Interesting? April 11, 2006
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Short one today; Guy Kawasaki wrote on his blog about his experiences in his first 100 days of blogging.
One comment summed up my thoughts on Cool Blogs:
5. An expert who blogs is more interesting than a blogger who experts.
I hope you find Cool Blogs interesting. Let me know - comments are welcomed!
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LinkedIn - an update
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I wrote about LinkedIn just over a year ago. It’s been an interesting tool.
I’m seeing more and more people join - and link with absolutely anyone - without regard for whether they have any personal or business relationship. I’ve always said - I will not connect with people I can’t personally endorse. One good change that LinkedIn made was to stop showing the number of connections members had after 500. This stops the ‘race for the most’ that seems to be prevalent.
I stand by my comment: connections in LinkedIn are about quality not quantity.
This still sits on my profile:
If I do not know you well - please indicate why we should connect.
I do not connect with people I do not know. My rule of thumb - if I do not know you and your work I do not connect. It’s all about QUALITY not QUANTITY.
Read this:
OpenSUSE
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Have you tried OpenSUSE yet?
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OpenSUSE - project site at http://opensuse.org - is sponsored by Novell and “promotes the use of Linux everywhere”.
I guess for mere mortals that means on your laptop, home servers, development boxes - anywhere that matters! I know a few people who have given it to family and friends to cut down on the support and virus workload.
There are some interesting innovations coming out of the OpenSUSE community. Take a look at the OpenSUSE build service - demoed at BrainShare just a few weeks ago. Also look at the cutting edge in desktop and laptop usability - anyone who says Linux is a long way from ready for the desktop should seriously look at the massive leaps made in SUSE Linux 10.1 - currently in Beta 9.
And finally to the information that prompted me to write this post: OpenSUSE won the Best of Show award at LinuxWorld Expo last week in Boston - congratulations!
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