Anyone planning to deploy an IMA or any sort of federated identity solution in a corporate environment will find Digital Identity a valuable reference. From Book Review: Digital IdentityReferenced Sat Nov 19 2005 16:03:58 GMT-0700 (MST) Ben especially liked the chapter on Identity Policies. He complained about editing mistakes and the number of first-person anecdotes I used. On the issue of typos, I sincerely
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